sample

n 1: a small part of something intended as representative of the

whole

2: items selected from a population and used to test hypotheses

about the population [syn: {sample distribution}]

3: all or part of a natural object that is collected and

preserved as an example of its class

v : take a sample of; "Try these new crackers"; "Sample the

regional dishes" [syn: {try}, {try out}, {taste}]

AMPLE

A {FORTH}-like language for programming the

500/5000 series of add-on music synthesisers for the {BBC

Microcomputer}. AMPLE was produced by Hybrid Technologies,

Cambridge, England in the mid 1980s. Many AMPLE programs were

published in Acorn User magazine.

(1995-11-01)