Definitions for "activating"
A treatment that renders nonconductive material receptive to electroless deposition. Non preferred synonyms: Seeding,Catalyzing, and Sensitizing.
Keywords:  unread, info, buffer, asking, articles
The act of asking the server for info on a group and computing the number of unread articles is called activating the group. Un-activated groups are listed with `*' in the group buffer.
Keywords:  motion, causing, energy, action, change
causing motion or action or change
the activity of causing to have energy and be active
same as activation{1}.