According to Nielsen ( 2008 ) a dictionary may be regarded as a lexicographical product that is characterised by three significant features: ( 1 ) it has been prepared for one or more functions ; ( 2 ) it contains data that have been selected for the purpose of fulfilling those functions ; and ( 3 ) its lexicographic structures link and establish relationships between the data so that they can meet the needs of users and fulfill the functions of the dictionary.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, Napalm Death sold 367, 654 units between May 1991 and November 2003, while Carcass sold 220, 374 units in the same period.

According to Nielsen Soundscan, by 2009 CDs accounted for 79 percent of album sales, with 20 percent coming from digital, representing both a 10 percent drop and gain for both formats in 2 years.

According to the Intranet design annual 2007 from Nielsen Norman Group, the number of pages on participants ' intranets averaged 200, 000 over the years 2001 to 2003 and has grown to an average of 6 million pages over 2005 – 2007.

According to Nielsen Media Research, the month of February 2011 had finished as Disney Channel ’ s most-watched February sweeps period in Total Day ratings in the network's history ever, earning an average of 1. 7 million viewers among Total Viewers, along with 590, 000 viewers with a 2. 1 rating share among Kids 6 – 11 and 459, 000 viewers with a 1. 9 rating share among Tweens 6 – 9 ; 9 – 15 ; among the first two demos, the channel posted its 14th consecutive month of year-to-year gains in both demos.

According to the Nielsen SoundScan, the CD single has sold 55, 000 copies in the United States.

According to Allmusic, Demartini was heavily influenced by Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick as a teenager.

According to Nielsen Co. ratings, the first episode was seen by 718, 000 viewers.

According to Nielsen Media Research, it once again currently averages a weekly audience of approximately 10 million viewers.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, The Black Eyed Peas are the second-best-selling artist or group for downloaded tracks, with over 42 million sales as of the end of 2011.

According to Jakob Nielsen, " Studies of user behavior on the Web find a low tolerance for difficult designs or slow sites.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, Morbid Angel is the third best-selling death metal band in the United States ( after Cannibal Corpse and Deicide up until 2003 with sales of over 445, 000 ), with their third album Covenant being the best-selling death metal album during the beginning of the Soundscan era time with over 150, 000 units sold.

According to Nielsen Ratings Data, Bravo is currently available in 88 million homes.

According to the Nielsen 2 year survey, 50 % felt the country was moving in the right direction, and 36 % gave the government a favorable rating.

According to Nielsen ratings, PTI paired with Around the Horn combined to average more viewers than SportsCenter.

According to reports in March 2007 by Nielsen Research, the program was estimated to reach an average of 50, 000 new viewers each week.

However these rumors have not been verified, nor will the shutdown of TeleFutura happen anytime soon ; According to Nielsen Media Research, in February 2007 TeleFutura made significant gains in viewership at the expense of Telemundo, actually taking over second place among Spanish-language networks in the Adults 18-34, Men 18-34 and Men 18-49 demographics.

According to the Nielsen ratings, it was the highest rated television show for the 1951 – 1952 season.

According to the first 2007 Nielsen radio ratings survey on 21 February 2007, Bob Rogers's Morning show became the fourth most heard radio programme for that particular timeslot in Sydney, beating John Laws on 2UE.

According to Nielsen Media Research in the May 2011 ratings period, WTTE was the 2nd most watched Fox affiliate in the United States in prime time.

According to Nielsen BookScan, 35, 000 copies were sold by 2006.

According to the Nielsen ratings system, viewership was down for the entire season.

According to Nielsen ratings at the program's website, 2. 7 million people watch the program each night, and 8 million individuals watch in the course of a week.

According to Nielsen SoundScan, it has sold 632, 000 copies in the US as of August, 2010.

According to the Oxford English Dictionary Online, the first known recorded usage of the word diaspora in the English language was in 1876 referring " extensive diaspora work ( as it is termed ) of evangelizing among the National Protestant Churches on the continent ".

According to Merriam-Webster and the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word " molecule " derives from the Latin " moles " or small unit of mass.

According to Grove Music Online, the term " pop music " " originated in Britain in the mid-1950s as a description for rock and roll and the new youth music styles that it influenced ...".

According to Grove Music Online, " Western-derived pop styles, whether coexisting with or marginalizing distinctively local genres, have spread throughout the world and have come to constitute stylistic common denominators in global commercial music cultures ".

According to Garowe Online, to bolster the region's justice system, numerous new prosecutors, judges and other court personnel as well as additional prison guards were hired and trained.

According to Heritage Online, nearly 65 % of the total seminaries ( Madrasah ) in Pakistan are run by Deobandis, 25 % by the Barelvis, 6 % by the Ahle Hadith and 3 % by various Shia organizations.

According to Benjamin Edelman, who reported his findings in the article " Red Light States: Who Buys Online Adult Entertainment ?," published in the most recent edition of the Journal of Economic Perspectives, Sevier County has the highest rate of online pornography usage in the United States.

According to the Handbook of Texas Online referencing Oscar Haas, History of New Braunfels and Comal County, Texas, 1844-1946 ( Austin: Steck, 1968 ), Bulverde was settled in 1850 and called Pieper Settlement, after Anton Pieper.

According to Martin Donell Kohout of The Handbook of Texas Online:

According to the Handbook of Texas Online, "... at times they appear colored as they twinkle in the distance.

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the old system of delivering mail was referred to as snail mail in 1983 as a comparison to electronic mail ( email ) begun in 1982.

According to Nations Online, the member countries of NATO after the Cold War included:

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word coward came into English from the Old French word coart ( modern French couard ), a combination of the word for " tail " ( Modern French queue, Latin cauda ) and an agent noun suffix.

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word infrastructure has been used in English since at least 1927, originally meaning " The installations that form the basis for any operation or system ".

According to Britannica Online, " In feudal Japan sumptuary laws were passed with a frequency and minuteness of scope that had no parallel in the history of the Western world.

According to Dorine C. Andrews, author of Audience-Specific Online Community Design there are three parts to building an online community: starting the online community, encouraging early online interaction, and moving to a self-sustaining interactive environment.

According to and article published in Volume 21, Issue 5, of the European Management Journal titled Learning in Online Forums, they conducted a series of researches about online learning, and they found that while strong online learning is a bit more difficult to form, it is still quite conducive to educational learning.

According to The Handbook of Texas Online, the Chronicle generally represented very conservative political views during the 1950s:

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the first recorded use of the term zero tolerance was in 1972.

According to the American Bar Association outline on Online Transaction Management, the primary points of US Federal and State statutes enacted regarding digital signatures has been to " prevent conflicting and overly burdensome local regulation and to establish that electronic writings satisfy the traditional requirements associated with paper documents.

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, the word was first used to describe having permission from authorities in the 1530s.

According to Asia Times Online, one important mission of NRO satellites is the tracking of non-US submarines on patrol or on training missions in the world's oceans and seas.

According to Times Online, two senior figures in the process that chose zur Hausen also had strong links with AstraZeneca.

According to The Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online, " the Zeno affair remains one of the most preposterous and at the same time one of the most successful fabrications in the history of exploration.