Glossary
Terms starting with U
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- UNLEADED GASOLINE
- Gasoline that has had tetraethyl lead removed in conformance with federal and state regulations.
- Unleavened bread
- Bread that has been made without 'leavening' - that is, no raising agent such as yeast or baking powder. Unleavened breads include chapattis and tortillas and they play an important role in Jewish ritual during Passover when it's forbidden to eat leavened…
- Unmould
- To turn out a cake, jelly, ice cream, and so on, from a tin or mould. This can be a delicate operation needing a little gentle help. To unmould aspics and jellies, plunge the base of the mould in hot water for a few seconds. For sponge cakes the tin should…
- Unqualified Opinion
- An unqualified opinion is an accounting legal term that should be compared with the concept of a Qualified Opinion. An unqualified opinion is an auditor's opinion on a company's financial condition and position that is made without reservation and with…
- Unrealized Gains and Losses
- An unrealized gain or loss is a fluctuation in market value for those securities being held by an investor. The gains or losses exist only on paper.
- Unsecured Debt
- A debt is said to be be unsecured when it has no collateral backing it. The only security for the debt is simply the promise to pay.
- Unskilled Work
- Positions which require no particular skills or qualifications. These usually involve simple manual operations that can be learned in a short time.
- Up Quark
- The least massive flavor of quark, with electric charge 2/3.
- upbeat
- A weak or unaccented beat that anticipates a strong downbeat.
- UPGRADE (Electric utility)
- Replacement or addition of electrical equipment resulting in increased generation or transmission capability.
- Upgrade a petition
- If you naturalize (become an American citizen) you may ask the INS to change the petitions you filed for family members when you were a lawful permanent resident (LPR) from one category to another. This is called upgrading. For example, a petition for a…
- UPRATE (Electric utility)
- An increase in the rating or stated measure of generation or transfer capability.
- UPS
- Uninterruptible Power Supply. UPS keeps the server running on a battery for several minutes after a power outage, allowing for a clean shutdown without loss of data. UPS can also shield the server from line voltage spikes and drops.
- UPSTREAM
- A term used in the petroleum industry referring to the exploration and production side of the business. This includes pipelines but production before reaching the refinery.
- URANIUM
- A radioactive element, found in ores, of which atoms can be split to create energy.
- URANIUM ENRICHMENT
- The process of increasing the percentage of pure uranium above the levels found in naturally occurring uranium ore, so that it may be used as fuel.
- URL
- (Uniform Resource Locator) is a way of addressing used for world wide web. An URL consist of the type of service (protocol), then the host name and then the file on the host.
- URL
- location of a resource on the Internet.
- Usability
- (see Web site usability)
- Use Tax
- A use tax is an ad valorem tax based on the use of a piece of property.
- Useful Life
- Useful life is an accounting legal term referring to the span of time that an asset can be expected to be useful and productive. Once determined, the useful life is the period over which the asset may be depreciated on the company's accounting books.
- Usenet
- Network of all the newsgroups in the Internet.
- USP
- Stand for 'Unique Selling Proposition' and refers to the one thing about a product or service that makes it distinct from any others on the market. Just as products have USPs, job seekers need to find the one thing that sets them aside from the competition.
- Usurpation
- Usurpation is the wrongful and illegal taking over and assuming the authority over a position, office, or the right of another.
- Usury
- Usury is the crime of charging interest on a loan that is in excess of the maximum allowable interest rate under the law.
- UT
- abbreviation for Universal Time, the local time of day on a line of longitude centered on Greenwich, England; also known as Greenwich Mean Time, it forms the basis for all civil timekeeping
- Utensil
- tableware and kitchenware used in the storage, preparation, conveying or serving of food.
- UTILITY
- A regulated entity which exhibits the characteristics of a natural monopoly. For the purposes of electric industry restructuring, "utility" refers to the regulated, vertically-integrated electric company. "Transmission utility" refers to the regulated…
- UTP
- (Unshielded Twisted Pair). Similar to the STP, but without the shielding metal layer. It is more prone to interference but is less bulky that the STP cables.
- UUencode
- It is a method of sending binary files using email - similar in purpose to MIME.
- UV
- short for ultraviolet; UV radiation has more energy than visible light but less energy than x rays
- UVA
- Ultraviolet light, type A. These are rays of light from the sun which are not visible but can cause damage to the skin.
- UVB
- Ultraviolet light, type B. These are rays of light from the sun which are not visible but can cause damage to the skin.
- Uxoricide
- Uxoricide is the crime of taking the life of one's own wife. Uxoricide is murder of the wife by a spouse.