(Askeri) gözetleme noktası/yeri; harekat yayımı (Birleşik Devletler Deniz Kuvvetleri (USN) ); ordu donatım el kitabı (observation post; operational publication (USN); ordnance pamphlet)
A bridge post on a spaceship, responsible for making certain that the ship is functioning properly despite the strains of travel, and that the captain is aware that all is -- or is not -- well May be responsible for armaments if the ship possesses such things, though if it possesses many, they may be delegated to armscomp
Oxygen Purge System The upper portion of an astronaut's space suit backpack containing emergency oxygen tanks and plumbing necessary to service the backpack between uses
Acronym for operations per second Ops is used as a rating of the speed of computer systems and components In this report ops is generally taken to mean the usual integer or floating point operations depending on what functional units are included in a particular system configuration
On-base plus slugging (OBP+SLG) A fairly accurate and easily calculated index of a player's rate of offensive production See also OTS This statistic combines the two basic offensive skills: getting on base (OBP) and advancing runners (SLG) OPS may also be used for teams An adjustment which makes OPS more accurate is figuring it as (1 2*OBP+SLG), which compensates for the fact that SLG has a wider range than OBP (i e , a 500 SLG is common, but only about a half dozen players have ever had 500 OBP's)
Oracle Parallel Server (OPS) is a database server option allowing multiple instances to mount a singe database from more than one node in a cluster environment
Short for "Operations Officer " This is a control station on the bridge, to the port side rear of the captain's chair Ops is responsible for coordinating the activities of the ship's many departments
(Roman mythology) goddess of abundance and fertility; wife of Saturn; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Cybele of ancient Asia Minor
A handy thing to turn infix operators into prefix functions - (op +)(2,3); val it = 5 : int - fold (op @) [[1,2],[3,4]] nil; val it = [1,2,3,4] : int list
To populate (an area) too heavily for the available sustaining resources -- Websters When resources are consumed in such a ways that the future resource bases is significantly destroyed The classic example is when topsoil is used in such a way as to destroy it's usefulness for hundreds of years Another example is when an ancient aquifer is dranied at a rate that is unsustainable
OP is more of an historical name It means Knowledge Area, and was used at the beginning of PROPICE research probably to remind people of other Knowledge constructions such as Knowledge Source used in Black Board systems See also Procedure
Orange Pekoe - Higher quality than Pekoe leaves, it is not a kind of tea but a term which describes the size of leaf It is a black tea comprising leaves 8 to 15 millimeters It has fewer tips than FOP because it is plucked somewhat later in the season Generally refers to tea from Sri Lanka (Ceylon) Leaves are long, thin and rolled lengthwise
Ops are military operations. Flt Lt Beamont had completed a 200 hour tour of ops in December 1941. In music, op. is a written abbreviation for opus. Beethoven's Op. 101 and 111 sonatas. opus. a medical operation = operation (operation)
Other proofs This term designates proofs that do not fit within the standard definitions described in this glossary Any specifics recorded about the impression are in the Remarks field of the catalogue entry
Office of the President, also referred to as UCOP More information on the Office of the President is available at the UCOP website (http: //www ucop edu)