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  2. Acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Acquisition (forensic process), the creation of a disk image for use in digital forensics; Acquisition (linguistic), process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language; Acquisition (psychology), learning; Acquisition stage, the time during which a conditional response first appears and when it increases in frequency

  3. Mergers and acquisitions - Wikipedia

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    An acquisition/takeover is the purchase of one business or company by another company or other business entity. Specific acquisition targets can be identified through myriad avenues, including market research, trade expos, sent up from internal business units, or supply chain analysis. [2]

  4. Language acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Language acquisition is the process by which humans acquire the capacity to perceive and comprehend language. In other words, it is how human beings gain the ability to be aware of language, to understand it, and to produce and use words and sentences to communicate. Language acquisition involves structures, rules, and representation.

  5. Glossary of mergers, acquisitions, and takeovers - Wikipedia

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    It is a process by which a company acquires another company that make use of its products to manufacture finished goods. This type of acquisition can go up to the point of retail outlets. Godfather Offer A takeover offer so attractive that the target company can not refuse. Usually this type of takeovers result in a change of the management team.

  6. Data acquisition - Wikipedia

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    Data acquisition is the process of sampling signals that measure real-world physical conditions and converting the resulting samples into digital numeric values that can be manipulated by a computer. Data acquisition systems, abbreviated by the acronyms DAS, DAQ, or DAU, typically convert analog waveforms into digital values for processing.

  7. Purchasing - Wikipedia

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    The revised acquisition process for major systems in the U.S. Department of Defense is shown in the next figure. The process is defined by a series of phases during which technology is defined and matured into viable concepts, which are subsequently developed and readied for production, after which the systems produced are supported in the field.

  8. Eminent domain - Wikipedia

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    Eminent domain [a], also known as land acquisition, [b] compulsory purchase, [c] resumption, [d] resumption/compulsory acquisition, [e] or expropriation [f], is the compulsory acquisition of private property for public use.

  9. Acqui-hiring - Wikipedia

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    Acqui-hiring (a portmanteau of "acquisition" and "hiring") is the acquisition of startups or other small companies primarily to acquire human capital. [1] [2] The term acqui-hire was coined in 2005. The phenomenon gained widespread attention in the 2010s due to media coverage of tech firms, although acqui-hiring has been reported in a variety ...