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  2. Open Access Same-Time Information System - Wikipedia

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    The Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS), is an Internet-based system for obtaining services related to electric power transmission in North America.It is the primary means by which high-voltage transmission lines are reserved for moving wholesale quantities of electricity.

  3. Utility software - Wikipedia

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    Utility software is a program specifically designed to help manage and tune system or application software. It is used to support the computer infrastructure - in contrast to application software , which is aimed at directly performing tasks that benefit ordinary users.

  4. cURL - Wikipedia

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    cURL (pronounced like "curl", [7] / k ɜːr l /) is a computer software project providing a library (libcurl) and command-line tool (curl) for transferring data using various network protocols. The name stands for "Client for URL ".

  5. File Transfer Protocol - Wikipedia

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    The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used for the transfer of computer files from a server to a client on a computer network. FTP is built on a client–server model architecture using separate control and data connections between the client and the server. [ 1 ]

  6. Operating system - Wikipedia

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    Executing an application program typically involves the creation of a process by the operating system kernel, which assigns memory space and other resources, establishes a priority for the process in multi-tasking systems, loads program binary code into memory, and initiates execution of the application program, which then interacts with the ...

  7. Wheeling (electric power transmission) - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] [3] The wheeling provider, or utility, receives compensation for the service and for electricity losses incurred in the transmission. As an economic concept, wheeling combines the traits of opposing designs of the electricity market: as a regulated public utility and a competitive market. [1] Two types of wheeling are:

  8. Transfer payment - Wikipedia

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    Transfer payments to (persons) as a percent of federal revenue in the United States Transfer payments to (persons + business) in the United States. In macroeconomics and finance, a transfer payment (also called a government transfer or simply fiscal transfer) is a redistribution of income and wealth by means of the government making a payment, without goods or services being received in return ...

  9. Regional transmission organization (North America) - Wikipedia

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    The official definition for an RTO: "An entity that is independent from all generation and power marketing interests and has exclusive responsibility for grid operations, short-term reliability, and transmission service within a region." [13] The designation of an RTO is largely one of scope.