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purchase | iap | initialism |

Purchase is a initialism of iap.


As a noun purchase

is (obsolete) the act or process of seeking and obtaining something (eg property, etc).

As a verb purchase

is to pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.

As an initialism iap is

(label) integrated access point: a series of access points built into a single device and controlled by a single, multi-channel mac resident on an array controller since the multi-channel mac is shared across all the iaps, only the baseband, rf and power amplifier components exist on the iap module boards each iap module board contains a maximum of four iaps (three 80211a + one 80211a/b/g).

purchase

English

Noun

  • (obsolete) The act or process of seeking and obtaining something (e.g. property, etc.)
  • * Beaumont and Fletcher
    • I'll get meat to have thee, / Or lose my life in the purchase .
  • An individual item one has purchased.
  • The acquisition of title to, or property in, anything for a price; buying for money or its equivalent.
    • They offer a free hamburger with the purchase of a drink.
  • That which is obtained, got or acquired, in any manner, honestly or dishonestly; property; possession; acquisition.
  • That which is obtained for a price in money or its equivalent.
    • He was pleased with his latest purchase .
  • (uncountable) Any mechanical hold or advantage, applied to the raising or removing of heavy bodies, as by a lever, a tackle or capstan.
    • It is hard to get purchase on a nail without a pry bar or hammer.
  • The apparatus, tackle or device by which such mechanical advantage is gained and in nautical terminology the ratio of such a device, like a pulley, or block and tackle.
  • (rock climbing, uncountable) The amount of hold one has from an individual foothold or ledge.
  • (legal, dated) Acquisition of lands or tenements by means other than descent or inheritance, namely, by one's own act or agreement.
    • (Blackstone)

    Derived terms

    * purchase order * repurchase

    Verb

    (purchas)
  • To pursue and obtain; to acquire by seeking; to gain, obtain, or acquire.
  • * Spenser
    • that loves the thing he cannot purchase
  • * Shakespeare
    • Your accent is something finer than you could purchase in so removed a dwelling.
  • * Shakespeare
    • His faults hereditary / Rather than purchased .
  • To buy, obtain by payment of a price in money or its equivalent.
    • to purchase''' land'', ''to '''purchase a house
  • To obtain by any outlay, as of labor, danger, or sacrifice, etc.
    • to purchase favor with flattery
  • * Shakespeare
    • One poor retiring minute / Would purchase thee a thousand thousand friends.
  • To expiate by a fine or forfeit.
  • * Shakespeare
    • Not tears nor prayers shall purchase out abuses.
  • To apply to (anything) a device for obtaining a mechanical advantage; to get a purchase' upon, or apply a ' purchase to.
    • to purchase a cannon
  • To put forth effort to obtain anything; to strive; to exert oneself.
  • * Ld. Berners
    • Duke John of Brabant purchased greatly that the Earl of Flanders should have his daughter in marriage.
  • To constitute the buying power for a purchase, have a trading value.
    • ''Many aristocratic refugees' portable treasures purchased their safe passage and comfortable exile during the revolution

    Synonyms

    * (buy) procure

    Derived terms

    * purchable * purchasing agent * purchasing power

    iap

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (en-initialism)
  • (label) Integrated Access Point: a series of access points built into a single device and controlled by a single, multi-channel MAC resident on an array controller. Since the Multi-channel MAC is shared across all the IAPs, only the baseband, RF and power amplifier components exist on the IAP module boards. Each IAP module board contains a maximum of four IAPs (three 802.11a + one 802.11a/b/g).
  • (label) In-app purchase — a technology used in games and various other software that allows you to purchase virtual goods within the software.
  • * 2012 , Kevin Hoffman, Sams Teach Yourself Mac OS X Lion App Development in 24 Hours , Sams (2012), ISBN 9780672335815, page 318:
    • but the metadata and application binary must be in iTunes Connect for you to manage your IAP products.
  • * 2013 , Will Luton, Free-to-Play: Making Money From Games You Give Away , New Riders (2013), ISBN 9780321919014, page 11:
    • IAPs are the single biggest revenue source in all successful F2P games.
  • * 2014 , Jesse Freeman, Releasing HTML5 Games for Windows 8 , O'Reilly Media (2014), ISBN 9781449360504, page 105:
    • Crafting a viable and meaningful IAP system into your game takes a lot of thought and planning on your end.

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