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  2. Glossary of firefighting - Wikipedia

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    Firefighting jargon includes a diverse lexicon of both common and idiosyncratic terms. One problem that exists in trying to create a list such as this is that much of the terminology used by a particular department is specifically defined in their particular standing operating procedures, such that two departments may have completely different terms for the same thing.

  3. Global Positioning System - Wikipedia

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    In general terms, the angular difference between satellites in each orbit is 30°, 105°, 120°, and 105° apart, which sum to 360°. [ 95 ] Orbiting at an altitude of approximately 20,200 km (12,600 mi); orbital radius of approximately 26,600 km (16,500 mi), [ 96 ] each SV makes two complete orbits each sidereal day , repeating the same ground ...

  4. Full operating capability - Wikipedia

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    This is usually preceded by an initial operating capability or initial operational capability (IOC) phase. For the United States Department of Defense military acquisition FOC is defined as " in general attained when all units and/or organizations in the force structure scheduled to receive a system have received it and have the ability to ...

  5. Initial operating capability - Wikipedia

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    Initial operating capability or initial operational capability (IOC) is the state achieved when a capability is available in its minimum usefully deployable form. The term is often used in government or military procurement. [1] The United States Department of Defense chooses to use the term initial operational capability when referring to IOC. [2]

  6. Operationalization - Wikipedia

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    Operationalization is the scientific practice of operational definition, where even the most basic concepts are defined through the operations by which we measure them. The practice originated in the field of physics with the philosophy of science book The Logic of Modern Physics (1927), by Percy Williams Bridgman, whose methodological position is called "operationalism".

  7. Operational efficiency - Wikipedia

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    In a business context, operational efficiency is a measurement of resource allocation and can be defined as the ratio between an output gained from the business and an input to run a business operation. When improving operational efficiency, the output to input ratio improves.

  8. Operational definition - Wikipedia

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    [4] [5] Operational definitions are also used to define system states in terms of a specific, publicly accessible process of preparation or validation testing. [6] For example, 100 degrees Celsius may be operationally defined as the process of heating water at sea level until it is observed to boil. A cake can be operationally defined by a cake ...

  9. Operational level of war - Wikipedia

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    Operational art is defined by its military-political scope, not by force size, scale of operations or degree of effort. Likewise, operational art provides theory and skills, and the operational level permits doctrinal structure and process. [3] The operational level of war is concerned with four essential elements: time, space, means, and purpose.