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Acquisition
In [[engineering]], the term '''acquisition''' has the following meanings: 
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<b>1.</b>  In [[satellite communications]], the process of locking tracking equipment on a [[signal]] from a [[communications satellite]].  
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<b>2.</b>  The process of achieving [[synchronization]]. 
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<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. 
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Source: from [[Federal Standard 1037C]] and from [[MIL-STD-188]]
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In the business sense, '''acquisition''' is when one company purchases another; see [[takeover]].
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''Acquisition'' is an open source [[Gnutella]] client for [[Mac OS X]]. It highlights files in the user's [[iTunes]] library.⏎
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