scalable

scale something down

to reduce the size or cost of something. The bad economy forced us to scale the project down. Liz scaled down the project.

scale something to something

to design or adjust the size of one thing to match or complement the size of another thing. The architect sought to scale the office building to the buildings surrounding it. The playhouse will have to be scaled to the main house.

scale back something also scale something back

to reduce the size or amount of something The search for the child was scaled back sharply today, with almost a third of the volunteers heading home. The program was very effective, but the plan now is to scale it back.

Usage notes: also used in the form scale down: The original jury award of $10 million was scaled down to $250,000 by the judge.

Opposite of: ramp up something

See also: up

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Route 1: 1) BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks) which is of 90 minutes duration or BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks) and BCMSN (Building Cisco Managed Switched Networks) combined examination which is of 120 minutes duration. How to Obtain CCIP Certification by Alina Michale / Computers and Internet community The Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer is a modular and highly scalable architecture that groups together clusters to make a unified, fully integrated Scalable Unit (SU), which can be provisioned and managed as a stand-alone supercomputer system to deliver sustained capacity computing performance. APPRO EXTREME-X WINS 2007 PRODUCT OF YEAR AWARD by Computer Workstations 9780470022689 Scalable video on demand; adaptive Internet-based distribution. Scalable video on demand; adaptive Internet-based distribution by SciTech Book News	say about say against say boo Say cheese! say for say grace Say hello to say in a roundabout way Say no more say out loud say over say piece say that say the word say to say to face say to oneself say uncle Say what? Say when saying Says me! Says who? Says you! scab over scalable scale scale back scale down scale to scale up scales scamper scamper along scamper away scar over scarce scarce as hen's teeth scarcely scare scare away scare away from scare off scare out of scare stiff scare the hell out of scare the pants off scare the shit out of scare to death scare up scared shitless	SCAK SCAKC SCAL scala scala scala scala scala scala Scala (company) Scala (company) Scala media Scala media Scala media scala tympani scala tympani scala tympani Scala typmani Scala typmani scala vestibuli scala vestibuli scala vestibuli Scala, Can Francesco della Scala, La Scala, La SCALAA scalability scalability scalability Scalability Logger Format scalable Scalable Ad Hoc Network Simulator Scalable Adaptive Multicast Research Group Scalable ADSL Modem Scalable Agile Beam Radar Scalable and Adaptive Key Management Scalable and Efficient Multicast Protocol Scalable Application Language) Scalable Architecture for Financial Reporting Scalable Architecture for Interactive Learning Scalable Automated Guided Execution Scalable Broadcast Algorithm Scalable Cluster Monitoring System scalable coding scalable coding scalable coding Scalable Coherent Interconnect Scalable Coherent Interface Scalable Coherent Interface scalable complementary metal-oxide semiconductor Scalable Computing Laboratory Scalable Coordination of Wireless Robots Scalable Data Management Applications and Systems Scalable Data Warehouse Scalable Directory Services Scalable Disk Array Scalable Distributed Data Structure Scalable Distributed Information Management System

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Route 1: 1) BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks) which is of 90 minutes duration or BSCI (Building Scalable Cisco Internetworks) and BCMSN (Building Cisco Managed Switched Networks) combined examination which is of 120 minutes duration.

How to Obtain CCIP Certification by Alina Michale / Computers and Internet community

The Appro Xtreme-X Supercomputer is a modular and highly scalable architecture that groups together clusters to make a unified, fully integrated Scalable Unit (SU), which can be provisioned and managed as a stand-alone supercomputer system to deliver sustained capacity computing performance.

APPRO EXTREME-X WINS 2007 PRODUCT OF YEAR AWARD by Computer Workstations

9780470022689 Scalable video on demand; adaptive Internet-based distribution.

Scalable video on demand; adaptive Internet-based distribution by SciTech Book News

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