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  • noun Plural form of specification.
  • noun A set of requirements defining an exact description of an object or a process.

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Examples

  • Enforcing the validity of the feeds itself with respect to the specifications is a minor problem because SAX-based approaches to parsing can take care of almost all incorrect uses.

    Reflective Surface - RSS validity 2003

  • Sure, you can format it after getting it, and go out of your way, but buying parts for a desktop and putting together a computer * exactly* to your specifications is much easier and much cheaper.

    Is The Desktop PC Dead? | Lifehacker Australia 2009

  • As he's changing the tire, Tow Truck Guy also explains that the nuts are tightened by the service shops to certain specifications, but tend to get even tighter over time, which deflates my idea of bawling out the dude running the Toyota service department for making me go to the time and expense of calling a tow truck.

    Tyler's secret shame revealed Tyler 2009

  • As he's changing the tire, Tow Truck Guy also explains that the nuts are tightened by the service shops to certain specifications, but tend to get even tighter over time, which deflates my idea of bawling out the dude running the Toyota service department for making me go to the time and expense of calling a tow truck.

    Archive 2009-09-06 Tyler 2009

  • If that is the case, then I believe by instating certain specifications like a hiring "cap," the agency will eventually be forced to develop solid ways to transfer the knowledge and mentor the newer folks - something it definitely need.

    Has Gen Y Taken Over NASA? - NASA Watch 2009

  • No word on what the dog who chews these to the exact designer specifications is getting paid.

    Kerouac Surfing 2008

  • No word on what the dog who chews these to the exact designer specifications is getting paid.

    July 2008 2008

  • Given this hundred lines of composite image assembly code, the instructions to create the specific sequence of pans and zooms NOVA wanted, according to their explicit timing specifications, is this:

    Wolfram Blog : The Elements of Video Production in Mathematica 2007

  • This year, the designers faced stricter rules intended to change the specifications from the “do whatever you can to make it work” to rules which will produce a potentially marketable solar-powered automobile.

    TRANSPORTATION TUESDAY: World Solar Competition | Inhabitat 2007

  • To list the full array of certifications and specifications is truly mind numbing, but highlights include the ability to operate in temperatures anywhere between -30 to 60 degrees C, and altitudes of 15,000 feet.

    Boing Boing: April 4, 2004 - April 10, 2004 Archives 2004

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