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Acquisition
=== Engineering ===⏎
In [[engineering]], the term '''acquisition''' has the following meanings: 

<b>1.</b>  In [[satellite communications]], the process of locking tracking equipment on a [[signal]] from a [[communications satellite]].  

<b>2.</b>  The process of achieving [[synchronization]]. 

<b>3.</b>  In servo systems, the process of entering the boundary conditions that will allow the servo [[loop (telecommunication)|loop]] to capture the signal and achieve lock-on. 

<b>4.</b> Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]

=== Psychology ===⏎
In [[Psychology]] specifically in [[Behaviorism]] and [[Social learning theory]] it is the process by which humans learn or become conditioned.

Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]

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humans adapt to their environments, learn or become conditioned.

=== Business ===

In [[Business]] [[Mergers and acquisitions]], [[takeover]], in [[business]], '''acquisition''' is when one company purchases another.

----=== Software ===

'''[[Acquisition_(computer_program)|Acquisition]]''' is an [[open source]] based [[peer-to-peer]] [[Gnutella]] client for [[Mac OS X]]. It highlights files in the user's [[iTunes]] library.

[[Category:Mac OS-only software]]

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