Definitions for BLAS
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1. blas

   Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS) is a specification that prescribes a set of low-level routines for performing common linear algebra operations such as vector addition, scalar multiplication, dot products, linear combinations, and matrix multiplication. They are the de facto standard low-level routines for linear algebra libraries; the routines have bindings for both C ("CBLAS interface") and Fortran ("BLAS interface"). Although the BLAS specification is general, BLAS implementations are often optimized for speed on a particular machine, so using them can bring substantial performance benefits. BLAS implementations will take advantage of special floating point hardware such as vector registers or SIMD instructions. It originated as a Fortran library in 1979 and its interface was standardized by the BLAS Technical (BLAST) Forum, whose latest BLAS report can be found on the netlib website. This Fortran library is known as the reference implementation (sometimes confusingly referred to as the BLAS library) and is not optimized for speed but is in the public domain.Most computing libraries that offer linear algebra routines conform to common BLAS user interface command structures, thus queries to those libraries (and the associated results) are often portable between BLAS library branches, such as cuBLAS (nvidia GPU, GPGPU), rocBLAS (amd GPU, GPGP), and OpenBLAS. This interoperability is then the basis of functioning homogenous code implementations between heterzygous cascades of computing architectures (such as those found in some advanced clustering implementations). Examples of CPU-based BLAS library branches include: OpenBLAS, BLIS (BLAS-like Library Instantiation Software), Arm Performance Libraries, ATLAS, and Intel Math Kernel Library (iMKL). AMD maintains a fork of BLIS that is optimized for the AMD platform, although it is unclear whether integrated ombudsmen resources are present in that particular software-hardware implementation. ATLAS is a portable library that automatically optimizes itself for an arbitrary architecture. iMKL is a freeware and proprietary vendor library optimized for x86 and x86-64 with a performance emphasis on Intel processors. OpenBLAS is an open-source library that is hand-optimized for many of the popular architectures. The LINPACK benchmarks rely heavily on the BLAS routine gemm for its performance measurements. Many numerical software applications use BLAS-compatible libraries to do linear algebra computations, including LAPACK, LINPACK, Armadillo, GNU Octave, Mathematica, MATLAB, NumPy, R, and Julia.

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1. Blas

   Blas, is an Irish-language magazine programme, broadcast each weeknight on BBC Radio Ulster, from 7.03 p.m. Blas focuses on linguistic, cultural and community events, mainly in Northern Ireland, but also in the Republic of Ireland, and the Gaelic-speaking areas of Scotland. The programme is produced by the Irish Language Unit of BBC Northern Ireland, and features a roster of presenters throughout the year. Main presenters are Lynette Fay, Brian Mullen and Lucinda Glynn, with contributions from Tomaí Ó Conghaile, Fearghal Mag Uiginn, Máire Breathnach, Dáithí Ó Muirí, Ciarán Ó Pronntaigh, Deirdre McAliskey, Conall Ó Máirtín, and others. A weekly podcast is available to download on Fridays.

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1. BLAS

   What does BLAS stand for? -- Explore the various meanings for the BLAS acronym on the Abbreviations.com website.

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1. BLAS

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Blas is ranked #9045 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Blas surname appeared 3,612 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Blas.
   
   61.4% or 2,221 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   18.4% or 666 total occurrences were Asian.
   12.9% or 469 total occurrences were White.
   5.4% or 197 total occurrences were of two or more races.
   1.3% or 48 total occurrences were Black.
   0.3% or 11 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

Anagrams for BLAS »

1. slab

How to pronounce BLAS?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLAS in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of BLAS in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of BLAS in a Sentence

1. Mark Krikorian:

   The first thing the adjudicator did was look at the husband to see his reaction – was he blas or was he concerned.

2. Carlos Yanez Sr.:

   Josh – the third officer – Blas, I believe saved my son in responding the way he did, and got Ella as fast to the hospital, and Junior as fast to the hospital, as he could, my brothers in blue, and sisters, I thank you. Please be safe. Godspeed.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blas
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=BLAS
3. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html