Business Topics Glossary

Programmers produce software by combining their source code with .NET Framework and other libraries. The framework is intended to be used by most new applications created for the Windows platform. Microsoft also produces an integrated development environment largely for .NET software called Visual Studio.

A 1031 exchange gets its name from Section 1031 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code, which allows you to avoid paying capital gains taxes when you sell an investment property and reinvest the proceeds from the sale within certain time limits in a property or properties of like kind and equal or greater value.

1105 Media, Inc. provides integrated information and media solutions to business-to-business markets in the United States. It publishes content through various platforms that include print, digital, online, events, and a range of marketing services through which it provides information, insight, and analysis for IT managers and professionals, and government and education IT sectors.

128 Technology makes client's networks do what their business needs, by changing the way networks work. 128 Technology's professional grade software teaches routers the language of applications and services, letting them understand the requirements of individual services and segments, and adapt the network dynamically to deliver what the business needs, when and where it needs it. Headquartered in Burlington, MA.

15Five is a leading continuous performance management solution that not only guides employee growth and development but empowers people to become their best selves. The software elevates the performance and engagement of employees by continuously asking questions and starting the right conversations.

1Password (also known as AgileBits) is a software development company that provides a password manager solution. Features include password generation, secure login and documentation storage, insights and reporting dashboards, deployment integrations, etc. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada. https://1password.com/

Hybrid computer having features of both a tablet and a laptop

21Vianet Group claims to be the largest carrier-neutral Internet and data center service provider in China. It is the exclusive operator of Microsoft Azure and Office 365 services in China, and also houses data centers for IBM and others.

2Checkout.com, Inc., headquartered in Columbus, OH, offers online payment processing solutions to merchants worldwide. The company offers 2Checkout, a platform that enables businesses and organizations to accept payments from worldwide.

Creates movement in a two-dimensional artistic space

Two-dimensional images are rapidly sequenced to create the illusion of lifelike motion using software

2nd Watch provides professional and managed services for enterprise workloads in the public cloud. Headquartered in Seattle, WA.

2U, Inc. is an educational technology company that contracts with non-profit colleges and universities to build, deliver and support online degree and non-degree programs. The company offers graduate and undergraduate degree programs in social work, data science, public administration, healthcare, law, and industrial relations. It is the parent company of edX. Headquartered in Lanham, Maryland.

3-D Secure is a protocol designed to be an additional security layer for online credit and debit card transactions. The name refers to the "three domains" which interact using the protocol: the merchant/acquirer domain, the issuer domain, and the interoperability domain. However, this additional security measure adds friction to the checkout process and can lead to high drop-off rates. The main concern for eCommerce merchants when implementing 3DS is the user experience and what effect this will have on conversion rates.

Planet is a payments service and technology provider. Payments company Planet to acquire 3C Payment, creating a world-leading value added payments service provider.

Graphics that use a three-dimensional representation of geometric data that is stored in the computer for the purposes of performing calculations and rendering 2D images.

Developing a mathematical representation of any surface of an object in three dimensions via specialized software.

3D CAD, or 3-dimensional computer-aided design, is technology for design and technical documentation, which replaces manual drafting with an automated process.

3D Design Engineering is the discipline of creating designs for 3D products, usually usinga design software.

3D modeling (or three-dimensional modeling) is the process of developing a mathematical representation of any surface of an object (either inanimate or living) in three dimensions via specialized software.

3D Printer Fires are fires/incidents related to 3D printers. Most fires caused by 3D printers are electrical fires caused by wires, terminals, or individual components becoming so hot that either plastic insulation develops fire or other parts are ignited which are in direct contact with the wire.

The action or process of making a physical object from a three-dimensional digital model, typically by laying down many thin layers of a material in succession.

3D Scanners is the process of analyzing a real-world object or environment to collect data on its shape and possibly its appearance (e.g. color). The collected data can then be used to construct digital 3D models.

3dcart is a privately held technology company that develops e-commerce software for businesses.

3Degrees specializes in sustainability consulting, environmental markets, renewable energy and carbon project development, and utility renewable energy programs. The strive to make it possible for businesses and their customers to take urgent action on climate change. Headquartered in San Francisco, California.

The 3DEXPERIENCE platform is a Business Experience platform. It provides software solutions for every organization within a company – from engineering to marketing to sales – that help with value creation process to create differentiating consumer experiences.

3DExperience Works is a product - a cloud platform that allows access to Dassault Systemes’ applications. It aims to connect people, ideas, data and solutions together in a single environment. The portfolio aims to enable users to securely share data and collaborate from anywhere, at any time, and on any device, allowing users to extend their product development capabilities and solve new problems faster. It is a portfolio under the company Dassault Systemes (3ds).

3DS Max is a 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software for games and design visualization made by Autodesk.

3G, short for third generation, is the third generation of wireless mobile telecommunications technology. It is the upgrade for 2G and 2.5G GPRS networks, for faster internet speed.

3G Direct Pay Limited provides payment services. The Company offers credit cards, mobile, and cross-border, as well as online and offline payment services. 3G Direct Pay serves customers in Ireland and Africa.

