3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Replication  \Rep`li*ca"tion\  (-k?"sh?n),  n.  [L.  replicatio.  See 
  {Reply}.] 
  1.  An  answer;  a  reply.  --Shak. 
 
  Withouten  any  repplicacioun  --Chaucer. 
 
  2.  (Law  Pleadings)  The  reply  of  the  plaintiff,  in  matters  of 
  fact  to  the  defendant's  plea. 
 
  3.  Return  or  repercussion,  as  of  sound;  echo. 
 
  To  hear  the  replication  of  your  sounds.  --Shak. 
 
  4.  A  repetition;  a  copy. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  replication 
  n  1:  the  act  of  reproducing  [syn:  {reproduction}] 
  2:  a  pleading  made  by  a  plaintiff  in  reply  to  the  defendant's 
  plea  or  answer 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  replication 
 
    Creating  and  maintaining  a  duplicate 
  copy  of  a  database  or  file  system  on  a  different  computer, 
  typically  a  {server}.  The  term  usually  implies  the 
  intelligent  copying  of  parts  of  the  source  database  which  have 
  changed  since  the  last  replication  with  the  destination. 
 
  Replication  may  be  one-way  or  two-way.  Two-way  replication  is 
  much  more  complicated  because  of  the  possibility  that  a 
  replicated  object  may  have  been  updated  differently  in  the  two 
  locations  in  which  case  some  method  is  needed  to  reconcile  the 
  different  versions. 
 
  For  example,  {Lotus  Notes}  can  automatically  distribute 
  document  databases  across  telecommunications  networks.  Notes 
  supports  a  wide  range  of  network  {protocols}  including  {X25} 
  and  {Internet}  {TCP/IP}. 
 
  Compare  {mirror}.  See  also  {rdist}. 
 
  (1997-12-12) 
 
 

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