aggregation


Get Babylon's Translation Software! Free Download Now!

BabylonEnglish-EnglishDownload this dictionary
aggregation
n. collection, mass; process of collecting or gathering


Wikipedia English - The Free EncyclopediaDownload this dictionary
Aggregation
The term aggregation may refer to:In statistics and social science aggregation means combining statistics from different entities to higher entities. Aggregate demand, in economics, combining entities into a single entity which represent them.Schooling, in biology, a collection of animals of the same size and body orientation, often cruising in the same direction; applied to fish.In cardiovascular physiology, refers to the accumulation of platelets to the site of a wound to form a platelet plug or a thrombus.Aggregation, in object-oriented programming.Route aggregation, in computer networkingAggregation (internet), the process of combining multiple web feeds.In business and economics, aggregation is the concentration of a good, service, business functions, or market power in the hands of a small concentrated group of companies, typically by purchasing assets or by mergers and acquisitions.In television broadcasting, the merging of several license areas into a single area, allowing competition between broadcasters. For its application in Australia, see List of Australian television channels.In content publishing, the ability to combine content from any number of licensed or unlicensed sources into a common venue or distribution channel.Agrégation, in French-speaking countries, higher-level competitive examinations for teachers and professors.Particle aggregation, in materials science, a physical phenomenon.Link aggregation, in computer networking, utilizing multiple physical NICs as a single logical interface; "trunking".Aggregation, in veterinary epidemiology, is an important factor in the population dynamics of host-macroparasite, is relevant in stabilizing the dynamics toward an equilibrium coexistence.
See more at Wikipedia.org...

This article uses material from Wikipedia® and is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Aggregation
(n.)
The act of aggregating, or the state of being aggregated; collection into a mass or sum; a collection of particulars; an aggregate.
  

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. About
FOLDOCDownload this dictionary
aggregation
<programming> A composition technique for building a new object from one or more existing objects that support some or all of the new object's required interfaces.
(1996-01-07)


(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance GlossaryDownload this dictionary
Aggregation
Process in corporate  financial planning whereby the smaller investment proposals of each of the firm's operational units are aggregated and effectively treated as a whole.

Define aggregation

Translate aggregation




aggregation in Chinese | | aggregation in French | aggregation in Italian | aggregation in Spanish | aggregation in Dutch | aggregation in Portuguese | aggregation in German | aggregation in Russian | aggregation in Japanese | aggregation in Greek | aggregation in Korean | aggregation in Turkish | aggregation in Hebrew | aggregation in Arabic | aggregation in Croatian | aggregation in Serbian | aggregation in Swedish