footprint

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In The Netherlands, just 20 percent of the water footprint is Dutch water, the rest of it is foreign.

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  1. noun An outline or indentation left by a foot on a surface. Also called footmark, footstep.
  2. noun The surface space occupied by a structure or device: the footprint of a building; a microcomputer with a space-saving footprint.
  3. noun An area within which a spacecraft is supposed to land.
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  • - Make Me Sustainable allows users to calculate and reduce their carbon footprint, which is then represented as a simple history bar graph or translated in the metaphor of "trees saved" or "cars taken off the road".
  • About 35 percent of Comcast's footprint is already wideband-enabled. —  Light Reading:
  • Given Salesforce. com's large market footprint -- it has more than 50,000 customers and greater than $1 billion in revenue -- it certainly makes sense for NetSuite to align itself with the vendor, in spite of the fact that they compete on the CRM —  Infoworld News
  • · The structure to position the device between the user's legs minimizes the required footprint, therefore making it easier for them to maneuver. —  Medgadget
  • The offering will extend across Verizon Business 'European footprint, allowing the central hub to extend telephony and unified communications access across borders in Belgium, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the U.K. —  FierceVoIP
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