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input scheme

Often used for an input file of some kind. The input file is normally read by a program and it contains commands to create information in the database. Often, the term is used about batch input files to plane panel generation in Hull.

interim product

The parts (steel or outfit) listed at one of the levels in the assembly hierarchy. This term is used in group technology and defines an assembly which will undergo a defined work operation to derive the next interim product.

IP file

See default file. (IP stands for information to the program.)