Definitions by Bob Gurch

‰ 

It's a percent sign with an extra 'o' at the bottom. It means 'per thousand', rather than 'per hundred'.

5% of 400 is 20, therefore, 5‰ of 400 is 2.

‰ by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

remove 

The act of taking something away.

Do not remove this definition.

remove by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

÷ 

Division sign, denotes the operation of division, one of the four basic mathematical operations. You can't divide by 0 (on pain of death.)

Division Sums:

8 ÷ 2 = 4
9 ÷ 3 = 3
1 ÷ 1 = 1

÷ by Bob Gurch August 27, 2004

raat 

A word used by Doyce, especially in his favourite phrase:

"'Raatt' then, it's a level thrye"

raat by Bob Gurch August 26, 2004

¬ 

One of the least used symbols on the keyboard.

When did you last press the ¬ key? Come on, seriously... have you ever pressed it at all except once to see what it did?

¬ by Bob Gurch August 26, 2004

ghz 

Short for 'gigahertz'. Measure of processor speed in any decent computer system.

Person 1: My PC has a 3.6 GHz processor!
Person 2: *yawn*

ghz by Bob Gurch August 2, 2004

Doyce

Boring Mathematics teacher. Says "Raat" a lot.

Raat then, it's Doyce!

Doyce by Bob Gurch May 25, 2004