the service (electric power or water or transportation) provided by a public utility | the procedure of calculating; determining something by mathematical or logical methods |
a facility composed of one or more pieces of equipment connected to or part of a structure and designed to provide a service such as heat or electricity or water or sewage disposal | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures |
the quality of being of practical use | |
(computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | |
a company that performs a public service; subject to government regulation | |
(economics) a measure that is to be maximized in any situation involving choice | |