baseline

3 definitions found

baseline - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  baseline \baseline\ n.
     1. an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
        or compared; as, they established a baseline for the
        budget.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. the back line at each end of a tennis court.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     3. (Baseball) the lines between bases on a baseball field
        along which a baseball player must run while running the
        bases.
        [WordNet 1.5]
  
     4. a measurement that represents the value of a physical
        quantity (such as a voltage, or a level of radioactivity)
        in the absence of effects from other variables in a
        measurement, test or experiment; a control value.
        [PJC]
  
     5. any horizontal line in a plot, graph, or diagram, or on a
        visual display in an electronic device, used as a
        reference point to which other values are referred.
        [PJC]

baseline - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  baseline
      n 1: an imaginary line or standard by which things are measured
           or compared; "the established a baseline for the budget"
      2: the back line bounding each end of a tennis or handball
         court; when serving the server must not step over this line
         [syn: service line, baseline]
      3: the lines a baseball player must follow while running the
         bases

baseline - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  release
  baseline
  released version
  
     <programming> (Or "released version", "baseline") A version of
     a piece of software which has been made public (as opposed to
     a version that is in development, or otherwise unreleased).
  
     A release is either a major release, a revision, or a
     bugfix.
  
     Pre-release versions may be called alpha test, or beta test
      versions.
  
     See change management.
  
     (1996-08-04)