Current-balance switch

Restructuring and shifting within a portfolio, with the weightings of positions in certain securities being reduced and that of others being increased.

switch

Printing & publishing; Publishing

The syntactic parameters used in an argument for controlling the execution of a command or an application, which are typically punctuated with a forward-slash (/), to distinguish ...

switch

Electrical equipment; Circuit breakers

A device that allows or shuts off the flow of electricity in a circuit. A switch can complete or interrupt a circuit.

switch

Financial services; Commodity exchange

Offsetting a position in one delivery month of a commodity and simultaneous initiation of a similar position in another delivery month of the same commodity, a tactic referred to ...

Alexanderson

Engineering; Electronic engineering

American inventor who developed the first practical television system in 1930. He later improved upon his invention when he developed color television in 1955.

decibel (dB)

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A practical unit of relative gain. In terms of power, the relative gain in decibels is equal to: Gain (dB) = 10 log 10 ( P out /P in ), where P out is the output power and P ...

audio-frequency meter

Engineering; Electronic engineering

An instrument to measure frequencies in the audio-frequency spectrum (approximately 20 Hz to 20 kHz). Three types are commonly used: * Analog - Gives direct indications of ...

Boltzmann's principle

Engineering; Electronic engineering

A description of the statistical distribution of large numbers of tiny particles under the influence of a force, such as an electric or magnetic field. When the system is in ...