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open traverse

[surveying] In surveying, a traverse that does not close back upon itself or on another point of known position. As […]

OpenLS

[data sharing] Acronym for OpenGIS Location Services. A protocol, designed to work across the many different wireless networks and devices,

operand

A data value or the symbolic representation of a data value in an expression. Operands may be numbers, character strings,

operation codes

[surveying] In surveying, an alphanumeric or numeric value included in an instrument vendor’s data collector file format. Operation codes are

operator

[mathematics] The symbolic representation of a process or operation performed against one or more operands in an expression, such as

operator precedence

[mathematics] The order in which operators are evaluated in an expression; operators with a higher precedence are evaluated before those

optimization

[IS technology] The process of fine-tuning data, software, or processes to increase efficiency, improve performance, and produce the best possible

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