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TRANSPARENT

1. Action, procedure or method with no hidden agendas, transparency in word and intention. 2. An invisible operation or feature to the user or observer. See virtual.

TRANSPONDER

Radio relay equipment that works when hit by a signal it responds and sends or reflects the signal it received.

TRANSPORT DOCUMENT

Air way bill, bill of lading, carrier’s certificate etc. Serving as evidence of acceptance and receipt of goods for carriage.

TRANSSHIPMENT

Shipment transfer between carriers or from one vessel o another vessel in transit. Can be spelt as transhipment.

TRAPPING

1. Commercial printing. Creating small overlap of colours in multi job commercial printing machine. 2. Computing. Monitoring software feature that detects errors and sends them to a diagnostic error handling routine.

TRASH

Garbage, rubbish, refuse that is dry.

TRASH TO ENERGY

Thermal energy made by burning rubbish drives power plant turbines.

TREASURIES

Negotiable obligations of debt by a federal government that comprises treasury bonds, treasury notes and treasury bills.

TREE DIAGRAM

Graphic tool that breaks down components and then maps them all out creating a diagram looking like a tree growing.

TREE TOPOLOGY

Scheme of network cabling where hubs are connected together in succeeding levels providing redundancy. Also known as cascaded star topology or tree network.

TREND

Pattern showing the gradual change of a condition, process or average moving in one direction over time.

TREND ANALYSIS

Analysing method of time series data involving comparisons of the same item over a long period to detect general relationships with associated factors and to project the patterns future direction.

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