3Gtms, Inc., commonly known as 3Gtms, is a transportation management software company. 3Gtms offers solutions for shippers, brokers, and 3PLs to simplify the process of complex transportation management. Headquartered in Shelton, Connecticut. Founded in 2013. Website https://www.3gtms.com

The 3M Company, formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation based in Maplewood, Minnesota, a suburb of St. Paul.

Bringing together a history of innovation and excellence, 3M Personal Safety Division offers its customers access to quality products. 3M Fall Protection offers its customer the quality products, expertise, and service of the trusted 3M.

3Play Media provides closed captioning, transcription, and audio description services to make video accessibility easy. Headquartered in Boston, MA.

A third-party cookie is placed on a website by someone other than the owner (a third party) and collects user data for the third party. As with standard cookies, third-party cookies are placed so that a site can remember something about the user at a later time.

400G most commonly refers to a solution that offers 400G of capacity on one 400G wavelength. It’s interchangeable with 400GbE and 400Gb/s depending on the context. 400G-capable solutions are ideal for high-volume telco providers, large data centers, and enterprises grappling with unrelenting traffic growth. In addition, 400G promises the power, efficiency, and density required for 5G and emerging applications such as augmented and virtual reality and 4k video streaming.

Any Individual or entity with discretionary authority over a 401(k) plan's administration or investments is considered a “fiduciary” to that plan.

A type of retirement savings account offered by an employer that allows regular deposits and offers various tax options

A 401(k) audit is a review of your company's 401(k) plan by a third-party accounting firm to ensure that the plan is within the guidelines and regulations set by both the IRS and the Department of Labor. The annual statutory audit of the financial accounts and providing an opinion on whether they are a true and fair reflection of the plan's financial position.

A type of retirement savings account offered by certain employers (mainly public education and non-profit organizations)

Printing of three dimensional objects capable of altering shape after printing

4D Radar, also known as 4D Sensing, is a technology that uses echolocation and a concept called time-of-flight measurement to map objects in a 3D environment.

4D scheduling is, in simple terms, combining a traditional project schedule with a 3D model of a project to allow you to visually see how the project is planned to be constructed. Several studies indicate images improve our ability to comprehend information. 4D scheduling starts with a convention construction schedule, then uses a Revit model to build the project with the overlay attribute of time. The entire project is visualized and streamlined before construction begins.

4G is the fourth generation of broadband cellular network technology, succeeding 3G. A 4G system must provide capabilities defined by ITU in IMT Advanced. Potential and current applications include amended mobile web access, IP telephony, gaming services, high-definition mobile TV, video conferencing, and 3D television.

Internet backup failover (better known as 4G backup) means that your connection will automatically switch to backing up your Internet service if your main connectivity service fails. It acts as a second-line to your main internet connect.

4imprint (LON: FOUR) is a direct marketer of promotional merchandise. Headquartered in London, United Kingdom. Operating as 4imprint Group plc. Website https://www.4imprint.com

One of the two resolutions of ultra high definition television targeted towards consumer television.

Transfer of film elements that were scanned at a 4k resolution.

Ultra high definition.

4PL is a fourth-party logistics provider and it essentially takes third-party logistics a step further by managing resources, technology, infrastructure, and even manage external 3PLs to design, build and provide supply chain solutions for businesses.

An education savings plan operated by a state or educational institution designed to help families set aside funds for future college costs

5th generation mobile networks or 5th generation wireless systems, abbreviated 5G, are the proposed next telecommunications standards beyond the current 4G/IMT-Advanced standards.[

A computer monitor with 2,800 lines of resolution.

A B2B predictive intelligence engine for marketing and sales

72andSunny Partners LLC, commonly known as 72andSunny, is a global strategic and creative agency with offices in Los Angeles, Amsterdam, New York City, Singapore, and Sydney. It was founded in 2004 by John Boiler, Glenn Cole, Greg Perlot and Robert Nakata. Since 2010, it has been a subsidiary of MDC Partners Inc. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Website http://72andsunny.com

7shifts is the most intuitive employee scheduling and management software designed for the restaurant industry. Restaurant managers using 7shifts reduce labor costs and spend 80% less time on management logistics after switching from paper or Excel. With 7shifts, schedules pull in employee availability and eliminate scheduling conflicts. Employees also automatically get a text and email with their upcoming shifts. Headquartered in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

7thonline, Inc. is a software company that provides cross-channel merchandise and assortment management solutions to apparel, footwear, and accessories industries. Their retail, wholesale, and ecommerce solutions include visual and analytical assortment planning, in-season merchandise management, order execution, and powerful optimization, forecasting, and collaboration capabilities. Headquartered in New York, New York. https://www.7thonline.com/

800G operates at high baud (90-100G symbols/second) and is capable of processing and transporting more capacity than has been previously possible over a single optical channel or wavelength, up to 800 billion bits per second. With an 800G solution, network operators, service and content providers can transport more throughput for every wavelength they deploy or extend wavelengths across longer distances without regeneration.

802.11ax is the emerging Wi-Fi standard that will likely displace the current 802.11ac standard with higher throughput and overcoming poor performance in crowded environments. Also called High-Efficiency Wireless.

