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subunit

n. 1 Any subdivision of a larger unit 2 (context biochemistry English) A protein subunit

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subunit

n. a monetary unit that is valued at a fraction (usually one hundredth) of the basic monetary unit [syn: fractional monetary unit]

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Subunit

A subunit is a subdivision of a larger unit.

Subunit may refer to:

  • Subunit HIV vaccine, a class of HIV vaccine
  • Protein subunit, a protein molecule that assembles with other protein molecules
  • Monomer, a molecule that may bind chemically to other molecules to form a polymer
  • Subunit (military), a subordinated element of a parent unit
  • Subunit (format), test reporting and controlling protocol
Subunit (format)

SubUnit is a streaming protocol for test results. It allows communication between unit tests and a test harness. Originally developed for unit testing in 2005 by Robert Collins. Subunit comes with command line filters to process a SubUnit stream and language bindings for Python, C, C++ and Shell. Bindings are easy to write for other languages.

A number of useful things can be done easily with SubUnit:

  • Test aggregation: Tests run separately can be combined and then reported/displayed together.
  • Test archiving: A test run may be recorded and replayed later.
  • Test isolation: Tests that may crash or otherwise interact badly with each other can be run separately and then aggregated.
  • Grid testing: SubUnit can act as the necessary serialisation and deserialiation to get test runs on distributed machines to be reported in real time.

Usage examples of "subunit".

The antipersonnel system subunits launched in unison, flying in precise formation for 1.

When the subunits fell back to the ground, the impact automatically rearmed them for the next jump.

He talked for a while about Vlad's notion of holons, which were organic units that had subunits and also were subunits of greater holons, each level combining to create the next one up in emergent fashion, all the way up and down the great chain of being.

The necessary cooling mechanism to maintain subunits of Elephant below 2 Kelvins is unclear.

Even the simplest bacterium has over a thousand ‘small’ molecules — sugars, amino acids, fatty acids — and another thousand or two thousand macromolecules — the different proteins and other polymeric chains — that are hundreds of times more complex than the subunits.

So I recorded what happened when I tried it again, and this time installed a natural language trace program to record all the manager's commands to the other subunits.