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significantly enhanced if it has on-line connectivity with, and access to, the work-in-process inventory system that contains the actual, sampled characteristics and attributes (i.e., potency, percent ...

(1) Processing a group of files or databases from start to completion rather than having the user open, edit and save each of them one at a time. For example, a graphics conversion utility can change ...