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=== Entertainment ===
* [[Acquisition (Enterprise episode)]], a first season episode of ''Star Trek: Enterprise''.

=== Engineering ===
In [[engineering]], the term {{wiktionarypar|acquisition}}⏎
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'''aAcquisition''' has the following meanings:

#In [[satellite communications]], the process of locking tracking equipment on a [[signaling (telecommunication)|signal]] from a [[communications satellite]].  
#The process of achieving [[synchronization]].
#In [[servomechanism|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.

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

=== Psychology ===
In [[psychology]], specifically in [[behaviorism]] and [[social learning theory]], '''acquisition''' is the process by which humans [[adapt]] to their environments, [[learn]] or become [[condition]]ed.

=== Business ===

#In [[business]], an '''acquisition''' is when one company purchases another (see [[mergers and acquisitions]], [[takeover]]).
#In [[marketing]], [[customer acquisition]] is the process of gaining customers.

=== Software ===⏎
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may refer to:
*[[Acquisition (psychology)]], the process of learning
*[[Acquisition (linguistic)]], the process of language development in humans
*[[Acquisition (Enterprise episode)]], a first season episode of the television show ''Star Trek: Enterprise''
*[[Acquisition (software)]] is, an open source based peer-to-peer client for Mac OS X
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=== Government Contracts ===
In [[Introduction to Contracting with the U.S. Government|government contracts]],*[[Mergers and acquisitions]], a corporate strategy dealing with merging and acquiring different companies
*[[Customer acquisition refers to]], the process whereby the Government obtains goods, services, software, rights in data, and other things, whether through purchase, lease or otherwise.of gaining customers
*The process of gathering a signal from a [[communications satellite]]

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