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SITE PLAN

A detailed plan or blueprint that is used to develop a particular plot of land.

SKIP PAYMENT LEASE

A condition where lease payments are not paid every month but only certain times during a year.

SKIP PAYMENT CLAUSE

A provision allowed in some mortgagaes where a payment can be missed or skipped as the payment has been made previuosly or there is enough money to cover the next payment.

SKUNKWORKS

A program of product development that occurs away froma company normal location in order to keep it secret or to speed p the processes.

SKILL VARIETY

The range of abilities that are needed in order to perform a specific task. Jobs requring a lot of different skills are said to need a high skill set.

SKYPE

A free VOIP, voice over the internet, service to let users communicate via the internet by a combination of video, voice and messages.

SLAB

An ingot of metal that has been rolled flat and no wider thicker than 10 inches and around 20 feet long.

SKIN ABSORPTION

The ability shown by some substances to pass into the blood stream via the skin, eyes or mucous membranes.

SKILL BENCHMARKING

A process used to identify the levels of competency that are needed to complete a particular job or project.

SIGNED, SEALED, AND DELIVERED

An acknowledge that the document being referred to was executed properly by the intended body, place securely in an envelope and handed to the intended recipient.

SINKHOLE COLLAPSE

A dangerous situation caused by the sudden collapse of a land mass into an empty space below it.

SCIENTIFIC NOTATION

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

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS

The evaluation and identification of a cause for failure, problem or undesirable condition.

ROYALTY-FREE

Being able to use another person’s intellectual property for no fee.

SITING

A series of steps taken in order to choose the location for a facility or firm.

SIMPLEX CONNECTION

A channel of communication where signals only flow in an outward direction and cannot flow back into the channel. Radio and television broadcasts are an example of this.

SCRAMBLING

The deliberate distortion or encoding of a signal to make it unreadable by unauthorized persons.

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