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Collision avoidance system — This article is about collision avoidance in automobiles; for other modes, see collision avoidance (disambiguation). A collision avoidance system is a system of sensors that is placed within a car to warn its driver of any dangers that may lie… … Wikipedia
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Value Measuring Methodology — (or VMM) is a tool that helps planners balance both tangible and intangible values when making investment decisions, and monitor benefits.Formal methods to calculate the Return on Investment (or ROI) have been widely understood and used for a… … Wikipedia
Key performance indicator — Key Performance Indicators (KPI) are financial and non financial metrics used to help an organization define and measure progress toward organizational goals [ [http://management.about.com/cs/generalmanagement/a/keyperfindic.htm Key Performance… … Wikipedia
Open source software — (OSS) began as a marketing campaign for free software [cite web archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20060423094434/www.opensource.org/advocacy/faq.html title=Frequently Asked Questions |publisher=Open Source Initiative archivedate=2006 04 23… … Wikipedia
Open-source software — The logo of the Open Source Initiative Open source software (OSS) is computer software that is available in source code form: the source code and certain other rights normally reserved for copyright holders are provided under a software license… … Wikipedia
