Bias

Bias has numerous meanings. It literally means diagonal or slant.

Electronics

Bias is a DC voltage level added to an AC signal which is to be amplified. This is done to put the AC signal within the amplifying transistor's linear operating area.

Bias is also a name for a high-frequency sine wave that is added to an audio signal as part of the process of magnetic tape recording; it has the effect of eliminating distortion that would otherwise be caused by magnetic hysteresis.

Social Context

- Bias is also the predisposition toward one belief before another.

Related:

• Media bias
• Bias-Original Work