Online services

Online services

Any business that provides its subscribers with a wide variety of data transmitted over telecommunications lines, an infrastructure in which they can communicate with one another as well as the means to connect with an almost unlimited number of third-party information providers.

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black damp

Energy; Coal

Term used for when there's an area with low oxygen levels and too much nitrogen, argon, carbon dioxide or water vapor. In mining, this creates a deadly situation where ...

speculative-grade bond

Financial services; General Finance

Bond rated Ba or lower by Moody's, or BB or lower by S&P, or an unrated bond.

barycenter

Astronomy; General astronomy

The center of mass of a system of bodies, such as the solar system. When a comet, for example, is well outside the orbit of Neptune (the farthest major planet), it sees the sun ...

Stainless Steel

Kitchen & dining; Cooking tools

One of the two principal metals used in cookware, extremely durable, smooth and scratch-resistant.

supermajority amendment

Financial services; General Finance

Often used in risk arbitrage. Corporate amendment requiring that a substantial majority (usually 67% to 90%) of stockholders approve important transactions, such as mergers.

azimuth

Astronomy; General astronomy

Angular distance measured clockwise around the observer's horizon in units of degrees; astronomers usually take north to be 0 degrees, east to be 90 degrees, south to be 180 ...