Dropout
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Dropout may refer to:
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[edit] Education
- A student who quits school before graduation.
[edit] Telecommunication
- A momentary loss of signal in a communications system. This is usually caused by noise, propagation anomalies, or system malfunctions.
- A failure to properly read a binary character from data storage. This is usually caused by a defect in the storage medium or by a malfunction of the read mechanism.
- In magnetic tape, disk, card, or drum systems, a recorded signal with an amplitude less than a predetermined percentage of a reference signal.
[edit] Electrical engineering
- The potential difference between the input and output terminals of a linear regulator, below which the regulator can not meet its specifications
[edit] Cycling
- Dropout (bicycle part), a bicycle part
[edit] Astronomy
- Dropout (astronomy), a radiation source whose radiation intensity falls off sharply above a specific wavelength
[edit] Music
- "Drop Out," a song by Rocket from the Crypt from their 1995 album Scream, Dracula, Scream!
- The College Dropout album by Kanye West
