Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The term pro forma (Latin for "as a matter of form" or "for the sake of form") is most often used to describe a practice or document that is provided as a courtesy or satisfies minimum requirements, conforms to a norm or doctrine, tends to be performed perfunctorily or is considered a formality.
In linguistics, a pro-form is a type of function word or expression (linguistics) that stands in for (expresses the same content as) another word, phrase, clause or sentence where the meaning is recoverable from the context. [1]
Electronic interceptions appeared as early as 1900, during the Boer War of 1899–1902. The British Royal Navy had installed wireless sets produced by Marconi on board their ships in the late 1890s, and the British Army used some limited wireless signalling.
The introduction of a pro forma bill is a practice that has existed since before Confederation.It originated in the English House of Commons in 1558. [1] As in the current Canadian practice, the bill in the English (later British) House was meant to show that the House could choose in which order to conduct its business regardless of what was in the throne speech.
Pro forma financial information is the focus of AT-C section 310. [29] Compliance or an assertion of compliance regarding laws, regulations, rules, contracts, or grants, is the focus of AT-C section 315. [30] Management's discussion and analysis (MD&A), which are presented in annual reports to shareholders, is the focus of section 395. [31]
Foreign instrumentation signals intelligence, FISINT (Foreign Instrumentation Signature INTelligence) is intelligence from the interception of foreign electromagnetic emissions associated with the testing and operational deployment of foreign aerospace, surface, and subsurface systems. [1]
pro forma: for form: Or "as a matter of form". Prescribing a set form or procedure, or performed in a set manner. pro gloria et patria: for glory and fatherland: Motto of Prussia: pro hac vice: for this occasion: Request of a state court to allow an out-of-state lawyer to represent a client. pro multis: for many
A protocol implementation conformance statement (PICS) is a structured document which asserts which specific requirements are met by a given implementation of a protocol standard. [1]