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  2. Economic taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    An economic taxonomy is a system of classification of economic activity, including products, companies and industries. Some economists believe that the study of economic policy demands the use of a taxonomic/classificatory approach.

  3. Naming convention - Wikipedia

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    A naming convention is a convention (generally agreed scheme) for naming things. Conventions differ in their intents, which may include to: Allow useful information to be deduced from the names based on regularities. For instance, in Manhattan, streets are consecutively numbered; with east–west streets called "Streets" and north–south ...

  4. Nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    [37] [38] Doing taxonomy entails identifying, describing, [39] and naming taxa; [40] therefore, in the scientific sense, nomenclature is the branch of taxonomy concerned with the application of scientific names to taxa, based on a particular classification scheme, in accordance with agreed international rules and conventions.

  5. Taxonomy - Wikipedia

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    Taxonomy is a practice and science concerned with classification or categorization. Typically, there are two parts to it: the development of an underlying scheme of classes (a taxonomy) and the allocation of things to the classes (classification).

  6. Binomial nomenclature - Wikipedia

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    Taxonomy includes both nomenclature and classification. Its first stages (sometimes called "alpha taxonomy") are concerned with finding, describing and naming species of living or fossil organisms. [27] Binomial nomenclature is thus an important part of taxonomy as it is the system by which species are named.

  7. Common name - Wikipedia

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    Common names (such as "red fox") are different across languages, whereas the scientific name does not change. In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same ...

  8. Glossary of economics - Wikipedia

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    Also called resource cost advantage. The ability of a party (whether an individual, firm, or country) to produce a greater quantity of a good, product, or service than competitors using the same amount of resources. absorption The total demand for all final marketed goods and services by all economic agents resident in an economy, regardless of the origin of the goods and services themselves ...

  9. Product naming convention - Wikipedia

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    A product naming convention is a process of product or good description or titling. Consistent use of alphanumeric characters and separating devices defines a naming convention . The naming convention will create an identifier for that version or model of product or goods.