provisioning
/pɹəvˈɪʒənɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.71 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An act of supplying with provisions.
noun
The feeding of wild animals.
noun
The installation of software on a system, especially when automated.
Example Sentences
- "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, provisioning by tourists may also have negative impacts on the health of the animals involved; to date such impacts are poorly understood."
- "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."