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Linux distribution (22606 bytes)
1: ...]] plus [[application]] software comprising the [[Linux kernel]], the [[GNU]] operating system, assorted ...
3: ...stall and use. There are over 200 different Linux distributions in active development.
6: ...s and executables were needed to successfully get Linux to boot and run, but also important details conce...
8: ...as first used by individuals outside the original Linux programmers. They were more interested in develop...
10: Early distributions included:

PLD Linux Distribution (459 bytes)
1: PLD is a Linux distribution made mainly in Poland and by Poles, however, it i...
3: * [http://pld-linux.org/ Projekt home page]
4: * [http://pld-linux.org/FAQ FAQ]
5: * [http://pl.docs.pld-linux.org/ PLD Documentation in Polish]
6: * [http://en.docs.pld-linux.org/ PLD Documentation in English]

Gibraltar (Linux distribution) (491 bytes)
1: ...[[Debian]] [[GNU]]/[[Linux]]-[[Linux distribution|distribution]] that specializes in providing a [[firewall]] fo...

RPM-based Linux distribution (163 bytes)
1: That distributions which are using [[RPM]]-packages.
3: ==== A short list of RPM distributions ====
5: *[[Mandrake Linux]]
6: *[[Red Hat Linux]]

Distribution (12906 bytes)
1: ...]. This article is '''not''' about [[probability distribution]]s.''
4: ...ns are distributions, such as the [[Dirac delta]] distribution.
6: ...hwartz]], who developed a comprehensive theory of distributions.
8: ...ple talk of a "[[probability theory|probability]] distribution" when they just mean "probability [[measure (math...
12: ...nctions" is therefore used as the definition of a distribution.

F-distribution (2781 bytes)
1: ...s ''F'' distribution''' or the '''Fisher-Snedecor distribution''' (after [[Ronald Fisher]] and [[George W. Snede...
3: ...ribution arises as the ratio of two [[chi-squared distribution|chi-squared]] variates:
9: ...1''</sub> and ''U''<sub>2</sub> have [[chi-square distribution]]s with ''d''<sub>''1''</sub> and ''d''<sub>2</su...
13: ... ''F''-distribution arises frequently as the null distribution of a test statistic, especially in [[likelihood-r...
21: The [[cumulative distribution function]] is

Logarithmic distribution (1591 bytes)
1: ... distribution''') is a [[discrete]] [[probability distribution]].
3: The logarithmic distribution is derived from the [[Maclaurin series]] expansio...
15: ...''p'' &lt; 1. Because of the identity above, the distribution is properly normalized.
17: The [[cumulative distribution function]] is
23: ...ributed random variables each having a Log(''p'') distribution, then

Pareto distribution (2495 bytes)
1: ...nown, mostly outside economics, as the ''Bradford distribution''.
3: ...ith a Pareto distribution, then the [[probability distribution]] of ''X'' is characterized by the statement
7: ...'' is a positive parameter. The family of Pareto distributions is parameterized by two quantities, ''x''<sub>mi...
11: Pareto distributions are continuous probability distributions.
12: ...lue]] of a [[random variable]] following a Pareto distribution is

Normal distribution (28120 bytes)
1: ...00px|[[Probability density function]] of Gaussian distribution (bell curve).]]
2: ...ution''', is an extremely important [[probability distribution]] in many fields, especially in [[physics]] and [...
3: ... '''standard normal distribution''' is the normal distribution with a mean of zero and a standard deviation of o...
7: ...n the context of approximating certain [[binomial distribution]]s for large ''n''. His result was extended by [...
9: ...ed it rigorously in [[1809]] by assuming a normal distribution of the errors.

Cantor distribution (1933 bytes)
1: ...or is it even a mixture of a discrete probability distribution with one that has a density function. It may be ...
11: ...e probability distribution of ''X'' is the Cantor distribution.
25: [[Category:Probability distributions]]

Probability distribution (9730 bytes)
1: ... are satisfied. In technical terms, a probability distribution is a [[probability measure]] whose domain is the ...
3: A probability distribution is a special case of the more general notion of a...
5: ... a random variable, the corresponding probability distribution assigns to the interval [''a'', ''b''] the probab...
7: ...X'' can be uniquely described by its [[cumulative distribution function]] ''F''(''x''), which is defined by
14: ...bution is called ''continuous'' if its cumulative distribution function is [[continuous function|continuous]], w...

