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label: Symbols which are used to identify an item, such as a message or a file. It can form part of a message or be attached to it and contains information regarding the message, such as its nature, identification, etc.
labelling algorithm: A algorithm in which labels are used on individual nodes, the labels being updated as required. The technique is commonly used for problems such as shortest path routeing.
LADT: Local Area Data Transport.
LAMA: Local Automatic Message Accounting.
lambert: A measure of luminance and equal to 104/π candela per square meter. See also lumen.
Lambert’s cosine law: The law give a measure of luminous intensity from a source falling on a surface. If Iv is the intensity at an angle θ from the normal to the surface ...
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