1. erlang - Noun
2. Erlang - Proper noun
a unit of traffic intensity in a telephone system
Source: WordNetA benchmark with 20 million processes has been successfully performed. citation Erlang has supported symmetric multiprocessing since release R11B of May 2006. Source: Internet
A distant relative provided free board and lodging, and Erlang prepared for and took the University of Copenhagen entrance examination in 1896, and passed with distinction. Source: Internet
A message may comprise any Erlang structure, including primitives (integers, floats, characters, atoms), tuples, lists, and functions. Source: Internet
As the incoming phone calls are random in nature, help desk agent schedules are often maintained using an Erlang C calculation. Source: Internet
As a result, Erlang was chosen for the next ATM exchange AXD. Source: Internet
By 1988 Erlang had proven that it was suitable for prototyping telephone exchanges, but the Prolog interpreter was far too slow. Source: Internet