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- In politics, polling is the surveying of public opinion on an issue.
- In metallurgy, polling is the refining of a crude metal made impure by its own oxides.
- In telecommunication, the term polling can mean:
- Network control in which the control station invites tributary stations to transmit in the sequence specified by the control station,
- In point-to-point or multipoint communication, the process whereby stations are invited one at a time to transmit,
- In automated HF radio systems, a technique for measuring and reporting channel quality.
- The sequential interrogation of devices for various purposes, such as avoiding contention, determining operational status, or determining readiness to send or receive data. Computer science shares this definition of the word.
- In computer science
- Actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity. See Polling (computer science)
- In arboriculture, to trim a tree
- In agriculture, to cut off hair, horns etc of cattle
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@sergeyaleynikov Have you tried polling with http://sur.vey.me?
survey_me (Dave Holmes) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 02:00:13 -0000
@sergeyaleynikov Have you tried polling with http://sur.vey.me?
Family Research Council has engaged the firm PubAdv2009 calling from 1(202)870-5892 to do bigoted push-polling against health care reform.
lrhicks (Lisa Hicks) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:58:01 -0000
Family Research Council has engaged the firm PubAdv2009 calling from 1(202)870-5892 to do bigoted push-polling against health care reform.
A large majority of the voters in the country (according ot recent polling) prefer a HCR bill that includes a strong public option.
childlawyer (Alan Rosenfeld) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:36:59 -0000
A large majority of the voters in the country (according ot recent polling) prefer a HCR bill that includes a strong public option.
Polling station for #tamlielections close at 9PM. Reports show a good turnout across Canada www.tamilelections.ca
tejross (Todd Ross) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:19:17 -0000
Polling station for #tamlielections close at 9PM. Reports show a good turnout across Canada www.tamilelections.ca
@beckymaewebtown Polling on twitter is faster and easier with http://sur.vey.me
survey_me (Dave Holmes) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:00:22 -0000
@beckymaewebtown Polling on twitter is faster and easier with http://sur.vey.me
@jeroenemon You'll love this online polling tool... http://sur.vey.me
survey_me (Dave Holmes) Sun, 20 Dec 2009 01:00:14 -0000
@jeroenemon You'll love this online polling tool... http://sur.vey.me
'Many doctors in SA favour mercy killing' - South African Law Commission member Willem Landman says that informal surveys document physician support for the legalization of voluntary euthanasia.
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Death with Dignity National Center: Public Opinion - Cites various polls of people in the United States supportive of the right to die.
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Doctors back assisted suicide - A Voluntary Euthanasia Society survey found that more than half the physicians in the United Kingdom support the right to a physician assisted death for the terminally ill.
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Eurispes: 60 pct of Italians Approve Euthanasia - Survey results indicate a significant increase in Italian support for end-of-life choice in the last 15 years.
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Poll: Many doctors back assisted suicide - A Baylor College of Medicine study finds that 44.5 percent of U.S. physicians support assisted dying.
Study puts face on patients in assisted suicide - An Oregon Health Science University study identifies the personality traits of those who have hastened their death under the Oregon Death with Dignity law.
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