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consumptive use and is less than total consumptive use. Water for consumptive use may be supplied <br />from surface water diverted by a ditch and groundwater ocurring naturally beneath the crops. (Rice <br />(1991)) <br />UNIX <br />USBR <br />Amulti-tasking, multi-user operating system that is predominant on workstations. Examples of variants <br />are AIX (IBM), HP-UX (Hewlett-Packard), IRIX (SGI), and ULTRIX (DEC). <br />United States Bureau of Reclamation <br />URL -Universal Resource Locator <br />Address used by web browsers to specify the location of information. An example is: <br />http://cdss.state.co.us/index.asp <br />The "http" indicates the mode of access (Hypertext Transfer Protocol). The "//" indicates the start of a <br />machine address. The first single "/" indicates the start of a directory location on the machine. <br />USGS -United States Geological Survey <br />For more information view the USGS Home Page . <br />Vapor Pressure <br />The partial pressure of water vapor in the atmosphere. (Rice (1991)) <br />Vector Maps <br />Vector maps display boundaries or lines that denote the position and extent of features, such as <br />county boundaries or lines denoting stream and river systems. <br />Volume <br />A specific quantity of water generally expressed in terms of acre-feet. (Rice (1991)) <br />WAN -Wide Area Network <br />A computer network that encompasses a large area, e.g., an entire state or widespread business <br />branch offices (as opposed to LAN). <br />Water Commissioner <br />Public officials under the direction of the division engineers who carry out the detailed daily <br />administration of the waters of portions of each water division. (Rice (1991)) <br />Water Course <br />A place on the earth's surface where water flows, regularly or intermittently, in a defined channel. (Rice <br />(1991)) <br />Water Court <br />In Colorado, special division of a district court with a district judge, called the water judge to deal with <br />certain specific water matters principally having to do with adjudication and change of water rights. <br />(Rice (1991)) <br />Water Development <br />The process of building diversion, storage, pumping, and/or conveyance facilities to apply water to <br />beneficial use. (Rice (1991)) <br />Water District <br />A subdivision of a water division. (Rice (1991)) <br />