Usage — Us age, n. [F. usage, LL. usaticum. See {Use}.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of using; mode of using or treating; treatment; conduct with respect to a person or a thing; as, good usage; ill usage; hard usage. [1913 Webster] My brother Is prisoner to … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
USAGE — s. m. Coutume, pratique reçue. Long, constant, ancien, perpétuel usage. C était l usage du pays, du temps. Cela est reçu par l usage. C est l usage. L usage le veut ainsi. C est son usage d agir ainsi. Cela est conforme, est contraire à l usage.… … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 7eme edition (1835)
USAGE — n. m. Coutume, pratique reçue. Long, constant, ancien, perpétuel usage. C’était l’usage du pays, du temps. Cela est reçu par l’usage. C’est l’usage. L’usage le veut ainsi. Cela est conforme, est contraire à l’usage. Suivre l’usage. Braver l’usage … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
USAGÉ, ÉE — adj. des deux genres Qui a beaucoup servi et qui porte les marques de l’usage qu’on en a fait. Des sacs neufs et des sacs usagés. Un vêtement, un livre usagé. Fig., Une expression, une métaphore usagée. Il est familier … Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)
usage — noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French, from us use Date: 14th century 1. a. firmly established and generally accepted practice or procedure b. a uniform certain reasonable lawful practice existing in a particular locality or… … New Collegiate Dictionary
Usage-centered design — is an approach to user interface design based on a focus on user intentions and usage patterns. It analyzes users in terms of the roles they play in relation to systems and employs abstract (essential) use cases [See Constantine (1995) and… … Wikipedia
Usage based insurance — Usage based insurance, also known as pay as you drive (or PAYD) is a type of automobile insurance whereby the costs of motor insurance are dependent upon vehicle usage, particularly distance traveled. Economic and environmental impactIn economic… … Wikipedia
Usage analysis — is any technique for understanding the usage statistics of something, for example the web statistics of a website … Wikipedia
Usage share — can refer to the relative market adoption of:*Desktop operating systems *Instant messaging clients *Web browsersee also*Market share … Wikipedia
Usage share of web browsers — [ [http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=0 qptimeframe=Q qpsp=38 Market share for browsers, operating systems and search engines ] ] legend|#00ffff|Other (0.26%)] Usage share, in web browser statistics is the percentage of visitors to … Wikipedia
Usage message — In computer programming, the usage message is typically hardcoded into the source code of a given program. The use message specifies the parameters to the application. In perl, see [http://search.cpan.org/ marekr/Pod Parser 1.35/lib/Pod/Usage.pm… … Wikipedia
