According to the American Heritage Dictionary (via http://www.answers.com)
her·met·ic adj.
- Completely sealed, especially against the escape or entry of air.
- Impervious to outside interference or influence: the hermetic confines of an isolated life.
- Of or relating to Hermes Trismegistus or the works ascribed to him.
- Having to do with the occult sciences, especially alchemy; magical.
lo·gis·tics n. (used with a sing. or pl. verb)
- The aspect of military operations that deals with the procurement, distribution, maintenance, and replacement of materiel and personnel.
- The management of the details of an operation.
In reality, hermetic and logistics are just my two favorite words. I love words with three or more syllables that end in "ic". Agnostic. Anthromorphic. Fantastic.
It's a nice benefit that the words happen to mean airtight operation. In reality this is anything but.
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