polling

poll

P0408900 (pōl)n.1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.2. The number of votes cast or recorded.3. pollsa. The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group: The polls close in this state at 8:00.b. A place where votes are cast and registered: I went to the polls before work to cast a vote.4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or axe.v. polled, poll·ing, polls v.tr.1. To receive (a given number of votes).2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.3. To cast (a vote or ballot).4. To question in a survey; canvass.5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.v.intr. To vote at the polls in an election.

[Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.]

poll′er n.

polling

(ˈpəʊlɪŋ) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. the casting or registering of votes at an electionb. (as modifier): polling day. 2. the conducting of a public opinion poll3. (Computer Science) computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages

Translations

interrogazione ciclicavotazione

polling

[′pōl·iŋ] (communications) A process that involves interrogating in succession every terminal on a shared communications line to determine which of the terminals require service.

Polling

one of the basic techniques for concrete social research. It is applied in sociological, social-psychological, economic, demographic, and other research. In the polling process, each member of a group chosen for the poll is requested to respond in writing to questions posed in the form of a questionnaire.

The questions may be in open form (free answers—for example, “What do you plan to do after your service in the army?”) or closed form (the answer consists of a choice from among several statements suggested in the questionnaire). The open questions provide much deeper information, but in many questionnaires they lead to significant difficulties in processing because of nonstandard answers.

The questions may be divided according to content into objective (concerning education, age, salary, and other facts about the respondent; in this type of poll it is necessary to account for subjective distortions in the answers) and subjective (which reveal the social-psychological makeup of the respondent and his approach to his living conditions and to certain events). As a rule, the answers to questions are anonymous.

The fundamental rules in the format of a questionnaire are the following: a logical sequence of subjects should be touched upon by the questions; the interest of the respondent should grow from question to question; overly complicated or intimate questions should be absent; the formulation of questions should correspond to the educational level of the respondent group; all possible variant answers should be provided for in closed questions; and the overall number of questions should not be too great, since the polling process should not tire or irritate the respondent.

Polling may be conducted in three ways: the questionnaire is filled out individually in the presence of the poll-taker; filling out by a group in the presence of the poll-taker, when the respondents fill the questionnaires out independently and turn them in simultaneously in order to retain anonymity; and postal polling, in which the questionnaire is delivered or mailed to the home and is then returned by mail by the respondent. In order to increase the effectiveness of the questionnaire before a mass poll, a test poll (50–100 questionnaires) is usually conducted to weed out unsatisfactory (unworkable) questions.

REFERENCES

Andreeva, G. M. Sovremennaia burzhuaznaia empiricheskaia so-tsiologiia. Moscow, 1965. Chapter 3.
Grushin, B. A. Mneniia o mire i mir mnenii. Moscow, 1967.
Goode, W., and P. Hatt. Methods in Social Research. New York-Toronto-London, 1952.

IU. B. SAMSONOV

polling

poll

polling

(1) A communications technique that determines when a terminal is ready to send data. The computer continually interrogates its connected terminals in a round robin sequence. If a terminal has data to send, it sends back an acknowledgment and the transmission begins. Contrast with an interrupt-driven system, in which the terminal generates a signal when it has data to send.

(2) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral device to see if it has data to transfer. For example, if a mouse button was pressed or if data are available at a communications port. Contrast with event-driven or interrupt-driven techniques, in which the operating system generates a signal and interrupts the system.

单词	polling
释义	polling poll P0408900 (pōl)n.1. The casting and registering of votes in an election.2. The number of votes cast or recorded.3. pollsa. The places where votes are cast and registered during an election, considered as a group: The polls close in this state at 8:00.b. A place where votes are cast and registered: I went to the polls before work to cast a vote.4. A survey of the public or of a sample of public opinion to acquire information.5. The head, especially the top of the head where hair grows.6. The blunt or broad end of a tool such as a hammer or axe.v. polled, poll·ing, polls v.tr.1. To receive (a given number of votes).2. To receive or record the votes of: polling a jury.3. To cast (a vote or ballot).4. To question in a survey; canvass.5. To cut off or trim (hair, horns, or wool, for example); clip.6. To trim or cut off the hair, wool, branches, or horns of: polled the sheep; polled the trees.v.intr. To vote at the polls in an election. [Middle English pol, head, from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.] poll′er n. polling (ˈpəʊlɪŋ) n1. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a. the casting or registering of votes at an electionb. (as modifier): polling day. 2. the conducting of a public opinion poll3. (Computer Science) computing the automatic interrogation of terminals by a central controlling machine to determine if they are ready to receive or transmit messages Translations interrogazione ciclicavotazione IdiomsSeepoll polling polling [′pōl·iŋ] (communications) A process that involves interrogating in succession every terminal on a shared communications line to determine which of the terminals require service. Polling one of the basic techniques for concrete social research. It is applied in sociological, social-psychological, economic, demographic, and other research. In the polling process, each member of a group chosen for the poll is requested to respond in writing to questions posed in the form of a questionnaire. The questions may be in open form (free answers—for example, “What do you plan to do after your service in the army?”) or closed form (the answer consists of a choice from among several statements suggested in the questionnaire). The open questions provide much deeper information, but in many questionnaires they lead to significant difficulties in processing because of nonstandard answers. The questions may be divided according to content into objective (concerning education, age, salary, and other facts about the respondent; in this type of poll it is necessary to account for subjective distortions in the answers) and subjective (which reveal the social-psychological makeup of the respondent and his approach to his living conditions and to certain events). As a rule, the answers to questions are anonymous. The fundamental rules in the format of a questionnaire are the following: a logical sequence of subjects should be touched upon by the questions; the interest of the respondent should grow from question to question; overly complicated or intimate questions should be absent; the formulation of questions should correspond to the educational level of the respondent group; all possible variant answers should be provided for in closed questions; and the overall number of questions should not be too great, since the polling process should not tire or irritate the respondent. Polling may be conducted in three ways: the questionnaire is filled out individually in the presence of the poll-taker; filling out by a group in the presence of the poll-taker, when the respondents fill the questionnaires out independently and turn them in simultaneously in order to retain anonymity; and postal polling, in which the questionnaire is delivered or mailed to the home and is then returned by mail by the respondent. In order to increase the effectiveness of the questionnaire before a mass poll, a test poll (50–100 questionnaires) is usually conducted to weed out unsatisfactory (unworkable) questions. REFERENCES Andreeva, G. M. Sovremennaia burzhuaznaia empiricheskaia so-tsiologiia. Moscow, 1965. Chapter 3. Grushin, B. A. Mneniia o mire i mir mnenii. Moscow, 1967. Goode, W., and P. Hatt. Methods in Social Research. New York-Toronto-London, 1952. IU. B. SAMSONOV polling poll polling (1) A communications technique that determines when a terminal is ready to send data. The computer continually interrogates its connected terminals in a round robin sequence. If a terminal has data to send, it sends back an acknowledgment and the transmission begins. Contrast with an interrupt-driven system, in which the terminal generates a signal when it has data to send. (2) A technique that continually interrogates a peripheral device to see if it has data to transfer. For example, if a mouse button was pressed or if data are available at a communications port. Contrast with event-driven or interrupt-driven techniques, in which the operating system generates a signal and interrupts the system. LegalSeePoll
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