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  • 1The quality — Quality Qual i*ty, n.; pl. {Qualities}. [F. qualit[ e], L. qualitas, fr. qualis how constituted, as; akin to E. which. See {Which}.] 1. The condition of being of such and such a sort as distinguished from others; nature or character relatively… …

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  • 2The Quality of Mercy — is a phrase taken from a speech by Portia in William Shakespeare s play The Merchant of Venice . The speech begins:The quality of mercy is not strain d, It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest; It… …

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  • 3The Quality of Mercy (book) — The Quality of Mercy is the title of several different books. The phrase taken from a speech by Portia in William Shakespeare s play The Merchant of Venice. The speech begins:The quality of mercy is not strain d, It droppeth as the gentle rain… …

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  • 4The Quality of Mercy (Babylon 5) — Infobox Television episode Title = The Quality of Mercy Series = Babylon 5 Caption = Season = 1 Episode = 21 Airdate = 17 August 1994 Production = 117 Writer = J. Michael Straczynski Director = Lorraine Senna Ferrara Guests = June Lockhart (Dr.… …

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  • 5The quality of modelling languages — Why evaluate language quality A review of modeling languages is essential to be able to assign which languages are appropriate for different modelling settings. In the term settings we include stakeholders, domain and the knowledge connected.… …

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  • 6Quality assurance — Quality assurance, or QA for short, refers to planned and systematic production processes that provide confidence in a product s suitability for its intended purpose. It is a set of activities intended to ensure that products (goods and/or… …

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  • 7Quality management — is a method for ensuring that all the activities necessary to design, develop and implement a product or service are effective and efficient with respect to the system and its performance. Quality management can be considered to have three main… …

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  • 8Quality management system — (QMS) can be defined as a set of policies, processes and procedures required for planning and execution (production / development / service) in the core business area of an organization. QMS integrates the various internal processes within the… …

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  • 9The Market for Lemons — The Market for Lemons: Quality Uncertainty and the Market Mechanism is a 1970 paper by the economist George Akerlof. It discusses information asymmetry, which occurs when the seller knows more about a product than the buyer. A lemon is an… …

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  • 10The Beatles bootleg recordings — are performances by The Beatles that have attained some level of public circulation without being available as a legal release. The term most often refers to audio recordings, but also includes video performances. From the earliest Beatles… …

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