Glossary
Terms starting with A
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- Affiliate merchant
- the advertiser in an affiliate marketing relationship.
- Affiliate network
- a value-added intermediary providing services, including aggregation, for affiliate merchants and affiliates.
- Affiliate program
- Advertising system that allows websites to sell a product on commission.
- Affiliate software
- software that, at a minimum, provides tracking and reporting of commission-triggering actions (sales, registrations, or clicks) from affiliate links.
- Affiliated
- Associated or controlled by the same owner or authority.
- AFFINITY SALES
- Selling insurance through groups such as professional and business associations.
- AFTER-MARKET
- broad term that applies to any change after the original purchase, such as adding equipment not a part of the original purchase. As applied to alternative fuel vehicles, it refers to conversion devices or kits for conventional fuel vehicles.
- AFUE (Annual Fuel Utilization Efficiency)
- A measure of heating efficiency, in consistent units, determined by applying the federal test method for furnaces. This value is intended to represent the ratio of heat transferred to the conditioned space by the fuel energy supplied over one year. [See…
- Agar-agar
- A vegetarian alternative to gelatine, agar-agar is the jelly that results from boiling several kinds of seaweed together. It's dried and sold in powder form, flakes or bars and is also used as a stabiliser or thickener in many food products. It's available…
- AGENCY
- The relationship between a principal and an agent wherein the agent is authorized to represent the principal in certain transactions.
- AGENCY COMPANIES
- Companies that market and sell products via independent agents.
- AGENCY COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST
- An agency relationship in which the agent is given an estate or interest in the subject of the agency (the property).
- Agent
- In immigrant visa processing the applicant selects a person who receives all correspondence regarding the case and pays the immigrant visa application processing fee. The agent can be the applicant, the petitioner or another person selected by the applicant.
- AGENT
- One who acts or has the power to act for another. A fiduciary relationship is created under the law of agency when a property owner, as the principal, executes a listing agreement or management contract authorizing a licensed real estate broker to be his or…
- AGENT
- Insurance is sold by two types of agents: independent agents, who are self-employed, represent several insurance companies and are paid on commission, and exclusive or captive agents, who represent only one insurance company and are either salaried or work…
- agonist
- drug capable of combining with receptors to initiate an action that can be known in advance.
- AGTL Signaling
- (Assisted Gunning Transistor Logic) AGTL and AGTL+ use the same signaling protocol only at different voltage levels. AGTL+ operates at 1.5V signaling levels, while AGTL operates at 1.25V.
- AI
- Stands for Artificial Intelligence. This is the area of computer science focusing on creating machines that can engage on behaviors that humans consider intelligent. The ability to create intelligent machines has intrigued humans since ancient times, and…
- AIFF
- Audio Interchange File Format. High quality audio file format introduced by Apple.
- AIR CHANGE
- The replacement of a quantity of air in a space within a given period of time, typically expressed as air changes per hour. If a building has one air change per hour, this is equivalent to all of the air in the building being replaced in a one-hour period.
- AIR CONDITIONER
- An assembly of equipment for air treatment consisting of a means for ventilation, air circulation, air cleaning, and heat transfer (either heating or cooling). The unit usually consists of an evaporator or cooling coil, and an electrically-driven compressor…
- AIR FILM
- A layer of still air adjacent to a surface which provides some thermal resistance.
- AIR FILM COEFFICIENT
- A measure of the heat transfer through an air film. [See ASHRAE Table 1, ASHRAE Handbook, 1985 Fundamentals]
- AIR LOT
- A designated airspace over a piece of land. An air lot, like surface property, may be transferred.
- AIR POLLUTION
- Unwanted particles, mist or gases put into the atmosphere as a result of motor vehicle exhaust, the operation of industrial facilities or other human activity./
- AIR RIGHTS
- The right to use the open space above a property, usually allowing the surface to be used for another purpose.
- AIR-TO-AIR HEAT EXCHANGER
- device with separate air chambers that transfers heat between the conditioned air being exhausted and the outside air being supplied to a building.
- Al dente
- The only way to serve pasta! This is an Italian phrase meaning 'to the tooth'. It's used to describe the texture of pasta (and risotto rice) as tender or soft on the outside but with some resistance when bitten into. If you normally serve your pasta soft…
- Ala
- Alanine (an amino acid).
