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Gaussian
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AKA "normal distribution".
This is what you need to know: Wikipedia article if you encounter it in the image analysis setting.
However, be careful using the Gaussian for "curve fitting", like gaussfit in MATLAB (compare Sub-pixel accuracy for distance measurement).