Material used to refill an excavated area.
tr.v., -filled, -fill·ing, -fills.To refill (an excavated area) with such material.
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An early technique used with XTs and ATs that let DESQview run more programs concurrently. Motherboard chips were disabled and EMS chips were assigned the low memory addresses.
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The replacement of excavated earth into a hole or against a structure.
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Soil returned to a planting hole after the plant's roots have been positioned. This can be original soil or soil with amendments.
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