Glossary
Terms starting with S
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- Search engine
- An Internet service that stores a vast number of web pages and allows for fast searching among them. Also, a piece of software that implements a website search functionality.
- Search engine
- a program that indexes documents, then attempts to match documents relevant to the users search requests.
- Search engine marketing
- the process of promoting a website via the search engines.
- Search engine optimization
- the process of choosing targeted keyword phrases related to a site, and ensuring that the site places well when those keyword phrases are part of a Web search.
- Search engine spam
- excessive manipulation to influence search engine rankings, often for pages which contain little or no relevant content.
- Search engine submission
- the act of supplying a URL to a search engine in an attempt to make a search engine aware of a site or page.
- Search form
- An online form in which a query to the webpages database is specified.
- search indexer
- A search engine uses search indexer to provide faster search.
- Seasonal Work
- Work that is carried out during certain periods of the year only. Fruit picking is a typical example of seasonal work.
- Second Preference
- A category of family immigration (F2) for spouses, children and unmarried sons and daughters of lawful permanent residents.
- secondary area
- In a movement in sonata form, the theme or group of themes that follows the transition and establishes the new key in the exposition.
- SECONDARY MARKET
- Market for previously issued and outstanding securities.
- secondary mirror
- a relatively small mirror used in a telescope to redirect the light gathered by the primary mirror
- Sect
- A religious group or community.
- Section 213A
- A section of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) which establishes that sponsors have a legal duty to support immigrants they want to bring (sponsor) to the United States. They must complete Form I-864 Affidavit of Support. If a sponsor (petitioner)…
- SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION SEC
- The organization that oversees publicly-held insurance companies. Those companies make periodic financial disclosures to the SEC, including an annual financial statement (or 10K), and a quarterly financial statement (or 10-Q). Companies must also disclose…
- Securities Fraud and Broker Fraud
- Securities fraud and broker fraud is a crime that occurs when deception takes place in the trading of stocks and other securities. Many cases have been brought against stock brokers for fraud and deceptive practices. One such broker fraud crime is known as…
- SECURITIES OUTSTANDING
- Stock held by shareholders.
- SECURITIZATION OF INSURANCE RISK
- Using the capital markets to expand and diversify the assumption of insurance risk. The issuance of bonds or notes to third-party investors directly or indirectly by an insurance or reinsurance company or a pooling entity as a means of raising money to cover…
- SECURITIZE
- The aggregation of contracts for the purchase of the power output from various energy projects into one pool which then offers shares for sale in the investment market. This strategy diversifies project risks from what they would be if each project were…
- seeing
- the quality of observing conditions induced by turbulence in Earth’s atmosphere, which blurs the images of astronomical objects
- SEER (Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio)
- The total cooling output of a central air conditioning unit in Btus during its normal usage period for cooling divided by the total electrical energy input in watt-hours during the same period, as determined using specified federal test procedures. [See…
- SEGMENT
- The industry is broken into many segments. Fine dining, casual dining, fast food, etc. A segment is any business concepts that have like and comparable attributes.
- Selenium
- An oral, plant-derived preparation used for its antifungal properties.
- Self-extracting Archive
- An archived file that is also an executable program. The original archived file is decompressed when that program is run.
- SELF-GENERATION
- A generation facility dedicated to serving a particular retail customer,usually located on the customer's premises. The facility may either be owned directly by the retail customer or owned by a third party with a contractual arrangement to provide…
- SELF-INSURANCE
- The concept of assuming a financial risk oneself, instead of paying an insurance company to take it on. Every policyholder is a self-insurer in terms of paying a deductible and co-payments. Large firms often self-insure frequent, small losses such as damage…
- SELF-SERVICE WHEELING
- Primarily an accounting policy comparable to net-billing or running the meter backwards. An entity owns generation that produces excess electricity at one site, that is used at another site(s) owned by the same entity. It is given billing credit for the…
- Semi-Precious Stones
- Semi-precious stones are naturally occuring stones that include amethyst, aventurine, carnelian, garnet, opal and rose quartzes.
