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Relating to the usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts or systems in order to solve a problem or create an artistic perspective.

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custom key set

Technology; Information technology

Specialized multibutton telephones designed expressly for a particular private branch exchange (PBX). Unlike the locking buttons on normal key telephones, the buttons on a custom ...

current procedural terminology (CPT)

Technology; Information technology

A widely used controlled medical vocabulary authored by the American Medical Association, this system describes medical and surgical procedures in a hierarchical format with six ...

current loop

Technology; Information technology

A transmission technique that recognizes current flows rather than voltage levels. It was traditionally used in teletypewriter networks incorporating batteries as the transmission ...

cumulative lead time

Technology; Information technology

The longest length of time involved to accomplish the activity in question. For any item planned through material requirements planning, it is found by reviewing each ...

crowdsourcing

Technology; Information technology

Crowdsourcing describes the processes for sourcing a task or challenge to a broad, distributed set of contributors using the Web and social collaboration techniques. Crowdsourcing ...

cross-modulation

Technology; Information technology

Interference caused by two or more carriers interacting in a transmission system.

cross-docking

Technology; Information technology

The planning of warehouse “put away” assignments so that inventory can be moved from one shipment to another on a dock without movement to a rack or warehouse location. Although ...