For ordinal predictors that have an implied order, it is possible to use ordinal encoding. For example, a predictor variable such as height with possible values "short," "medium" and "tall" could be ...

Priority inversion scenario with a binary semaphore By David Kalinsky, Enea OSE Systems, EE Times April 6, 2001 (2:26 p.m. EST) ... For example, another task, Task D, of slightly higher priority than ...