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  • 11Unit Control Block — In IBM mainframe operating systems from the z/OS line, a Unit Control Block (UCB) is a memory structure, or a control block , that describes any single input/output peripheral device, or a unit , to the operating system.A similar concept in Unix… …

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  • 12assembly plant — noun a factory where manufactured parts are assembled into a finished product • Hypernyms: ↑factory, ↑mill, ↑manufacturing plant, ↑manufactory • Hyponyms: ↑maquiladora * * * a factory where parts for a complete unit are put together, as in… …

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  • 13assembly — noun (plural blies) Etymology: Middle English assemblee, from Anglo French, from assembler Date: 14th century 1. a company of persons gathered for deliberation and legislation, worship, or entertainment 2 …

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  • 14unit training assembly — An authorized and scheduled period of unit inactive duty training of a prescribed length of time …

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  • 15assembly plant — a factory where parts for a complete unit are put together, as in automobile manufacturing. * * * …

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  • 16unit — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A whole] Syn. entirety, complement, total, totality, assemblage, assembly, system. 2. [A detail] Syn. section, segment, part, fraction, piece, joint, block, square, layer, link, length, digit, member, factor. II (Roget s 3… …

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  • 17assembly plant — n. factory where manufactued parts for a complete finished unit are put together; physical place of a company s production lines …

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  • 18assembly — noun (plural assemblies) 1》 a group of people gathered together.     ↘a group having legislative or decision making powers.     ↘a regular gathering of teachers and pupils in a school. 2》 the action of assembling component parts.     ↘a unit… …

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  • 19assembly line — /əˈsɛmbli laɪn/ (say uh semblee luyn) noun a sequential arrangement of machines, tools, and workers in which each worker performs a special operation on an incomplete unit, which passes down a line of workers until it is finished. Also,… …

  • 20Orbital replacement unit — Orbital Replacement Units (ORUs) are key elements of the International Space Station that can be readily replaced when the unit either passes its design life or fails. Examples of ORUs are: pumps, storage tanks, controller boxes, antennas, and… …

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