Provisioning may refer to: *

Provisioning (technology) In telecommunication, provisioning involves the process of preparing and equipping a network to allow it to provide new services to its users. In National Security/Emergency Preparedness telecommunications services, ''"provisioning"'' equates to ...

, the equipping of a telecommunications network or IT resources *

Provisioning (cruise ship) Provisioning refers to the supplying of food and drink for the passengers of a cruise ship Cruise ships are large passenger ships used mainly for vacationing. Unlike ocean liners, which are used for transport, cruise ships typically embark ...

, supplying a vessel for an extended voyage ** Provisioning of USS ''Constitution'' * Provisioning, forms of parental behavior in ethology and entomology **

Mass provisioning Mass provisioning is a form of parental investment in which an adult insect, most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp, stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber (a "cell") before she lays the egg. This behavior is ...

, in which an adult insect stocks all the food for each of her offspring in a small chamber **

Progressive provisioning Progressive provisioning is a term used in entomology to refer to a form of parental behavior in which an adult (most commonly a hymenopteran such as a bee or wasp) feeds its larvae directly after they have hatched, feeding each larva repeatedly u ...

, in which an adult feeds its larvae directly after they have hatched

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