- alactasia
- inherited condition involving the lack of the enzyme needed to digest milk sugar.
- albino
- A pigmentless white phenotype, determined by a mutation in a gene coding for a pigment-synthesizing enzyme.
- Albumen
- The white part of an egg. It contains virtually no fat and is high in protein. Egg whites have many uses in cooking. Whisking egg whites traps air. When whisked egg whites are folded into other ingredients which are then baked, the air remains trapped inside…
- ALCOHOL FUELS
- A class of liquid chemicals that have certain combinations of hydrogen, carbon and oxygen, and that are capable of being used as fuel.
- Algorithm
- A formal set of instructions that can be followed to perform a specific task, such as a mathematical formula or a set of instructions in a computer program.
- Algorithm
- a mathematical formula used by the search engines to determine the positioning of websites for different keywords
- Alien
- A foreign national who is not an American citizen
- ALIEN INSURANCE COMPANY
- An insurance company incorporated under the laws of a foreign country, as opposed to a foreign insurance company that does business in states outside its own.
- ALIENATION
- The act of transferring property to another. Alienation may be voluntary, such as by gift or sale, or involuntary, as through eminent domain or adverse possession.
- ALIENATION CLAUSE
- The clause in a mortgage or deed of trust that states that the balance of the secured debt becomes immediately due and payable at the lender's option if the property is sold by the borrower. In effect this clause prevents the borrower from assigning the debt…
- alkylating agent
- A chemical agent that can add alkyl groups (for example, ethyl or methyl groups) to another molecule; many mutagens act through alkylation.
- allegro; allegretto
- Fast tempo; slightly fast tempo
- allele
- Alternative form of a gene. One of the different forms of a gene that can exist at a single locus.
- allele frequency
- Often called gene frequency. A measure of how common an allele is in a population; the proportion of all alleles at one gene locus that are of one specific type in a population.
- allelic exclusion
- A process whereby only one immunoglobulin light chain and one heavy chain gene are transcribed in any one cell; the other genes are repressed.
- ALLIED LINES
- Property insurance that is usually bought in conjunction with fire insurance; it includes wind, water damage, and vandalism coverage.
- ALLODIAL SYSTEM
- A system of land ownership in which land is held free and clear of any rent or service due to the government; commonly contrasted to the feudal system. Land is held under the allodial system in the United States.
- allodynia
- a condition in which ordinary, non-painful stimuli evoke pain.
- allogeneic bone marrow transplantation
- a procedure in which a person receives stem cells from a compatible donor.
- allopatric speciation
- speciation in which the evolution of reproductive isolating mechanisms occurs during physical separation of the populations.
- allopolyploid
- polyploid produced by the hybridization of two species. See amphidiploid.
- allosteric protein
- A protein whose shape is changed when it binds a particular molecule. In the new shape the protein's ability to react to a second molecule is altered.
- allosteric transition
- A change from one conformation of a protein to another.
- allotype
- The protein product (or the result of its activity) of an allele which may be detected as an antigen in another member of the same species.(eg histocompatibility antigens, immunoglobulins), obeying the rules of simple Mendelian inheritance.
- Allowance Race
- Race for horses not eligible to be claimed. There are different classes of allowance races.
- Alloy
- Alloy is a metallurgical term that refers to a mixture of two or more metals. Most metals used in jewellery are alloyed together, either to alter the metal's color, or to give it greater strength.
- allozygosity
- homozygosity in which the two alleles are alike but unrelated. See autozygosity.
- allozyme
- Form of an enzyme that differs in amino acid sequence, as shown by electrophoretic mobility or some other property, from other forms of the same enzyme and is encoded by one allele at a single locus. See isozymes.
- Allspice
- An aromatic spice that looks like a large, smooth peppercorn (about the size of a pea), allspice is the dried berry of the West Indian allspice tree. It's also called Jamaican pepper or pimento and is so called because its taste is said to resemble a…
- Almonds
- Almonds come from the fruit of the almond tree. There are two types: bitter and sweet. Sweet almonds are the ones that we eat and cook with. They can be bought whole with the skin on or blanched and skinned, halved, flaked, chopped or ground. Bitter almonds…
- Also Eligible
- Horses who are eligible to run if there are scratches in the race.