Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. The process of moving an idea from concept to reality. In business, engineering and other fields, implementation refers to the building process rather than the design process.
- n. electronics A result of implementing something; a finished product, system or device.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order
- n. the act of implementing (providing a practical means for accomplishing something); carrying into effect
Examples
“And the implementation file "mainView. m", which is the implementation: page. h "@implementation mainView @synthesize arrayPages; - (id) initWithFrame: (CGRect) frame {if (self = [super initWithFrame: frame]) {UIImageView”
“Mozilla engineering VP, Mike Schroepfer explained that Microsoft tends to implement technology already approved by the standards working groups, in a different way, and then says their implementation is the standard.”
“Keep the same label implementation but give back the option of moving it back to the right side.”
Gmail Gives Labels The Folder Treatment | Lifehacker Australia
“But when I spend half an hour looking up a cross-platform method to get contents of the last key the user pressed (and two of the sites that purport to show how to do so have examples that don't work in Firefox), don't tell me that the implementation is all that.”
“This is the first step in what we call our implementation phase" of targeting more business travelers, Mr. Kelly said at a news conference in the company's hometown of Dallas.”
The Wall Street Journal: Southwest Targets Business Travelers
“The implementor must take care to provide both forward and backward compatibility to avoid problems with the courses that will be used in the LMS, but the most complicated part of the implementation is the task of interpreting the specification itself.”
“Navy Secretary Ray Mabus issued a Gulf Coast Restoration Plan, laying out a blueprint for the activities necessary to reverse the decades-long damage to the Gulf Coast, which was followed by an Executive Order establishing the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Task Force to begin implementation of this plan.”
The Huffington Post: Regan Nelson: Where Is Congress Six Months After the BP Gulf Disaster?
“Postponing implementation is a budget gimmick used to keep the cost artificially low (if you only show expenditures in five years out of a ten year budget window the program will appear cheaper than it really is).”
“While I agree that implementation is the bottom line, the PR victor at E3 gets the enthusiast press on its side, and at least for a little while, gets the extra buzz and hype that this entails.”
“I think a non-sinister reason for delaying implementation is that you are giving people the opportunity to plan.”
Matthew Yglesias » Paul Ryan’s Budget Alternative: Massive Rationing
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘implementation’.
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BUDG - general terms
Budgetese - not a sexy topic but a very comprehensive list of words and collocations used in EU circles. Budgeting experts please comment and expand.
heading, across-the-board ..., emergency reserve, frontload, mopping-up, performance reserve, positive margin, negative margin, public finances, structural operat..., administrative ex..., management of EU ... and 657 more...
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EU Buzz - ALL words and expressions
A combined list of
1. EU Buzz - single words
2. EU Buzz - collocations
3. EU Buzz - the 100 most active
collocation constituentsabsorption capacity, absorption rate, acceding country, accession candidate, accession countries, accession country, accession criteria, accession cycle, accession negotia..., accession partner..., accession priorities, accession treaty and 2650 more...
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CONT - general terms
additionality, audit trail, accounting standards, auditing standards, general audit obj..., a posteriori audit, a priori audit, above board, acceptable error ..., access rights, accountability, accountable entities and 1283 more...
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EN - academic vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
abandon, abandonment, abnormally, abstract, abstraction, abstractly, abstracts, academia, academic, academically, academics, academies and 3119 more...
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TRAN - road transport
Vocabulary of road transport and roadworthiness
motor vehicle, limiter, brake drum, emission, vehicle, bodywork, chassis, vacuum pump, infrared radiation, disassemble, servo, exhaust and 216 more...
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EU - Commission vocabulary
action for non-co..., Annual Report on ..., Commissioner-desi..., correlation table, four-level regula..., guidelines, implementing act, implementing measure, implementing prov..., in an advisory ca..., infringement, infringement proc... and 99 more...
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TECH - web application frameworks
object-oriented p..., ALGOL, validation, Erlang, markup language, Python, hibernate, framework, Apache, template, mapper, Java and 310 more...
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POL - campaign tokenisms
Positive words and vague promises. THE words and expressions to use when you want to win over the masses or just don't know what to say.
"CAPITAL" stands for the administrative capital...grow, greatest country, greatest, grow the economy, great nation, great decisions, great, government, great NATIONAL su..., good times, good job, good and generous... and 751 more...
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EU Buzz - Lisbon Treaty
All words of the Lisbon Treaty
(Persons' names, foreign and grammatical words have been eliminated, MWEs have been split up into individual words. Capitalization has been retained if r...health, follow, condition, meeting, minister, beginning, chapter, information, language, remain, covered, respect and 2614 more...
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EU Buzz - single words (1+2+3)
1. Strictly EU terms with special European meaning used only in the EU
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2. Keywords central to the understanding of the EU (people working for the EU are usually able to give thematic...acceleration, action, additionality, administrator, agenda, agricultural, agri-environmental, agriflation, agri-food, applicant, approach, assent and 1325 more...
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ESL Academic Word List
This is a list of academic words for students learning English as a Second or Foreign Language. It includes 570 word families that often appear in academic texts. It does not include words that are...
collapse, depression, colleagues, invoked, levy, nonetheless, likewise, so-called, ongoing, conceived, forthcoming, integrity and 558 more...
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Basic English Vocabulary
Very basic words for ESL students.
a, abandon, ability, able, abortion, about, above, abroad, absence, absolute, absolutely, absorb and 4334 more...
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parlerodermime's Words
loquacious, orange, lackadaisical, rhythm, esoterrorist, contrary, enchanted, extraordinary, nymph, chatter, incessant, time and 168 more...
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Learned words
Words which are highly likely to be found in the work of learned writers.
ailurophile, labyrinthine, lagniappe, colleague, anechoic, reglets, fluctuations, scalar, implicit, constitute, mortification, ambassadors and 629 more...
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academic vocab
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lisa's Words
dude, menopause, martini, mba, economics, toxic, epiphany, epitome, latte, procrastination, caffiene, cajole and 57 more...
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