(statistics) A technique used to estimate the reliability or consistency of some measurement by correlating the results of multiple measurements, spread over time.

(software, object-oriented programming) remote procedure call

(genetics) A particular method of DNA sequencing, including first lengthening the DNA by means of DNA polymerase. / (geology) A particular method of interpreting seismic refraction data

(mathematics) An algorithm for finding the roots of polynomial equations.

plural of Monte Carlo method

(mathematics, numerical analysis) One of the Runge-Kutta methods for solving ordinary differential equations.

(mathematics, numerical analysis) Any of an important family of implicit and explicit iterative methods for the approximation of solutions of ordinary differential equations.

(mathematics, numerical analysis) A method for solving ordinary differential equations, using six function evaluations to calculate fourth- and fifth-order accurate solutions, the difference between which is then taken to be the error of the (fourth-order) solution.

(software, object-oriented programming) A creational design pattern that decouples the object creation by using an abstract method in the class.

plural of factory method pattern