Category: Finance Dictionary

The expected outcomes of an available or proposed alternate to a plan.

AClass 3 Bermudaregistered INSURER that is authorized to write and purchase INSURANCE and REINSURANCE and deal in DERIVATIVES. In order to comply with regulatory restrictions, banks often use transformers to convert derivatives

A purchase that offers the best combination for the buyer. The delivery, price, quality, and other benefits are considered.

A second level of testing. Its the pilot test of a product before commercial release. The internal testing has already been done and passed. Select customers can test the product in normal

A nickname for IBM. It started with the blue color on the logo.

The rights of the parties involved in a bilateral contract.

A file that has information in a computer readable form. The file can be displayed, read, or used.

Using biolog to make industrial copies of naturally occuring substances from the organisms that made them. Genetic engineering is just one example of this technology.

The day October 24, 1929 when the stock market crashed. Refer to black tuesday.

A page where printed pages don’t have margins. A small margin on the edges is left for paper gripping. It also protects the machine. It costs more depending on the size of

A combination of lines and shapes that represent a process and the relations in that process. It can show how a system works and the pertinent information about it.

A news and tool company that gives content to the web, radio, and TV. It gives platforms to make trading easy. It was founded by Michael Bloomberg.

The amount of harmful elements in a body. If the environment is polluted the body has more pollutants in it.

When an agency or company issue a certificate saying a party is owed payments. They will get them with interest charged periodically.

The orders booked and delivered in a period of time. The trend is determined. If greater than 1 its improvement but less is a fall in performance.

When a computer is started up or the operating system is restarted. There are two types of booting which are (cold boots) and (warm boots). Cold Booting is simply when the computer

Strategy used in corporate planning whereby information is gathered from sales personnel, product managers, advertising personnel, and other members working in the organizational unit to set goals and create a marketing plan.

A form of written language for the blind, in which characters are represented by patterns of raised dots that are felt with the fingertips.

A line of people waiting to receive free food.

In software development, is an intentional stopping or pausing place in a program, put in place for debugging purposes.