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Computer or physical characters making up text and displays of reading matter.

TECHNICAL MANAGEMENT

Efforts used in deployment of a system or process to balance cost, effectiveness and supportability during its life cycle.

TELEMARKETING

Contacting and canvassing prospective customers by telephone, fax or internet.

TEN DAY FREE LOOK

An insured’s right it inspect a health care policy and return it before 10 days have passed and get a full refund.

TERM FUNDING

Arranged financing meeting needs over a set period of time.

TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE

A government contract’s standard clause giving government the right to terminate a contract at any time without giving a reason for doing so.

TEST FIDELITY

Extent of a test duplicating conditions or performance of a task. Close match equals high fidelity.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Paper recognized internationally founded in 1851, printed in New York and distributed nationwide.

THERMOSETS

Hard plastic formed into one shape that cannot easily formed into another shape.

THREE-FOURTHS VALUE CLAUSE

Clause nearly obsolete where an insurer will not pay more three quarters of the cash value of an insured property.

TICKER

Term referring to a narrow strip of paper or display electronically where quotes are streamed along.

TIME SCALE

Measurement of time where a task or activity in scheduled.

TOLL FREE CALL

Long distance call paid for by the person being called. Free call in UK.

TOP KILL

Procedure to try to stop an oil well from leaking. Large amounts of drilling mud are pumped back into the well under high pressures.

TRACING

1. Accounting. Following a pike of information back to the document it originated in.2. Cost accounting. Assigning a cost to an activity based on cause and effect.

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