Etymology

erlang

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Today it means: A dimensionless statistical measure of the volume of telecommunications traffic relative to the capacity of a single channel. Full definition →

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erlang · noun1

Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929).

Erlang · proper noun2

Named after Danish mathematician and engineer Agner Krarup Erlang (1878–1929) and a clipping of Ericsson language, the company where it originated.

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