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repository

a place where commodities are kept before being sold; warehouse
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repository

(database)

repository

(programming)
The core of a CASE tool, typically a DBMS where all development documents are stored.
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repository

(1) A generic term for a storehouse of data.

(2) A database of information about application software that includes author, data elements, inputs, processes, outputs and interrelationships.

(3) A database of digital certificate information. The repository is maintained by the certification authority (CA) and is queried to find out if a certificate is valid, has expired or has been revoked. See CA and PKI.
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The NIGMS Repository has been funded by the NIH since 1972 and is the world's largest public human genetic cell repository.
Linux distros usually have this in the repository, and for Windows there are a few options, including running Cygwin with openSSH.
The design for additive manufacturing (DfAM) feature repository was developed base on the AM design taxonomy as shown in Figure 1.
However, former members of that committee warned last week that the government had assumed that the repository would also be suitable for the most radioactive waste from new reactors.
Each metadata record includes a web link to the full record held by the owning repository. OAI-PMH compliant repositories will export their data in simple Dublin Core standard as an XML file, and the harvesting service then interprets that data and stores it for use by the ARROW Discovery Service.
Developed under the auspices of the Wales Higher Education Libraries Forum, the Welsh Repository Network is made up of 12 individual university research repositories.
The lodging of x-rays in the repository is voluntary and only licensed and approved vets will be allowed to view them, while vendors will be able to see which vets have viewed their x-rays and at what time.
This repository offers learning and job support assets to include policy and procedure information, training resources, interagency contracts, human resources information, and e-tools and links.
The Knowledge Innovation for Technology in Education (KITE) project is a web-based knowledge repository with nearly 1000 stories or cases describing the real-life experiences of in-service teachers as they integrate technology into their teaching (Wang, Moore, Wedman, & Shyu, 2003).
3.0, a repository tool and seminar courses related to system development.
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