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Dictionary: en·com·pass   (ĕn-kŭm'pəs) pronunciation
tr.v., -passed, -pass·ing, -pass·es.
  1. To form a circle or ring around; surround. See synonyms at surround.
  2. To enclose; envelop.
  3. To constitute or include: a survey that encompassed a wide range of participants.
  4. To accomplish; achieve.
encompassment en·com'pass·ment n.

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verb

  1. To encircle with or as if with a band: band1, begird, belt, cincture, compass, engirdle, gird, girdle, girt, ring1. Archaic engird. See edge/center.
  2. To shut in on all sides: begird, beset, circle, compass, encircle, environ, gird, girdle, hedge, hem, ring1, surround. See open/close.
  3. To have as a part: comprehend, comprise, contain, embody, embrace, have, include, involve, subsume, take in. See include/exclude.

Antonyms: encompass
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v

Definition: include, contain
Antonyms: exclude


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: To surround. Also: To contain or include.

pronunciation Time has its own dimensions, and neither the sun nor the clock can encompass them all. — Hal Borland (1900-1978).

Wikipedia: Connect (users group)
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Connect,[1] Your Independent HP Business Technology Community, Connect User Group Community

Formed from the consolidation of DECUS, Encompass, HP-Interex, and ITUG in May, 2008, Connect is Hewlett-Packard’s largest user community representing more than 50,000 participants. Connect is a non-profit, independent, customer-run computer user group with a strategic business partnership with HP.

This community of IT professionals deliver information technology solutions for complex and multi-system computing environments, focusing on the HP (and legacy Compaq and Digital) technologies, including HP-UX, HP's NonStop™, Blade, Enterprise Storage, Enterprise Unix, OpenVMS, Linux and Windows. Further, Connect's member base focuses on best software and architectures available from alliance partners and developers as well as future applications on current operational efficiencies, including interoperability and interconnection.

The Connect membership provides feedback and direction to HP and their partners and has been instrumental in influencing the direction of many HP technologies.

Connect's website, provides information and resources by leveraging social media and networking tools that provide members with professional development programs, technical training, information exchanges, advocacy programs and networking opportunities.

History

HP Computer Clubs history
Founded User Group Organization Related Computer Manufacturer
1961 DECUS Digital Equipment Corporation
1998 CUO Compaq
ITUG Tandem Computers
2002

Interex HP-Interex Encompass

Hewlett-Packard
2008 Connect Community Hewlett-Packard

External links

References

  1. ^ "connect-community.org" (in English). http://www.connect-community.org. Retrieved 2009-09-15. 



Translations: Encompass
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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - omringe, indeholde, omfatte, gennemføre, udrette, nå, opnå

Nederlands (Dutch)
omsluiten, omcirkelen, omvatten, voltooien

Français (French)
v. tr. - entourer, ceindre, environner de, (fig) contenir, inclure, assaillir

Deutsch (German)
v. - umfassen

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - περιστοιχίζω, περιβάλλω, περικλείω, διαλαμβάνω

Italiano (Italian)
abbracciare, comprendere

Português (Portuguese)
v. - cercar, incluir, abranger

Русский (Russian)
охватывать, обводить, окружать

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - comprender, abarcar, abrazar, englobar, incluir, encerrar, rodear

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - omge, förorsaka, omfatta

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
围绕, 包含, 包围, 完成

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 圍繞, 包含, 包圍, 完成

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 둘러싸다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 取り巻く, 包囲する, 含む

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشمل, يطوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮הקיף, כיתר, הכיל‬


 
 
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