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Calibration

Calibration: Set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring…

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Set of operations which establish, under specified conditions, the relationship between values indicated by a measuring instrument or measuring system, or values represented by a material measure, and the corresponding known values of a measurand.

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Adjustment of a voting machine so that it will perform properly dur ing an election. An important example of calibration is the setting of a TOUCHSCREEN machines so it will recognize the correct geometric screen coordina tes of a touch. The “touch screen setting on a direct recording electronic voting system that controls the voter response area.” Wash. Admin. Code §434-335-510. California-style rotation A type of BALLOT ROTATION in which each office can be specified for either STATE-LEVBL ROTATION or COUNTY-LEVEL ROTATION. A procedure is used to generate randomized alphabet. The order of the candidates in a CONTEST is determined by this alphabet.

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Glossary for Voting Systems, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
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Electronic Voting Glossary
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