Usage may vary when the past participles are used as adjectives, as in burnt toast.

To maintain network performance, networks may apply traffic policing to virtual circuits to limit them to their traffic contracts at the entry points to the network, i. e. the User – network interfaces ( UNIs ) and Network-to-network interfaces ( NNIs ): Usage / Network Parameter Control ( UPC and NPC ).

Usage of the term RMI may denote solely the programming interface or may signify both the API and JRMP, whereas the term RMI-IIOP ( read: RMI over IIOP ) denotes the RMI interface delegating most of the functionality to the supporting CORBA implementation.

Fowler puts it in Modern English Usage, the object of both parable and allegory " is to enlighten the hearer by submitting to him a case in which he has apparently no direct concern, and upon which therefore a disinterested judgment may be elicited from him.

Such an authority may be a prominent writer or educator such as Henry Fowler, whose English Usage defined the standard for British English for much of the 20th century.

Usage may be personal and non-transferable, for a family, or under certain circumstances, for a group utilizing a service at one time.

Usage of the name may ( or may not ) include the tree that yields this wood.

Usage of the term may also vary as to the geographic regions it is meant to imply.

Usage by the United States on government maps in the 1940s as a political term included territories claimed by the Republic of China that were part of the previous empire, or geographically to refer to topographical features associated with China that may or may not have lain entirely within Chinese political borders.

Usage of Arablish / Arbalizi particularly among the youth may be as a result of poor knowledge of one language or the other or both, or may be usage for introducing a humorous effect.

Usage on public roadways may result a number of offenses, including but not limited to: no indicator lights, no rearview mirror, no horn or signaling device, no headlight, too-small muffler ( noise pollution ), improper lane change ( no blinkers ), or reckless driving.

Usage of supercluster for populations as well as haplotypes makes the term ambiguous and may require clarification when the word is used.

Usage of the terms ' referent ' and ' reference ' may vary in usage.

The apparent almost 100 % increase in patronage over the last few years may be due to a change in the methods used to measure passenger numbers ; see Usage Notes.

Usage: when the phrase " discrete time " is used as a noun it should not be hyphenated ; when it is a compound adjective, as when one writes of a " discrete-time stochastic process ", then, at least according to traditional punctuation rules, it should be hyphenated.

Fowler objected to this passage because The Emperor, His Majesty, and the Monarch all refer to the same person: " the effect ", he pointed out in Modern English Usage, " is to set readers wondering what the significance of the change is, only to conclude that there is none.

Usage of the term ' tepal ' is inconsistent-some authors refer to ' sepals and petals ' where others use the word ' tepals ' in the same context.

Usage of the word ‘ Tamang ’ It is still in the root of the research from when the word ‘ Tamang ’ has been in use to refer to the Tamang nationality of Nepal.

Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage says, " The list contains ( in approximate historical order from 1789 to 1939 ) such terms as Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian, Uessian, U-S-ian, Uesican, United Stater.

Usage of " arcology " vs. " hyperstructure ":

Usage of Baltic and similar terms to denote the region east from the sea started only in 19th century.

Usage of the term bodhisattva has evolved over time.

Usage of the word college varies in English-speaking nations.

Usage was also generational, with the more assimilated third-generation members ( again, more likely male ) likely to adopt the usage.

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage.

Usage peaked in 1959 at about 36, 000 tonnes.

The additional terms were identified, generally in working groups of the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, and judged by the DCMI Usage Board to be in conformance with principles of good practice for the qualification of Dublin Core metadata elements.

Usage is highest in Europe, East Asia, and South America.

Usage has not always been so clearly distinguished.

Usage of the word has evolved to include any graphics applied to surfaces in a manner that constitutes vandalism.

Usage above the bundle cap is either charged per megabyte or disallowed.

The Cambridge Guide to English Usage.

A recent example of a new insurance product that is patented is Usage Based auto insurance.

Usage has shifted again, according to Hartmann et al., since 2001 and the September 11 attacks, with the mainstream media using the term less, in order to characterize America as multicultural.

Usage varies worldwide, depending on cultural or religious preferences.

Internet Usage has grown rapidly in the last few years.

In August 2007, Microsoft issued its Game Content Usage Rules, a license intended to address the legal status of machinima based on its games, including the Halo series.

