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Berkeley
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noun
a city in California on the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; site of the University of California at Berkeley
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noun
Irish philosopher and Anglican bishop who opposed the materialism of Thomas Hobbes (1685-1753)
open
Verb
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To move something to the side to allow entrance.
I will open the door for our guests.
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To prepare for business.
She opened the store.
open
Adjective
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Having a hole or opening, not closed.
The door was open.
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Available for business.
The shop is open.
infrastructure
Noun
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A place's infrastructure is the basic public works such as roads, electricity &; water supply, and schools, that allow it to function.
The construction of the BAM railway will provide an infrastructure for exports to Japan and the US.
The new bridge will be one of Europe's largest ever infrastructure projects.
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The infrastructure is the basic ideas and systems that support an organisation or a project.
The hardware-software system provides an infrastructure for messaging applications across the company.
for
Preposition
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shows that something belongs to something else, or has a specific function
This cake is for you.
This is a net for catching fish.
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For is used to show the reason for something
He was angry, for he had never been called such terrible names before.
for
Subordinator
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For introduces a clause with a subject and a to-infinitive
It's not good for you to be too relaxed.
network
Noun
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A network is a group of connections between a number of points.
Electronic systems control the busiest parts of the rail network.
This is the first national TV network that is 100% sports.
We conduct much of our overseas banking business through a network of some 3,500 worldwide branches.
You can connect to the Internet through a wireless local network system.
I don't have a good social network in my new job.
network
Verb
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If you network, you make or use social connections, usually for business purposes.
I spent most of my time at the conferences networking with other sales people.
computing
Noun
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Computing is the process or act of calculation.