Norm or NORM may refer to:
[edit] In academics
A designated standard of average performance of people of a given age, background, etc.
- Norm (artificial intelligence), a set of statements used to regulate artificial intelligence software
- Norm (philosophy), sentences within philosophy with practical implications
- Norm (sociology), social norms, expected patterns of behavior studied in sociology
- Norm, a statistical concept in psychometrics representing the aggregate responses of a standardized and representative group are established for a test, against which a subject is compared
- Norm (graphic design group), an experimental graphic design firm based on Zurich, Switzerland
- NORM, an abbreviation for naturally occurring radioactive materials
- NORM, an acronym coined by Chambers and Trudgill (1980) to refer to a group speakers frequently used in dialect studies ("non-mobile older rural males")[1]
[edit] In mathematics
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Norm a television series featuring Norm Macdonald as the titular character.
- Grandmaster norm, a chess result required to qualify for an official title
- Norms Restaurants, a chain of restaurants in Southern California
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ J. K. Chambers and Peter Trudgill, Dialectology (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press: 1998), 29.