Provisioning

The term provisioning can refer to:

in telecommunications:
- Provisioning, equipping a telecommunications network
in shipping:
- 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:
  - Provisioning (cruise ship)
  - Provisioning of the United States Navy frigate USS Constitution
in entomology, stocking a nest with food such as caterpillars or spiders, commonly among wasps and bees, using one of two strategies:
- Mass provisioning, supplying food just once for the young in a nest, which may be guarded by adults
- Progressive provisioning, supplying food repeatedly for the young in a (sealed) nest

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