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An area of land or timber that has been defined for management purposes. One block may be composed of stands of different species or ages.
Ãâó: forestry.about.com/library/glossary/blforglb.htm
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| blockade |
The use of naval power to prevent an enemy nation from shipping goods from its ports. Generally it involves stationing war vessels off the coast to prevent the departure of commercial or war ships. [ Top of Page ]
Ãâó: www.archives.gov.on.ca/english/exhibits/1812/gloss...
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| blocking |
If return from the procedure indicates the user is allowed to re-use resources specified in the call.
Ãâó: www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpi-standard/mpi-report-1...
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| block |
In communications, a group of individual data elements sent, received or stored as a unit to increase transmission efficiency.
Ãâó: www.bstcomputers.com/terms/ac.htm
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| blockade |
A term that describes the situation where the advance of a pawn is prevented by an opponent's piece directly in front of the frustrated pawn.
Ãâó: frcec.chess960.info/FRC-ChessGlossary.htm
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