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'''[[Provisioning]]''' means equipping a telecommunications network |
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The term '''provisioning''' can refer to: |
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* in telecommunications: |
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'''Provisioning''' may also refer to: |
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* in shipping: |
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**Provisioning, stocking materials or supplies; especially food. In this sense it is usually used to describe supplying a vessel for an extended voyage, such as: |
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* [[Mass provisioning]], a form of parental behavior in which an adult insect stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber |
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* [[Progressive provisioning]], a form of parental behavior in which an adult feeds its larvae directly after they have hatched |
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* in entomology, stocking a nest with food such as caterpillars or spiders, commonly among wasps and bees, using one of two strategies: |
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** [[Mass provisioning]], supplying food just once for the young in a nest, which may be guarded by adults |
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** [[Progressive provisioning]], supplying food repeatedly for the young in a (sealed) nest |
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Revision as of 02:26, 3 November 2015
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Provisioning means equipping a telecommunications network
Provisioning may also refer to:
- Provisioning (cruise ship), supplying a vessel for an extended voyage
- Mass provisioning, a form of parental behavior in which an adult insect stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber
- Progressive provisioning, a form of parental behavior in which an adult feeds its larvae directly after they have hatched