Provisioning
Gathering needed supplies
Provisioning is the process of supplying what's needed—originally food and supplies for a journey or military campaign, now extended to any systematic allocation of resources.
In computing and telecommunications, provisioning means setting up infrastructure, accounts, or services: The IT department handles provisioning for new employees.
A ship provisions before a voyage; a company provisions servers before launch.
Accumulating supplies in quantity
- inventoryCatalog of held assets
- suppliesResources for a task
- rationsControlled food portions
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
stockpile · procurement · allocation · distribution · requisition · warehousing · logistics · materials
Officer managing military supplies
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- depotVehicle storage facility
- munitionsMilitary weapons and ammunition
rations · MRE · encampment · garrison · materiel · ordnance · field · barracks
Supplying food stores
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
- chandlerMaker of tapers
voyage · crew · rations · port · harbor · resupply · fresh water · preserved
One who attends tables
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- configurationArrangement of parts
- infrastructureBasic physical systems
virtualization · instance · container · automation · orchestration · AWS · Azure · Docker
Phone identity module
- activationSetting into operation
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
- networkInterconnected system
- carrierOne that transports
mobile · handset · eSIM · service · bandwidth · connectivity · account · device
stockpiling
Accumulating supplies in quantity
stores · stockpile · procurement · allocation · distribution · requisition · warehousing · logistics · materials · equipment
quartermaster
Officer managing military supplies
- logisticsCoordination of complex activities
- supply chainProduct delivery infrastructure
- depotVehicle storage facility
munitions · rations · MRE · encampment · garrison · materiel · ordnance · field · barracks · commissary
victualing
Supplying food stores
- galleyOnboard food preparation area
- shipSeagoing transport vessel
- storesRetail establishments or reserves
chandler · voyage · crew · rations · port · harbor · resupply · fresh water · preserved · salted
server
One who attends tables
- cloudAtmospheric water vapor mass
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- configurationArrangement of parts
infrastructure · virtualization · instance · container · automation · orchestration · AWS · Azure · Docker · scaling
SIM
Phone identity module
- activationSetting into operation
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
- networkInterconnected system
carrier · mobile · handset · eSIM · service · bandwidth · connectivity · account · device · configuration
Provisioningdepleting
Progressively using up
depletion · consuming · exhausting · consumption · draining
Provisioningneglecting
Failing to attend to
abandoning · starving · depriving · withholding · undersupplying
Provisioningdecommissioning
Withdrawing from active service
tearing down · deallocation · spinning down · terminating · retiring
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