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upper bound

n. (mathematics) a number equal to or greater than any other number in a given set

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Also, it follows from the thermodynamic limit that there's an upper bound on how much data you can store with a given amount of energy&mdash.

Also, it follows from the thermodynamic limit that there's an upper bound on how much data you can store with a given amount of energy - or, equivalently, mass.

Standing concluded that, for all practical purposes, 'there is no upper bound to memory capacity'.

One can calculate the energy yield -- actually, just an upper bound, which turns out to be considerable.

And besides, the fifty years is an upper bound, what a human engineer would call a three-sigma number.