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21Operating cost — Operating costs can be described as the expenses which are related to the operation of a business, or to the operation of a device, component, piece of equipment or facility. Business operating costs For a commercial enterprise, operating costs… …
22Operating Department Practitioners — (ODPs) are a type of health care provider involved with the overall planning and delivery of a patient s perioperative care. They are mainly employed in surgical operating departments but can be found in other clinical areas including Accident… …
23Operating system-level virtualization — is a server virtualization method where the kernel of an operating system allows for multiple isolated user space instances, instead of just one. Such instances (often called containers, VEs, VPSs or jails) may look and feel like a real server,… …
24Operating Industries Inc., Landfill — Superfund site Geography City Monterey Park County Los Angeles County State California …
25Operating system development — is one of the more involved and technical options for a computer hobbyist. A hobby operating system is classified as one with little or no support from other developers. [1] Development begins with an existing operating system[citation needed].… …
26operating cost — ➔ cost1 * * * operating cost UK US noun [C, usually plural] ACCOUNTING ► (also operating expense) a cost relating to producing a company s goods or services: cut/increase/reduce operating costs »The company plans to cut operating costs by £1.2bn… …
27operating lease — see lease Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. operating lease …
28operating system — n. The software that performs the essential tasks a computer must do in order to function, such as allocating memory, controlling devices, supporting software applications, and providing access to files. abbrv. OS The Essential Law Dictionary.… …
29operating loss — ➔ loss * * * operating loss UK US noun [C] ACCOUNTING ► the amount by which the cost of goods sold plus operating expenses is more than a company s income in a particular period of time: »The company made an operating loss of £1.2m on turnover of …
30operating system — ➔ system * * * operating system UK US noun [C] (ABBREVIATION OS, O/S) IT ► a program that controls the way a computer works, and that allows applications (= programs for particular purposes) to work on it: a computer/PC operating syst …
