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seeding

/ˈsiːdɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

  1. To plant or sow an area with seeds.
  2. To cover thinly with something scattered; to ornament with seedlike decorations.
  3. To start; to provide, assign or determine the initial resources for, position of, state of.
  4. To allocate a seeding to a competitor.
  5. To leave (files) available for others to download through peer-to-peer file sharing protocols (e.g. BitTorrent).
  6. To be qualified to compete, especially in a quarter-final, semi-final or final.
  7. (games) The arrangement of positions in a tournament.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

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