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Term (2UYO)
Collection (2UYP)
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OMB Context Definition (2UYR)
Reference/URL OMB Context Definition (2UYS)
Business Definition (2UYT)
A group of things. (2UYU)
Reference/URL for Business Definition (2UYV)
Original Definition developed by Jim Disbrow, Information Technology Specialist, Office of Information Technology (EI-10), Energy Information Administration, U.S. Dept. of Energy, jim.disbrow@eia.doe.gov, 202-586-1868, created June 13,2005 (2UYW)
Technical Definition (2UYX)
Reviewer Comment: Used to aggregate heterogeneous items by explicit references to those items. Common in programming as linked lists, sets and trees. (2UYY)
Reference/URL Technical Definition (2UYZ)
Data Reference Model Wiki http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?DataReferenceModel_09_2004/TheGlossary_DRM_VolIv1 http://colab.cim3.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?Collection (2UZ0)
Context Definition 1 (2UZ1)
"A collection is an object that groups multiple elements into a single unit. Collections are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate data. They are also used to transmit data from one method to another. Collections typically represent data items that form a natural group." (2UZ2)
Reference/URL Context Definition 1 (2UZ3)
Within the context of the Java programming language : http://java.sun.com/docs/books/performance/1st_edition/html/JPAlgorithms.fm.html#11521 (2UZ4)
Context Definition 2 (2UZ5)
"noun 1: the act or process of collecting 2a: something collected; esp: an accumulation of objects gathered for study, comparison, or exhibition (2UZ6)
b: similar terms: GROUP, AGGREGATE " (2UZ7)
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Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary: http://szotar.sztaki.hu/webster/index.php?result_target=_self&D=1&S=1&W=collection&P=1&L=1&O=1 (2UZ9)
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