For those unfamiliar with the terminology, one gigahertz is equal to 1, 000 megahertz -- megahertz being the "clock speed" used to measure the basic performance of computer microprocessors.

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It also includes the price-earnings ratio as a basic valuation measure, the earnings growth rate to examine recent growth, and the 52-week relative price strength to highlight stock market performance relative to other companies.

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Ultrasonic sensors measure distance and, in the most basic parking-assistance systems, simply bleep with increasing anxiety as an obstacle gets closer.

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You, the people, still believe that every citizen deserves a basic measure of security and dignity.

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The PCI has three basic components: (1) a measure of inflation, i.e.

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The other problem with basic research is that its benefits are almost impossible to measure.

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And this is important, because the health of our economy depends in part on what we do right now to create the conditions where businesses can hire and middle-class families can feel a basic measure of economic security.

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But although firms can now measure this sort of thing in a more sophisticated way, basic rules of thumb are still the most common way of setting price.

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