In its entry on " Unification Church ", the 2002 edition of The New York Times Manual of Style and Usage advised: " Unification Church is appropriate in all references to the Holy Spirit Association for the Unification of World Christianity, which was founded by the Rev.

" Usage of this form was popularized in modern popular culture by 19th century composer Richard Wagner by way of the title of the last of his Der Ring des Nibelungen operas, Götterdämmerung.

" Usage of these new terms has been limited ; many sources count any syllable exchange as a spoonerism, regardless of location.

* 1862 – American Indian Wars: The Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota warriors attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

* Republic of Lakotah, a proposed republic for the American Indian Lakota people of North and South Dakota, eastern Montana and eastern Wyoming, and northern Nebraska.

* August 17 – Dakota War of 1862 begins in Minnesota as Lakota Sioux attack white settlements along the Minnesota River.

* August 19 – Dakota War of 1862: During an uprising in Minnesota, Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily defended Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of New Ulm, killing white settlers along the way.

In turn, they were pushed to the west by the Lakota ( Sioux ), who took over the territory from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Big Horn Mountains of Montana.

After about 1860, the Lakota Sioux claimed all the former Crow lands from the Black Hills of South Dakota to the Big Horn Mountains of Montana.

The Lakota are the western-most of the three Sioux-language groups, occupying lands in both North and South Dakota.

After 1720, the Lakota branch of the Seven Council Fires split into two major sects, the Saône who moved to the Lake Traverse area on the South Dakota – North Dakota – Minnesota border, and the Oglala-Sicangu who occupied the James River valley.

January 17, 1891: Young Man Afraid of his Horses at Camp of Oglala tribe of Lakota at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, 3 weeks after Wounded Knee Massacre, when 150 scattered as 153 Lakota Sioux and 25 U. S. soldiers died.

Today, the Lakota are found mostly in the five reservations of western South Dakota: Rosebud Indian Reservation ( home of the Upper Sičangu or Brulé ), Pine Ridge Indian Reservation ( home of the Oglala ), Lower Brule Indian Reservation ( home of the Lower Sicangu ), Cheyenne River Indian Reservation ( home of several other of the seven Lakota bands, including the Mnikoju, Itazipco, Sihasapa and Oohenumpa ), and Standing Rock Indian Reservation ( home of the Hunkpapa ), also home to people from many bands.

Lakota also live on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in northeastern Montana, the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation of northwestern North Dakota, and several small reserves in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

There are nine bands of Dakota and Lakota in Manitoba and southern Saskatchewan, with a total of 6, 000 registered members.

Akta Lakota Museum in Chamberlain, South Dakota.

Some Lakota also live on other Sioux reservations in eastern South Dakota, Minnesota, and Nebraska:

* NAHA – The Official Charity Helping The People Of The Lakota Sioux Tribes & Reservations on South Dakota

The Sioux comprise three major divisions based on Siouan dialect and subculture: Isáŋyathi or Isáŋathi (" Knife ," originating from the name of a lake in present-day Minnesota ), residing in the extreme east of the Dakotas, Minnesota and northern Iowa, and are often referred to as the Santee or Eastern Dakota ; Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋ and Iháŋktȟuŋwaŋna (" Village-at-the-end " and " little village-at-the-end "), residing in the Minnesota River area, they are considered to be the middle Sioux, and are often referred to as the Yankton and the Yanktonai, or, collectively, as the Wičhíyena ( endonym ) or the Western Dakota ( and have been erroneously classified as “ Nakota ”); Thítȟuŋwaŋ or Teton ( uncertain, perhaps " Dwellers on the Prairie "; this name is archaic among the natives, who prefer to call themselves Lakȟóta ), the westernmost Sioux, known for their hunting and warrior culture, are often referred to as the Lakota.

Today the Teton, Santee, and Ihantowan / Ihanktowana are usually known, respectively, as the Lakota, Eastern Dakota, or Western Dakota.

In any of the three main dialects, " Lakota " or " Dakota " translate to mean " friend ," or more properly, " ally.

Having settled the Black Hills of South Dakota and the Powder River Country of present-day Montana, they introduced the horse culture to Lakota ( Sioux ) bands about 1730.