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81Use case — A use case is a description of a system’s behaviour as it responds to a request that originates from outside of that system.The use case technique is used in software and systems engineering to capture the functional requirements of a system. Use …
82Point system — For other uses of the word point, see Point A point system is one in which a driver s licensing authority issues demerits, or points to drivers on conviction for road traffic offenses. Points may either be added or subtracted, depending on the… …
83computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …
84Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
85military law — the body of laws relating to the government of the armed forces; rules and regulations for the conduct of military personnel. [1730 40] * * * Law prescribed by statute for governing the armed forces and their civilian employees. It in no way… …
86propaganda — /prop euh gan deuh/, n. 1. information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc. 2. the deliberate spreading of such information, rumors, etc. 3. the particular doctrines or… …
87control theory — Field of applied mathematics relevant to the control of certain physical processes and systems. It became a field in its own right in the late 1950s and early 60s. After World War II, problems arising in engineering and economics were recognized… …
88training, transfer of — In psychology, the effect of having learned one activity on an individual s execution of other activities. Positive transfer occurs when a previously acquired skill enhances one s performance of a new one. Negative transfer occurs when the… …
89oxidation–reduction reaction — ▪ chemical reaction Introduction also called redox reaction any chemical reaction in which the oxidation number of a participating chemical species changes. The term covers a large and diverse body of processes. Many oxidation– reduction… …
90production, theory of — ▪ economics Introduction in economics, an effort to explain the principles by which a business firm decides how much of each commodity that it sells (its “outputs” or “products”) it will produce, and how much of each kind of labour, raw… …
