Acquisition
* are a marriage of convenience that offers mutual benefits
  - software
* can play an important role in the growth and expansion of any business.
* encompasses all aspects of obtaining materials for libraries.
* is an unconscious process through which students become proficient by using language.
* is the conscious choice to learn
  - process and act of obtaining materials for a library's collection
  - unconscious process that occurs when language is used in real conversation
* process that usually takes a long time, possibly even years.
* refers to the process of obtaining a biometric sample from an individual.

Annihilation
* is actually a merger of two mods
  - destruction
* is the idea that death is final, without eternal suffering
  - process in which a particle and a related antiparticle disappear
* situation where one group attempts to wipe out the other group.

African buffaloes
* are notable for their apparent altruism
  - the maintenance hosts
  - violent and dangerous animals which have never been domesticated
  - wild animals found in the woodlands and forests of Africa
* make various vocalizations.

Astrobiology
* addresses three basic questions, which have been asked in some form for generations.
* embraces the big scale of astronomy and the small scale of biology.
* forum for lifelong learning.
* growing field right now with the possibility of looking for life on other planets.
* is biology
  - concerned with the origin, distribution, and destiny of life in the universe
  - multidisciplinary
* is the search for the origin, evolution and destiny of life in the universe
  - study of Earth science, space science and evolutionary biology
* is the study of life in a cosmic context
  - the cosmos
  - on the moons and planets of the stars
* is the study of the origin, distribution and limitations of life in the cosmos
  - evolution, dispersion and future of life in the universe
  - evolution, distribution and future of life in the universe
  - possibility of life other than on the earth
* new field of science that is actually growing up on the Internet
  - scientific field for the study of the possibilites of extraterrestrial life
* remains a science with no data to support it.
* spectrum of sciences focused on learning more about life both on Earth and off.

Allogeneic transplantation
* is an infinitely more complicated and severe procedure
  - the treatment of choice at relapse
* uses marrow from a family member or unrelated donor.

Acculturation
* appears to be one issue that impacts the degree of risk young women of color face.
* has various components, e.g., enculturation, socialization, and assimilation.
* involves behavior changes, attitude changes, and thought changes.
* is considered to be on a continuum with traditional and bicultural individuals
  - content
  - education
  - simply the acceptance of culture traits by one group from another
  - social control
  - the process of adopting the values and customs of the dominant society
* occurs whenever two or more cultures come into contact with each other.

Alias
* are a convenient way of simplifying commonly used commands and or switches
  - way of making one email account seem like many
  - additional email addresses that simply redirect to an existing mailbox
  - most frequently the letter symbol for the particular direction
  - names
* are other names by which a host is known
  - under which a network is known
  - shortcuts to other records - individual contacts, groups, or other aliases
  - simply abbreviations for commands
  - television shows
* are useful for constructing mailing lists, forwarding mail, and synonyms for user names
  - indicating a range of services that refer to the same physical servers
  - video games
* provide a means of shortening the name of a command or sequence of commands.