Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rent's rule

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.47 in modern English

Syllables: ren-t's rule
IPA

9

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A rule describing the relationship between the number of external signal connections to a logic block (i.e. the number of "pins") with the number of logic gates in the logic block.

Etymology

Discovered in the 1960s by E. F. Rent, an IBM employee.

Questions

What does rent's rule mean?: A rule describing the relationship between the number of external signal connections to a logic block (i.e. the number of "pins") with the number of logic gates in the logic block.
Where does rent's rule come from?: Discovered in the 1960s by E. F. Rent, an IBM employee.

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