scheme

  • 51scheme — [16] Greek skhéma meant ‘form, figure’. Latin took it over as schēma and used it as the equivalent of figure in a range of applications, such as ‘figure of speech’ and ‘diagram’, many of which were originally taken over by English (‘In the text,… …

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  • 52scheme — n. & v. n. 1 a a systematic plan or arrangement for work, action, etc. b a proposed or operational systematic arrangement (a colour scheme). 2 an artful or deceitful plot. 3 a timetable, outline, syllabus, etc. v. 1 intr. (often foll. by for, or… …

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  • 53Scheme (язык программирования) — Scheme Семантика: функциональный Тип исполнения: интерпретатор или компилятор Появился в: 1970 г. Автор(ы): Гай Стил и Джеральд Сассмен Типизация данных …

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  • 54Scheme Now! — (also known as Snow) is a Free initiative to produce a portable API for the production of portable modular Scheme code.Though Scheme has well defined semantics, it does not explain how modules should or could be written, and thus, many different… …

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  • 55Scheme Requests for Implementation — (SRFI) is an effort to coordinate libraries and extensions of standard Scheme, necessitated by Scheme s minimalistic design, and particularly the lack of a standard library prior to R6RS. SRFI is supported by many Scheme implementations… …

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  • 56scheme of arrangement — index configuration (form), method Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 scheme of arrangemen …

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  • 57scheme rescue — In the context of the Pension Protection Fund (PPF), a scheme rescue occurs if, on the insolvency of a company that sponsors an occupational pension scheme, financial support for the scheme continues. This will usually occur either because the… …

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  • 58scheme-based levy — One of the levies that the Pension Protection Fund (PPF) may raise in order to fund its operations. The scheme based levy is one element of the pension protection levy. It reflects the number of members in an eligible defined benefit scheme and… …

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  • 59scheme - schedule — ◊ scheme A scheme is a plan, usually invented by one person, for achieving something. ...some scheme for perfecting the world. He had a crazy scheme to corner the champagne market. In British English, a scheme is also a large scale plan produced… …

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  • 60scheme actuary — The actuary appointed to advise the trustees of an occupational pension scheme. Most occupational schemes must appoint an actuary, who must be a named individual rather than a firm. The actuary must also be a Fellow of the Faculty and Institute… …

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