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Katherine is a feminine name. It is popular in historically Christian countries, as it was the name of one of the first Christian saints, Catherine of Alexandria.
The name originated from the Greek Αικατερίνη (Aikaterinẽ). The earliest known use of the Greek name was in reference to Saint Catherine of Alexandria.
The name is of unknown etymology. The theory that the name comes from Hecate, the name of the Greek goddess of magic, is regarded by the editors of the Oxford Dictionary of First Names as unconvincing.
The name has subsequently come to be associated with καθαρός (katharos), meaning "pure", which in turn led to the alternative spellings "Katharine" and "Katherine". The former spelling, with a middle 'a', was more common in the past and is currently more popular in the United States than in Britain. "Katherine", with a middle 'e', was first recorded in England in 1196 after being brought back from the Crusades.
"Katherine" and its variants have been among the 100 most popular names in the US since 1880. At its most popular, in 1991, it ranked 25th. By 2008, it ranked 45th.
A plan is typically any diagram or list of steps with timing and resources, used to achieve an objective. See also strategy. It is commonly understood as a temporal set of intended actions through which one expects to achieve a goal. For spatial or planar topologic or topographic sets see map.
Plans can be formal or informal:
The most popular ways to describe plans are by their breadth, time frame, and specificity; however, these planning classifications are not independent of one another. For instance, there is a close relationship between the short- and long-term categories and the strategic and operational categories.
It is common for less formal plans to be created as abstract ideas, and remain in that form as they are maintained and put to use. More formal plans as used for business and military purposes, while initially created with and as an abstract thought, are likely to be written down, drawn up or otherwise stored in a form that is accessible to multiple people across time and space. This allows more reliable collaboration in the execution of the plan.