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DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

The agency that handle a countries financial security and advises the president on this. They deal with currency, disbursement, collections, loans, and needs of the federal government. They also identify financial threats.

DEPENDENT DEMAND

The demand for an item that isn’t there until another item is there. The parent and child items need eachother to profit.

DEPRECIATION INSURANCE

Insurance for replacement values on property that is damaged. It is taken form the item’s value.

DESIGN REVIEW

Analysis of design to see if it meets requirements.It helps predict problems.

DESKTOP PUBLISHING (DTP)

Using software on high resolution printers to make commercial materials. It is used in specialized situations or short runs. Refer to demand printing.

DEVICE DEPENDENCE

The limits of software to keep it on one platform or hardware requirements. It cannot be moved easily and needs modifications to rewrite it.

DIALECTIC

The analysys that asks questions and looks at the answers.

DIE CUTTING

A material shaping process that metal die is pressed into it to make a cut.

DIFFERENTIATED MARKETING

When several niches are targeted with different products. Refer to concentrated marketing and undifferentiated marketing.

DIGITAL ACTOR

Animated graphics used to resemble humans or cartoons. The visitor of a website picks it to represent themselves in the site. A future possibility of this will be salepeople that sell to

DIGITAL MICROWAVE

A digital radio transmission whose bandwidth is 33-38 GHz and can go up to 7 miles.

DIVERSIFICATION

A spreading or dispersion of RISK, achievable by combining ASSETS or exposures that are not CORRELATED with one another; the process of diversification helps minimize concentrations of exposure and creates a more

DOWN AND IN OPTION

A COMPLEX OPTION that creates a standard EUROPEAN OPTION if the price of the UNDERLYING market reference declines through a predefined BARRIER. See also BARRIER OPTION, DOWN AND OUT OPTION, KNOCKIN OPTION,

DUTY OF CARE

A legal requirement in certain systems where the BOARD OF DIRECTORS and executives must make informed decisions in discharging their FIDUCIARY responsibilities. An informed decision is generally based on gathering all relevant

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