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		Ad hoc is also used to describe a particular type of committee; one which is formed to deal with a particular issue, and disbanded after the issue is resolved.
		In philosophy and science, ad hoc often means the addition of corrollary hypotheses or adjustment to a philosophical or scientific theory to save the theory from being falsified by compensating for anomolies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form.
		Philosophers and scientists are often suspicious or skeptical of theories that rely on continual, inelegant ad hoc adjustments.
	www.wikiwhat.com /encyclopedia/a/ad/ad_hoc.html (197 words)

	Ad hoc - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means "for this [purpose]." It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose and is makeshift and non-general, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol or a specific-purpose equation, as opposed to general solutions.
		In philosophy and science, ad hoc often means the addition of corollary hypotheses or adjustment to a philosophical or scientific theory to save the theory from being falsified by compensating for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form.
		Philosophers and scientists are often suspicious or skeptical of theories that rely on continual, inelegant ad hoc adjustments, and ad hoc hypotheses are often a characterisitic of pseudoscientific subjects.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ad_hoc (835 words)

	Ad hoc - Voyager, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means "for this [purpose]." It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol or a specific-purpose equation, as opposed to general solutions.
		Often ad hoc reporting is structured to enable someone without extensive SQL knowledge to have similar access to the database.
		One pitfall to watch out for with ad hoc reporting is that a user may inadvertently issue a very costly request to the database, a problem less prevalent when using canned reports which are generally created by developers with a better knowledge of the underlying database schema.
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	Ad hoc - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Ad hoc (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Ad hoc - Encyclopedia Glossary Meaning Explanation Ad hoc.
		Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means "for this purpose." It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol or a specific-purpose equation.
		An example of an ad hoc pronunciation would be "DICK-shun-ary", where the capitalisation shows which syllable is stressed.
	www.encyclopedia-glossary.com /en/Ad-hoc.html (673 words)

	Ad hoc - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
		Ad hoc is a Latin phrase which means "for this [purpose]." It generally signifies a solution that has been tailored to a specific purpose, such as a tailor-made suit, a handcrafted network protocol, and specific-purpose equation and things like that.
		In computer networking, ad-hoc is a connection method for wireless LANs that requires no base station — devices discover others within range to form a network for those computers.
		In philosophy and science, ad hoc often means the addition of corrollary hypotheses or adjustment to a philosophical or scientific theory to save the theory from being falsified by compensating for anomalies not anticipated by the theory in its unmodified form.
	education.music.us /A/Ad-hoc.htm (607 words)

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