(networking) A description of the standard functions of a communications system in terms of seven layers of abstraction (the OSI layers).

A form of consensus decision-making characterised by cooperation despite significant differences among parties.

(genetics) A model of DNA replication that leaves intact the original DNA molecule.

(genetics) A model of DNA replication in which two new DNA molecules are produced containing regions of either both original, or both new, strands.

(intellectual property law) An intellectual property right in certain legal systems, to protect invention, very similar to the patent, but usually with shorter term and less stringent patentability requirements.

(logic) A Kripke frame together with either one of the following: (1) a function associating each of the frame's worlds to a set of prime formulae which are "true" for the given world, (2) a function associating each prime formula to a set of worlds for which the prime formula is "true", (3) a forcing relation between worlds and prime formulae. Additionally, there is a set of rules for deducing (from the given function or relation) what formulae are forced to be true by a given world. (The set of rules depends on which logic the Kripke model is being applied to, whether one of several modal logics or intuitionistic logic).

(transitive, obsolete) To newmodel.

(particle physics) A theory about the electromagnetic, weak, and strong nuclear interactions that mediate the dynamics of the known subatomic particles.

(Internet) The set of CSS rules that govern the size, shape, spacing, borders, and margins of web page elements.

plural of relational model