provisioning

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provisioning

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of provision

noun provisionings

  1. An act of supplying with provisions.
  2. The feeding of wild animals. Feeding wildlife is a very popular tourist activity, largely because it facilitates the close observation of animals in their natural habitat. Such provisioning may benefit animals by improving their survival and reproductive success, especially during periods of natural food shortage. However, prov
  3. The installation of software on a system, especially when automated. The problem of installing software on a booted system is known as provisioning, and is often the job of shell scripts, configuration management systems, or manual command-line entry.

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noun act of supplying with provisions

Françaisapprovisionnement
DeutschBereitstellung, Beschaffung, Versorgung
Ελληνικάτροφοδοσία trofodosía

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@misc{provisioning_2026,
  title = {provisioning},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/provisioning},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}