meaning of sampling frequency
1.   sampling frequency sample rate samurai A hacker who hires out for legal cracking jobs, snooping for factions in corporate political fights, lawyers pursuing privacy-rights and First Amendment cases, and other parties with legitimate reasons to need an electronic locksmith.   In 1991, mainstream media reported the existence of a loose-knit culture of samurai that meets electronically on BBS systems, mostly bright teenagers with personal micros; they have modelled themselves explicitly on the historical samurai of Japan and on the "net cowboys" of William Gibsons cyberpunk novels.   Those interviewed claim to adhere to a rigid ethic of loyalty to their employers and to disdain the vandalism and theft practiced by criminal crackers as beneath them and contrary to the hacker ethic; some quote Miyamoto Musashis "Book of Five Rings", a classic of historical samurai doctrine, in support of these principles.  See also Stupids, social engineering, cracker, hacker ethic, and dark-side hacker.  [Jargon File] SAN Storage Area Network sandbender [IBM] A person involved with silicon lithography and the physical design of integrated circuits.   Compare ironmonger, polygon pusher.  sandbox UK: "sandpit" 1.  
2.  telecommunication the frequency of sampling a continuously varying signal
						 
