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Harvesting: Process that crawls the Internet to gather email addresses from Web sites and then uses them to create lists for spamming.

Email Harvesting: An automated process in which a robot program searches Web pages or other Internet destinations for email addresses. The program collects the address into a database, which frequently gets r . . . View Full Definition

Geographic Information System (GIS): A system that allows automatic location of information suitable for mapping. Usually involves a software system that takes geographic position data and other data (e.g., type of bottom sedim . . . View Full Definition

Contour Farming: Field operations (such as plowing, planting, cultivating, and harvesting) at right angles to the natural slope to reduce soil erosion, protect soil fertility, and limit water runoff. Contour . . . View Full Definition

Quakery: A taste taint giving coffee brew a pronounced peanutty flavor. Result of the presence of light colored, underdeveloped, roasted coffee beans. Caused by picking unripe, green, coffee cherries . . . View Full Definition

Sustained Yield: An output of renewable resources that does not impair the productivity of the resource: it implies a balance between harvesting and incremental growth or replenishment.

Strawy: A taste taint that gives the coffee bean a distinct hay-like character. Result of the loss of organic material from the green coffee beans while in storage, occurring in the aging process af . . . View Full Definition

Bot: An autonomous computer controlled character or opponent, used to mimic the effect of other human players participating. Bots are most often seen in first person shooters, and are often used . . . View Full Definition

Plucking: the process of harvesting the tea by cutting the flush from the growing tea shrub.

St Nicholas Day: On the 11th day of the 11th month at exactly 11 minutes past 11 o'clock a.m. St. Martin's day is celebrated. It is mostly favored by youth and rural population. Martin, the bishop of Tours, . . . View Full Definition