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In certain embodiments, the correlation may be represented by a magnitude and/or rate of change in an attribute or behavior between two or more things. The size of a value representing a correlation may directly relate to the strength or weakness of the correlation. Similarly, positive correlations may be represented by positive values for a correlation and negative correlations may be represented by negative values for a correlation. In one embodiment, a correlation is represented by a correlation factor. "Correlation factor" refers to a value that modifies a correlated attribute when the correlated attribute is multiplied by the correlation factor such that the correlated attribute accounts for a correlation associated with the correlation factor. For example, in one embodiment, the correlated attribute may be a read level. Each read level may mark a boundary between two adjacent memory states.

Added by DJM 12 2021