Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) operation (the state of being in effect or being operative) "that rule is no longer in operation"
S: (n) operation (a business especially one run on a large scale) "a large-scale farming operation"; "a multinational operation"; "they paid taxes on every stage of the operation"; "they had to consolidate their operations"
S: (n) operation (a planned activity involving many people performing various actions) "they organized a rescue operation"; "the biggest police operation in French history"; "running a restaurant is quite an operation"; "consolidate the companies various operations"
S: (n) operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)) "it can perform millions of operations per second"
S: (n) floating-point operation, flop (an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers) "this computer can perform a million flops per second"
S: (n) retrieval ((computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory)
S: (n) stovepiping (retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers)
S: (n) storage ((computer science) the process of storing information in a computer memory or on a magnetic tape or disk)
S: (n) fragmentation ((computer science) the condition of a file that is broken up and stored in many different locations on a magnetic disk) "fragmentation slows system performance because it takes extra time to locate and assemble the parts of the fragmented file"
S: (n) control operation, control function (an operation that controls the recording or processing or transmission of interpretation of data) "a control operation started the data processing"
S: (n) carriage return (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on a line)
S: (n) line feed (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed on the next line)
S: (n) new line (the operation that prepares for the next character to be printed or displayed as the first character on the next line)
S: (n) search, lookup (an operation that determines whether one or more of a set of items has a specified property) "they wrote a program to do a table lookup"
S: (n) sort, sorting (an operation that segregates items into groups according to a specified criterion) "the bottleneck in mail delivery is the process of sorting"
S: (n) threshold operation (an operation performed on operands in order to obtain the value of a threshold function)
S: (n) majority operation (a threshold operation in which each operand is 0 or 1; output is 1 if and only if more than half the operands have the value 1)
S: (n) data mining (data processing using sophisticated data search capabilities and statistical algorithms to discover patterns and correlations in large preexisting databases; a way to discover new meaning in data)
S: (n) operation ((computer science) data processing in which the result is completely specified by a rule (especially the processing that results from a single instruction)) "it can perform millions of operations per second"
S: (n) priority processing (data processing in which the operations performed are determined by a system of priorities)
S: (n) word processing (rapid and efficient processing (storage and printing) of linguistic data for composition and editing)
S: (n) operation, military operation (activity by a military or naval force (as a maneuver or campaign)) "it was a joint operation of the navy and air force"
S: (n) operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body) "they will schedule the operation as soon as an operating room is available"; "he died while undergoing surgery"
S: (n) operation, procedure (a process or series of acts especially of a practical or mechanical nature involved in a particular form of work) "the operations in building a house"; "certain machine tool operations"
W: (v) operate [Related to: operation] (perform as expected when applied) "The washing machine won't go unless it's plugged in"; "Does this old car still run well?"; "This old radio doesn't work anymore"
S: (n) operation, functioning, performance (process or manner of functioning or operating) "the power of its engine determines its operation"; "the plane's operation in high winds"; "they compared the cooking performance of each oven"; "the jet's performance conformed to high standards"
S: (n) mathematical process, mathematical operation, operation ((mathematics) calculation by mathematical methods) "the problems at the end of the chapter demonstrated the mathematical processes involved in the derivation"; "they were learning the basic operations of arithmetic"
S: (n) operation (the activity of operating something (a machine or business etc.)) "her smooth operation of the vehicle gave us a surprisingly comfortable ride"