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SUBOPTIMIZATION

Situation where less than the best yield is produced due to a lack of co-ordination between different elements.

SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE

Farming system providing a life style that is self sufficient for the family of the farmer. Their is little excess if any for marketing.

SUBTRACTIVE COLORS

Colors used in the four color printing process, C, cyan, M, magenta, Y, yellow and black that overlap to produce other colors.

SUNSHINE LAW

The statute requiring the agency to open all of its proceedings and records to the public.

SUPERSERVER

A larger and more powerful server computer that is tolerant to faults.

SURFACE VALUE

The objective worth or meaning of a compensation, reward or action to the recipient.

SUSPENDED CEILING

The ceiling that is lightweight and hung on wires or cables suspended from the structure overhead.

SWIFT CODE

Codes used by banks around the world organized by SWIFT.

SYMBOLIC LOGIC

Mathematical disciplines used to reduce rules of formal logic to those of algebra. Called mathematical logic.

SYNTHESIS

1. Forming a coherent whole from different elements. 2. Step in a dialectic process where affirmed concepts are countered with their opposites to yield the final concept. 3. Process of combining substances

SAFE

The amount of exposure that will cause no harm or damage after exposure.

SALES ORDER

A document that is generated by the seller to authorise the sale of products or services on receipt of the customers order. It implies that there will be no further cost to

SANDWICH GENERATION

A generation of people that is “sandwiched” between an older and a younger generation. They provide care to both generations.

SCALABLE

1. A plant or facility whose performance, size or user numbers can be increased due to demand without penalties to cost and functionality. 2. A system that is designed to handle different

SCHEDULE RATING PLAN

A Plan permitting adding or subtracting credits from commercial risk that is based on acertain features.

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

A way that has been devised to write down very small numbers and very large numbers.

SCRIPLESS

Trading where no no certifcate is issued. It uses only book entires that represent the security holding.

SECOND WORLD

In contrast to the first world of industrialised ecomnomies it indicates the former Soviet Union and East European industrial countries.

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