Proliferation may refer to:
Weapons
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Nuclear proliferation
Nuclear proliferation is the spread of nuclear weapons, fissionable material, and weapons-applicable nuclear technology and information to nations not recognized as " Nuclear Weapon States" by the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Wea ...
, the spread of nuclear weapons, material, and technology
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Chemical weapon proliferation
Many nations continue to research and/or stockpile chemical weapon agents despite numerous efforts to reduce or eliminate them. Most states have joined the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC), which required the destruction of all chemical weapons ...
, the spread of chemical weapons, material, and technology
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Small arms proliferation, the spread of small weapons
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Counter-proliferation, efforts to stop weapon proliferation
Computer science
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License proliferation
License proliferation is the phenomenon of an abundance of already existing and the continued creation of new software licenses for software and software packages in the FOSS ecosystem. License proliferation affects the whole FOSS ecosystem neg ...
, a problem caused by incompatible software licenses
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Data proliferation Data proliferation refers to the prodigious amount of data, structured and unstructured, that businesses and governments continue to generate at an unprecedented rate and the usability problems that result from attempting to store and manage that d ...
, the challenge of dealing with large amounts of data
Medicine and biology
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Cell proliferation
Cell proliferation is the process by which ''a cell grows and divides to produce two daughter cells''. Cell proliferation leads to an exponential increase in cell number and is therefore a rapid mechanism of tissue growth. Cell proliferation re ...
, cell growth and division
*Proliferation, a phase of
wound healing
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Atypical small acinar proliferation
In urologic pathology, atypical small acinus, acinar proliferation, is a collection of small prostatic glands, on prostate biopsy, whose significance is uncertain and cannot be determined to be benign or prostate adenocarcinoma, malignant.
ASAP, g ...
, a concept in urologic pathology
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Intravenous atypical vascular proliferation
Intravenous therapy (abbreviated as IV therapy) is a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person's vein. The intravenous route of administration is commonly used for rehydration or to provide nutrie ...
, a skin condition
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Massive periretinal proliferation
Proliferative vitreoretinopathy (PVR) is a disease that develops as a complication of rhegmatogenous retinal detachment. PVR occurs in about 8–10% of patients undergoing primary retinal detachment surgery and prevents the successful surgical re ...
, a disease of the eye
Music
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''Proliferation'' (album), a 2008 album by Mike Reed's People, Places & Things
Other uses
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Conceptual proliferation In Buddhism, conceptual proliferation (Pāli: ; Sanskrit: ; zh, s=戏论, t=戲論, p=xìlùn; ja, 戯論) or, alternatively, mental proliferation or conceptual elaboration, refers to conceptualization of the world through language and concepts w ...
, a concept in Buddhism
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Product proliferation
Product proliferation occurs when organizations market many variations of the same products. This can be done through different colour combinations, product sizes and different product uses. This produces diversity for the firm as it is able to ...
, an organization's marketing of many variations of the same product
See also
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