1. < person > Carl Friedrich Gauss .
2. Gaussian distribution.
See normal distribution .
3. The unit of magnetic field strength. 1 gauss = 1 Maxwell / cm^2.
A good loudspeaker coil magnet flux density is of the order of 10000 gauss.
4. A powerful matrix programming language by Aptech Systems . Gauss is very popular with econometricians.
http://rhkoning.xs4all.nl/gauss/index.htm .
(2003-10-25)