But mathematically, we've mentioned this before, log N or really to be precise, log base 2 of N, is the way you express this mathematically.

但从数学上说，之前我们已经提到过了，准确地说是log，N，以2为底N的对数，这就是它在数学上的表示。

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But because we're now programming a computer at a lower level and because as we said last week, you really have to be precise and then careful to instruct this machine, this fairly dumb machine that will only do what you tell it to do very specific instructions, do we have to use a more precise syntax than just a puzzle piece might have previously allowed.

但是我们是要在电脑的低平台上编程不是吗？,那我们就要像我上周提到过的那样，一定要小心，小心，再小心地,操纵这台又聋又哑的机器,它只会根据你敲进去的,特定指令来做事，所以我们必须使用非常精细的语法,而不是模模糊糊，让人费解的概念。

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We could also go on and be a little more precise and say it belongs to a particular genre.

我们还可以进一步,更加精确地说,它属于某种独特的音乐风格

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We can be precise about how much bigger by saying, "If the acceleration of a body to a given force is ten times that of a one kilogram mass, then this mass is one-tenth of one kilogram."

我们能精确地知道质量能大多少,只需要说,"如果物体在给定力作用下的加速度,是一个 1 千克物体的加速度的 10 倍,那这个物体的质量就是 1 千克的十分之一"

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