Alto is properly the term for the second top part in four-part mixed-voice vocal writing. Applied to voices it means no more than can muddle their way through the alto part, which is not saying a whole lot, because the alto part is notoriously mind numbing (not that itâs not an essential part of the whole, or that weâre not grateful for the people who deal with it).
Longitudinal data system. Longitudinal data system is a data system capable of tracking student information over multiple years in multiple schools. The term appears in Federal law of the United States to describe such a system. Federal funding is provided to aid the design and implementation of such systems.
Longitudinal Recording. As indicated by the name, longitudinal recording is a method of recording data to a hard disk drive (HDD) in such a way that the data bits are aligned horizontally in relation to the drive's spinning platter, which is parallel to the surface of the disk.he mechanism that reads and writes data on a hard disk. longitudinal recording Longitudinal recording aligns data bits horizontally in relation to the drive's spinning platter, parallel to the surface of the disk. perpendicular recording. Perpendicular recording aligns data bits vertically. perpendicular to the disk.