Exponential distribution (7459 bytes)
1: ...ial distribution''' is a continuous [[probability distribution]].
3: ==Specification of the exponential distribution==
7: ...300px|Probability density function of exponential distribution for &lambda; = 0.5, 1.0, and 1.5.]]
9: ...function]] (pdf) of the Exponential(''&lambda;'') distribution is
13: ... and where ''&lambda;'' > 0 is a parameter of the distribution.

Fading distribution (804 bytes)
1: ... a '''fading distribution''' is the [[probability distribution]] that [[signal]] [[fading]] will exceed a given ...
3: ...ield strength]] usually approximates a [[Rayleigh distribution]] when several signal components of equal amplitu...
7: The fading distribution may also be measured in terms of [[Power (physics...

Poisson distribution (8979 bytes)
1: ...a [[discrete mathematics|discrete]] [[probability distribution]] (discovered by [[Simeon Poisson|Siméon-Denis Po...
8: ...minute interval, you would use as model a Poisson distribution with ''&lambda;''&nbsp;=&nbsp;5.
16: ...(with parameter ''&lambda;''). This [[probability distribution]] may be deduced from the fact that
20: ...n each time interval, and the continuous [[Erlang distribution|Erlang-distributed]] waiting times. There are al...
24: The Poisson distribution arises in connection with [[Poisson process]]es. ...

Uniform distribution (5553 bytes)
1: ...''' are simple [[probability distribution]]s. The distribution can be either [[discrete random variable|discrete...
5: ...1/''n''. A simple example of the discrete uniform distribution is throwing a fair die. The possible values of ''...
7: ... distribution function in terms of the degenerate distribution, thus
11: ...ion]] &theta;(''x'') is the CDF of the degenerate distribution at ''x'' = 0.
15: ...rm distribution is also called the '''rectangular distribution''' because of the shape of its probability densit...

Distribution frame (1896 bytes)
1: ...n mediums over a higher-capacity medium. A [[main distribution frame]] multiplexes many [[DSL]] lines over a lar...
3: In [[broadcast engineering]], a '''distribution frame''' is a location within an apparatus room t...
5: ...ng console]]s can act as [[control point]]s for a distribution frame or [[router]], which can handle audio from ...
7: Distribution frames for specific types of signals often have s...
8: * ADF - [[audio]] distribution frame

Geometric distribution (2001 bytes)
1: ...e [[probability distribution]] -- the probability distribution of the number of [[Bernoulli trial]]s needed to g...
7: ... infinite set { 1, 2, 3, ... } and is a geometric distribution.
11: ...ss]]; in fact, it is the only memoryless discrete distribution.
13: See also [[negative binomial distribution]].
15: ......, ''X''<sub>''n''</sub> whose sum has the same distribution that ''X'' has. These will not be geometrically ...

Wishart distribution (4809 bytes)
1: ... [[random variable]]s ("random matrices"). These distributions are of great importance in the [[estimation of c...
3: ==Definition of the Wishart distribution==
9: ...(a "random vector") that is [[multivariate normal distribution | normally distributed]], whose [[expected value]...
19: ...hen the Wishart distribution is the [[probability distribution]] of the ''p''&times;''p'' random matrix
23: One indicates that ''S'' has that probability distribution

Frequency distribution (1514 bytes)
1: ...greement and 5 strong disagreement, the frequency distribution of their responses might look like:
29: ...of differences and similarities between frequency distributions. This assessment involves measures of [[Measures...
31: ...the distribution is more peaked than the [[normal distribution]] it is said to be leptokurtic; if less peaked it...

Hypergeometric distribution (1846 bytes)
1: ...etric distribution''' is a discrete [[probability distribution]] that describes the number of successes in a seq...
3: ... in which ''D'' are defective. The hypergeometric distribution describes the probability that in a [[Sampling (s...
5: ...andom variable]] ''X'' follows the hypergeometric distribution with parameters ''N'', ''D'' and ''n'', then the ...
13: ...be approximated reasonably well with a [[binomial distribution]] with parameters ''n'' (number of trials) and ''...
22: [[Category:Probability distributions]]

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