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  • noun Plural form of activation.

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Examples

  • I end up having to re-install my OSes every so often and only three 'activations' is just ridiculous.

    To Spore or Not to Spore 2008

  • African American smokers show greater brain activations in response to smoking cues, such as images of individuals smoking, than Caucasian smokers, according to researchers at the University of Minnesota.

    June 3rd, 2006 2006

  • This time, instead of requiring gamers to maintain an internet connection and activate their game every few weeks, paying customers (allegedly) get three "activations" of the game and that's it.

    EA Allows 3 "Activations" Of Mass Effect And That's It? Period? - The Consumerist 2008

  • It requires an internet connection for the game to work even in single-player and the game is limited to five 'activations'.

    Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • It requires an internet connection for the game to work even in single-player and the game is limited to five 'activations'.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • Despite the 200,000 "activations" a day their market share has gone from 0.06% in Jan to 0.20% in August. iOS devices have risen from 0.59% to 1.13% in the same time.

    MyAppleMenu 2010

  • AT&T's "activations" term includes existing handsets transferred to new owners, making comparisons between new activations and device additions invalid.

    MacRumors : Mac News and Rumors 2010

  • Notice that google calls it 'activations' and not sold - why as the last quarter results are in - Apple has 55% market share of the profits in the 'smartphone' category - this with 3% of phones sold while every Android handset maker either reported low margins or a loss so there's market share and there's market share.

    TheAppleBlog 2010

  • When Google get back to you could they explain what they actually mean by "activations"?

    MyAppleMenu 2010

  • The Xbox Live Netflix numbers are also based on "activations", which means that many of the users could just be using the services 'free trial only.

    CD Freaks News 2009

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