Nickname that is popular and given to trade paper acceptances that has 2 signatures, the author and the endorser.

Reputed, responsible and established fiduciary body all parties accept from an agreement, transaction or deal.

Factor affecting insurance rates allowing for cost increases.

Taking place of trade in 3 countries or regions.

Technique in digital communications where data or signals are received in one format and are then converted to another format by embedding a protocol. Also known as encapsulation.

Set of type faces related by having the same design features.

Method of averaging designed to reduce effects of outlier statistics.

Apparent blackness of text that results from effects of stroke thickness, width, point size and line space used.

Social, financial and environmental effects of a company’s policy.

Each different type size a type face comes in.

Person characterised as having moderate drive and ambitions, cooperative and accommodating and easy going. Quality over quality. See type A personality.

Numbers, letters an symbols of same typestyle and type weight making up a distinctive printing type such as Helvetica etc.

Attempt at takeover where the bidder offers a higher price for stock than is needed to takeover the firm.

Types of complex situations (1) Apparent complexity, (2) Detail complexity, (3) Dynamic complexity, (4) Inherent complexity.

Purchase agreement where a customer is forced to buy an unknown or slow moving product along with a well known and fast moving product.

Program of instruction that is self-paced and provides information in a learning unit.

Composing of a text or display of reading matter into a computer or a physical type for the intended audience, reproduction method and use.

See shielded twisted pair and unshielded twisted pair.

Number with 12 zeros after it. It is one thousand billions.

Process in tendering where all firms qualified to bid are invited first and then most suitable are invited to offer a sealed bid.