Cancelling an investment transaction prior to the system receiving its posting.

While being overcome in a hostile bidding war, a company receives a saving grace.

Another name for kilocalorie (Refer to calorie).

Electrical power measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts. Equivalent to 1.34 horsepower, or 1000 joules per second as a measured consumption rate.

Electrical power consumption measure of a standard unit equal to 1000 watts in an hour. Equivalent to 860 kilocalories, or 3412 British thermal units (Btu) as a measured consumption rate.

Standard demand curve with a bend depicting competitors decreasing prices to match another’s, yet not raising prices to match another’s. Concern is that raising prices lose customers, so that once a business

When medium term interest rates are higher than low or high. Refer to negative yield curve, yield curve, and positive yield curve.

Upright, retail outlet display or entry-port in a large retail establishment or a shopping mall to assist customers.

One item under its own part number or SKU, comprised of several other finished goods (FG), each with its own SKU. Refer to separate stock keeping unit (SKU).

Process of grouping, packaging, and shipping one unit comprised of several other finished good. For example, in ordering a PC online, the supplier builds a customized kit, assembled and shipped as one

Something assembled from whatever was available to ‘make do’, but not built according to design or plan.

1. A very similar looking product copy a patented, trademarked, or copyrighted product or work that is cheaper as an illegal version. 2. A cheaper version of a higher-priced material or product

An article taken apart, folded, or telescoped to reduce its shipping size by at least one third (33 1/3 percent) of its assembled bulk or size. Such articles, be they bicycles, fans,

Event-driven benefit payoff tied to something occurring like a specific change in an asset’s price. Contrast to knock-out option.

Event-driven benefit payoff tied to something not occurring like a specific change in an asset’s price. Contrast to knock-in option.

Expressed in kilograms of force as a ratio of applied force. Penetration depth is measured in millimeters. Material hardness test of impact depth, not area. A pointed rhombohedral diamond is a highly

A copyright, patent, other documentation that generates income as intellectual capital. See, e.g., How to Get a Copyright: A Step-By-Step Guide

Concepts, data, objectives, requirements, rules, and specifications as an organized knowledge repository. Typically this is a computer system, less often, an organization. It can be (1) a retrieval either as an expert

Artificial intelligence or expert systems retrieval for a knowledge based system of automated production processes.

Artificial intelligence / expert system based software techniques. Used to solve process problems. Intended use is to respond to unique queries and expertise transfers, relating one domain of knowledge to another. Exists