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1Active — Ac tive, a. [F. actif, L. activus, fr. agere to act.] 1. Having the power or quality of acting; causing change; communicating action or motion; acting; opposed to {passive}, that receives; as, certain active principles; the powers of the mind.… …
2ACTIVE — sobriety, friendship and peace (formerly EGTYF, European Good Templar Youth Federation ) is a non governmental umbrella organisation gathering European youth temperance organisations. ACTIVE is member of the Youth Forum Jeunesse and cooperates… …
3Active — may mean:* Active lifestyle * Active volcano * Sky Active, Sky s Interactive Service * Active grammatical voice * Active component, in electronics * The active partner in a sexual activity * An active in a fraternity or sorority * ACTIVE Active… …
4Active 24 — is a network independent, pan European provider of Internet hosting services. The company focuses on providing small and medium sized companies (SMEs) with Internet solutions that combine scalable and standardized products. Today they have over… …
5active — adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French or Latin; Anglo French actif, from Latin activus, from actus, past participle of agere to drive, do more at agent Date: 14th century 1. characterized by action rather than by contemplation or …
6Active Directory — (AD) is a directory service created by Microsoft for Windows domain networks. It is included in most Windows Server operating systems. Server computers on which Active Directory is running are called domain controllers. Active Directory serves as …
7Active suspension — Active or adaptive suspension is an automotive technology that controls the vertical movement of the wheels with an onboard system rather than the movement being determined entirely by the road surface. The system virtually eliminates body roll… …
8Active Worlds — Developer(s) Active Worlds, Inc. Publisher(s) …
9Active management — (also called active investing) refers to a portfolio management strategy where the manager makes specific investments with the goal of outperforming an investment benchmark index. Investors or mutual funds that do not aspire to create a return in …
10Active learning — is an umbrella term that refers to several models of instruction that focus the responsibility of learning on learners. Bonwell and Eison (1991) popularized this approach to instruction. This buzz word of the 1980s became their 1990s report to… …
