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use case

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noun

  1. a scenario in which something is or may be useful; a particular situation in which something, especially a technology, is tested or employed.

    The pharmaceutical database offers filters for a variety of use cases, such as prescribing, pricing, and dispensing medication.

    The new feature works, but we would anticipate better performance in a real-world use case.



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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of use case1

First recorded in 1990–95
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He replied: "It's just information. It's ones and zeros. The fact that the information has a use case that makes you uncomfortable, I understand and I sympathise with that, but that doesn't make it correct to say it's anything more than information."

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The elusive use case for crypto assets seemed to have been narrowed down to facilitating criminal fraud, ransomware attacks, drug and human trafficking.

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But it feels worth noting that the original predominant use case for crypto was to circumvent prohibitions on the vice economy, to gamble, and to buy drugs online.

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They destroy a piece of modern art and once again fail to articulate any viable use case for A.I. as we currently understand it!

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Do you worry that you’re missing someone’s use case, even if the product at issue sounds downright freakish to you or me?

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