packing density

British

noun

computing a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape

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She said that a method that generally gives an upper bound on the packing density turns out to be the exact solution in these cases.

From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2022

A few days before Christmas, Dr. Torquato and Yang Jiao, a graduate student, reported that they had tweaked the Cornell structure to bump up the packing density by a fraction, to 85.55 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010

Her best packing easily eclipsed what Dr. Conway and Dr. Torquato had found, with a packing density of almost 78 percent, surpassing spheres.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010

The new world record for packing density of tetrahedrons: 85.63 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010

Examining the quasicrystals, they did find a periodic structure that represented another leap in packing density: over 85 percent.

From New York Times • Jan. 5, 2010

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