- semimajor axis
- the average distance of an orbiting body from its parent body
- semitone
- Same as halfstep.
- Semolina
- A coarse pale-yellow flour ground from hard durum wheat used to make traditional pasta. Semolina can also be used to make pizza, bread and gnocchi and is added to biscuits to give a lovely texture. The term also refers to a British milk pudding of the same…
- SENSIBLE HEAT
- Heat that results in a temperature change.
- SEO
- (see search engine optimization)
- sequence
- (1) The repetition of a musical idea at progressively higher or lower pitches; (2) a form of medieval chant.
- sequencing
- On a synthesizer, programming a series of sounds.
- Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP)
- Another network protocol used to connect computers to the networks. Similar to PPP.
- serialist
- The technique, introduced by Schoenberg, of basing a composition on a series, or tone row. Boulez and others have extended serialism to rhythm and timbre.
- SERPs
- Search Engine Results Pages
- Server
- A networked computer that handles client requests for Web pages.
- SERVICE AREA
- any contiguous geographic area serviced by the same electric utility.
- Service of Process
- Service of process is the first shot fired across the bow in the litigation battle. After the initial filing of the petition in a civil case, the next step is to deliver the petition and the summons to the defendant. This is called service of process and it…
- Service Provider
- A company that provides access to the Internet, usually for a fee.
- Session
- All the data exchange between two parties, starting when the connection is established and ending when connection terminates.
- SET POINT
- Scheduled operating level for each generating unit or other resource scheduled to run in the Hour-ahead Schedule.
- Set-And-Forget Digital Recording Level
- Since a digital compact cassette recorder (DCC) can receive pure digital signals from CD players or other digital sources via coaxial and fibre optic digital inputs, there is no need to adjust an incoming record level for these sources.
- SETI
- the search for extraterrestrial intelligence
- setting circles
- circular scales on the two axes of an equatorial mount that help an observer point a telescope to a specific right ascension and declination
- SETTLEMENT
- The process of financial settlement for products and services purchased and sold. Each settlement involves a price and quantity. Both the ISO and PX may perform settlement functions.
- Setup fee
- Initial fee charged by a host to set up your hosting account. You can use our Price Search to minimize your costs over a period of time including the setup fee.
- SEVERITY
- Size of a loss. One of the criteria used in calculating premiums rates.
- SEWER BACK-UP COVERAGE
- An optional part of homeowners insurance that covers sewers.
- Sexual Harassment
- Sexual Harassment is unlawful discrimination against a person with respect to that person's compensation, terms of employment, conditions of employment, or privileges of employment, because of or on account of the person's gender.
- Seyfert galaxy
- a galaxy (usually a spiral) with a very bright nucleus and strong spectral emission lines; the first was discovered in 1943 by Carl Seyfert
- SHADE SCREEN
- A screen affixed to the exterior of a window or other glazed opening, designed to reduce the solar radiation reaching the glazing.
- SHADING - 1)
- The protection from heat gains due to direct solar radiation; 2) Shading is provided by (a) permanently attached exterior devices, glazing materials, adherent materials applied to the glazing, or an adjacent building for nonresidential buildings, hotels…
- SHADING COEFFICIENT
- the ratio of solar heat gain through a specific glazing system to the total solar heat gain through a single layer of clear, double-strength glass.
- Shadow Roll
- A noseband that is placed on the horse so that he won’t see shadows on the ground. This prevents horses from trying to jump a shadow on the track.
- Shaoxing wine
- An essential ingredient in Chinese cooking and other oriental cuisines. This sweet wine is made by fermenting freshly steamed glutinous rice, yeast and spring water. It's low in alcohol and as well as being drunk like wine, it's used in cooking, marinades…
- shape
- The interrelationship through time of the parts or sections of a piece. Standardized shapes are commonly referred to as forms.