(computing) A method or means, usually a software or hardware component of a mainframe, to access data on an external storage device.

A highest-averages method for allocating seats, used to achieve proportional representation in elections.

Synonym of D'Hondt method

Any of a group of statistical methods intended to improve the quality of manufactured goods, and more recently applied in other areas such as biotechnology and advertising.

(numerical analysis) A root-finding algorithm used for functions of one real variable with a continuous second derivative.

(numerical analysis) Any of a class of iterative root-finding algorithms used for functions of one real variable with continuous derivatives up to some order d + 1, each method being characterized by the number d.

(calculus) A method to simplify integration by parts that precalculates the necessary derivatives and antiderivatives in a table.

Synonym of Tukey's range test

(object-oriented programming) A class method that cannot be extended, so it has to be inherited as it is.

The improved or modified Euler method (that is, the explicit trapezoidal rule). / A similar two-stage Runge-Kutta method.