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replication |
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]: replicationCreating 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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