Burn (a CD): Burning a CD is the same as recording a CD. The word "burn" means "record" when discussing recordable CDs. CDs are recorded with a high-powered laser that literally burns the information to the underside of a CD. Track: A track is an individual group of information. This can be a single song on an audio CD or a group of data on a data CD. Audio CDs are made up of several tracks (each song is a track).

Book sizes are based on the practice of folding a large sheet of paper to create several pages. A traditional sized sheet (e.g., 25 x 38) which is folded twice to create four pages yealds a quarto (4to) sized book (measuring 12.5 x 19), a sheet folded three times to create eight pages yields an octavo (8vo) sized book (measuring 9.5 x 12.5), and so on. If you're mathematical, you'll notice that the number of pages is two raised to the number of folds (2**3 = 8).

The Department interprets "varied times" as at least 1 hour apart and "varied conditions" to mean during shift changes, meals, or bath time, etc. In cases where a facility's system is capable of running silently in the building while still transmitting a signal to the monitoring station or fire department verification of the receipt of signal should be concurrently documented as in all other drills.

CBC and CFC = Childfree By Choice, meaning we really Really want no children. Most people who post to alt.support.childfree are not only proud of being CBC, we're smug about it. The following terms may appear in message headers, to help categorize messages. If you use these terms in your messages headers when appropriate, many people who just skim the newsgroup will appreciate it. XP = crosspost, between alt.support.childfree and alt.support.childfree.moderated.

BBW stands for Big Beautiful Woman. A convenient term to refer to larger ladies when discussing size-acceptance issues. SSBBW stands for Super-Sized BBW. Very large ladies have additional problems/issues to deal with, when compared to smaller plus sized women, so this term can also be useful. FA stands for Fat Admirer, the men who prefer the physical appearance of large ladies. It's not a fetish. It's just a preference! Chubby Chaser means a homosexual man who prefers large men.

This is actually a subtle question; not in the respect of computing "Hello, World!", obviously, but because of what being a "Hello, World!" programme actually means. its simplest, you can simply type "Hello, World!" at the REPL, to find that the 'P' part of that will print "Hello, World!" back to you. However, this won't do what you want if this is in a file, as return values aren't printed unless they are at the REPL.

D2OL stands for Drug Design Optimization Lab, and is frequently interchanged with TSC when referring to the client that runs on your machine. A Target molecule is a large protein or enzyme that has been found to play a critical role in the advancement of a disease in an organism. Sometimes the Target is a lethal component that destroys infected cells, much like a venom or a poison. Other times it is a molecule that plays a vital part in supporting the disease's spread.

Scalable in the case of the NextDimension means that you can add in standard COTS parts to expand the capabilities of your system. There is nothing proprietary about the NextDimension.

Consumers should be wary of the term "natural" when used to describe cleaning products. All of the chemicals used to make the ingredients that go into cleaning products are found in nature. Very few chemicals extracted from plants or the earth are used without further processing to obtain ingredients that perform a cleaning function. Thus, the term "natural" to describe a final product can be misleading.

Biomarkers, also called tumor markers are defined by NCI as substance sometimes found in the blood, other body fluids, or tissues. A high level of biomarker may mean that a certain type of cancer is in the body. Examples of current biomarkers include CA 125 (ovarian cancer), CA 15-3 (breast cancer), CEA (ovarian, lung, breast, pancreas, and gastrointestinal tract cancers), and PSA (prostate cancer).

The Articles of Incorporation is the primary legal document of a corporation; it serves as a corporation's constitution. The articles are filed with the proper state government to begin corporate existence. The articles contain basic information on the corporation as required by state law. The organizational meeting completes the formation of the corporation.

We have compiled a list of terms you should definitely know. Further down are some more factoids that should be known if you trade options. ASK: This term refers to the price at which the everyday Joe must buy a stock or option. The ASK will often times be higher than the last value a stock or option was traded for. BID: This is the price that you sell a stock or option at. It will usually be lower than the last traded price, and lower than the ASK. EPS: Earnings per share.

KingChamp Books follows the grading system used by the Independent Online Booksellers Association. A condition is usually listed in dual form -- for example, "very good/good." The first grade refers to the book itself, and the second refers to the dust jacket. NEW (AN): Without faults or defects, unread, in the same immaculate condition in which it was published. FINE (F): Approaches the above, but not crisp. May show signs of having been carefully read, but no real defects or faults.

Split: All leather hides have to be split because a hide is too thick to upholster or use in any type of manufacturing. The hide goes into a machine where a blade "filets" the hide into two hides. The bottom hide is known as split leather. This hide can be sanded down (corrected) and embossed with a consistent graining pattern to be used on the outside back and sides of sofa for a slight cost savings to achieve certain price points.

Equipment terminology Blades The wide flat section of the oar at the head of the shaft, also known as the spoon. This term is often used when referring to the entire oar. Hatchets (a.k.a. big blades or choppers or cleavers) A relatively new design of oar blades (although the idea has been around for some time).

WAP applications interact with the user through a mobile device, such as a WAP-enabled phone or PDA etc. The display on such a device, be it small or large, is called the deck - it is where all user-input and system responses are shown. Individual screens of information, that perhaps carry out different tasks, are known as cards. These cards can appear, one at a time, within the deck.

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