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CHIPSET

Chips grouped for working together as a single functional integrated circuit block in controlling a motherboard or computer by one or more specialized functions.

CHRONOLOGY

Document or Reference book containing a list in the order of recorded occurrence of events and happenings.

CLADDING

Sheet metal or other material used to enhance the durability or other properties of other metal or material (called substrate) . The cladding is bonded electrically, mechanically, or through other process.

CLASS-C FIRE

NFPA classification for fire due to or engulfing energized electrical equipment such as motors, switches, wiring. For this type of fire only chemicals that do not conduct electric current are used. Water

CLASSIFIED-DISPLAY ADVERTISEMENT

Classified advertisement that is larger than one column and uses display typefaces and graphics. It is often typeset (refer to typesetting) by the advertiser.

CLEANUP

Restoring a contaminated site after an accidental release. Actions are the containment, neutralization, removal, and/or stabilization of hazardous wastes. This results in the to a state safe for animals, plants, and people.

CLEARINGHOUSE

1. In Banking, it is a bank-operated affiliated agency or facility within a geographical area. It acts as a central site for collecting, exchanging, and settling of checks drawn on each other.

CLOSE TO THE MONEY

Option contract whose exercise price and market price of the underlying asset is essentially the same.

CLOSED SHOP

Place of employment tied to a union and its rules. Such rules are collective bargaining, agreement to hire only the members of a particular union. This is an illegal practice.

CLOSEOUT LIQUIDATOR

Firm that buys up all or most of another firm’s closeout stock and sells it to other vendors or the public.

CLOUD COMPUTING

the use of a managed, organized, protected network of servers, owned by a service company, but unknown to the public or user. Access is only by the internet or directed URL using

COAXIAL CABLE (COAX)

Heavy-duty, high speed data transmission cable used in computer networks, and cable TV. It is a copper core encased in plastic surrounded by a braided copper shield, covered entirely with plastic insulation.

COEFFICIENT OF UTILIZATION (CU)

Effectiveness of an electric, incandescent lamp in delivering light, measured. Highly efficient lighting fixtures measure CU worths above 0.9, while inefficient ones typically measure between 0.2 and 0.4 CU.

COINCIDENT INDICATORS

Market indicators that are both economic and financial and tend to move in locked-step with (1). trends such as general economics and gross domestic product (GDP), or employment levels, or retail sales,

COLLABORATIVE FILTERING

Software analysis of a customer’s profiles and buying patterns employed more commonly in online commerce. A method of up-selling using automated processes. The process leads to offer to the customers of other

COMBAT PAY

Compensation paid to members of the armed forces on active duty in a designated combat zone or hazardous duty area that is additional and tax-free. Active duty pay, dislocation allowances, reenlistment bonuses,

COMMODITIZATION

When manufactured goods are not differentiated. This leads to thin margins and selling by price. The goods are standardized and cheaper.

COMMON ENEMY DOCTRINE

A law that a property owner can take action to protect their property from damage despite any damage to their neighboring property.

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