8K Miles is an AWS Premier Consulting and NexGen Managed Services Partner with competencies in - Life Sciences, Healthcare, DevOps, Bigdata & Security and a gold partner with Microsoft Azure. Their automation framework helps organizations seamlessly integrate Identity Management, Big Data and Statutory compliance into their Cloud. Headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

American communications technology company that provides VoIP telephony services.

An a-frame is an automatic dispenser and storage equipment that is used for fast picking of items that are usually in small boxes and that are individual picks. Typically used in the pharmacetuical industry.

A/B testing (sometimes called split testing) is comparing two versions of a web page to see which one performs better

A10 Networks is a U.S. public company, based in San Jose, Calif., that provides a range of high-performance application security and networking solutions that help organizations ensure that business critical applications are protected, reliable and always available.

AAdvantage is the frequent-flyer program for American Airlines. It was launched in May of 1981 and it was the second such loyalty program in the world. It currently remains the largest, with more than 67 million members as of October 2011.

Abacus, the #1 mid-market expense reporting software listed on G2 Crowd, is the only truly real-time expense reporting solution on the market. It is the easiest way for a company to reimburse its teams, implement their expense policy, and reconcile corporate credit cards throughout the month. More than 1,000 customers use Abacus, including GLG, Coinbase, and Betterment.

Abaqus Inc. is a software company that provides automation solutions for field service operations. The field service apps include field service gps tracking & visualization, time & attendance, geofence-based EVV, customizable lone worker safety workflow, etc. Abaqus serves various industries, including facilities management and construction to fleet management and healthcare. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California. https://www.abaq.us/

Abatement is the act or process of reducing or otherwise abating something. Examples of an abatement include a tax decrease, a reduction in penalties, or a rebate. If an individual or business overpays their taxes or receives a tax bill that is too high, it can request an abatement from the tax authorities.

ABB, formerly ASEA Brown Boveri, is a Swiss-Swedish multinational corporation headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland, operating mainly in robotics, power, heavy electrical equipment, and automation technology areas.

An American worldwide health care company

An abbreviated new drug application (ANDA) contains data which is submitted to FDA for the review and potential approval of a generic drug product. Once approved, an applicant may manufacture and market the generic drug product to provide a safe, effective, lower cost alternative to the brand-name drug it references.

AbbVie (ABBV) is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers and delivers innovative medicines that solve serious health issues. Headquartered in North Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2013. Operating as AbbVie Inc. Website http://www.abbvie.com

ABBYY is a leading Digital Intelligence company that enables organizations to gain a complete understanding of their business. Headquartered in Milipitas, California.

ABBYY FineReader PDF is an optical character recognition application developed by ABBYY, with support for PDF file editing since v15. The program runs under Microsoft Windows v7 or later, and Apple macOS 10.12 Sierra or later. The program allows the conversion of image documents into editable electronic formats.

Abel Noser Solutions (ANS), an analytics subsidiary, has been named the industry leading provider of Transaction Cost Analysis (TCA) services (2017 Buy-Siders’ Choice Awards). Its products and client base are global in scope, and include the leading investment management, asset owner, broker and exchange clientele. ANS measures global trading in multiple asset types including equities, FX, fixed income & futures. Headquartered in New York, NY. Domain: abelnoser.com

ABF Freight System, a subsidiary of ArcBest Corporation, is a freight company beginning in 1923 as a local freight hauler. The company's infrastructure includes a network for handling regional and national less-than-truckload transportation of general commodities. Headquartered in Fort Smith, AR.

Abila, headquartered in Austin, TX, is a provider of software and services to associations, nonprofit organizations, and government entities.

ABILITY Network is an innovative software provider that simplifies the administrative and clinical complexities of healthcare. It is guided by a mission to help, and is a leading information technology company helping healthcare providers and payers simplify clinical complexity. An Inovalon company. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

AbleTo is a company that provides virtual mental health services. It offers a behavioral health care platform that aims to identify and engage members with unmet, often undiagnosed, behavioral health needs and provide structured therapy programs that strengthen medical recovery and self-care among members with chronic or complex clinical needs. Headquartered in New York, New York. https://www.ableto.com/

ABM Industries Inc. is a facility management provider in the United States. ABM was founded in 1909 by Morris Rosenberg in San Francisco, California, as a single-person window washing business.

ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is a Dutch bank with headquarters in Amsterdam.

ABO grouping is a test performed to determine an individual's blood type.

Above the fold is the upper half of the front page of a newspaper or tabloid where an important news story or photograph is often located. Papers are often displayed to customers folded so that only the top half of the front page is visible.

ABS Group provides data-driven risk and reliability solutions and technical services that help clients confirm the safety, integrity, quality and efficiency of critical assets and operations. Headquartered in Spring, TX. Founded in 1971. Operating as ABS Group of Companies, Inc. Website http://www.abs-group.com

Absence Management is a program to control the absences due to urgency, illness, or injury with controlling uninformed, unscheduled or excessive absenteeism.

Absolute advantage is the ability of an individual or group to carry out a particular economic activity more efficiently than another individual or group.

Aim to produce a positive return, even when share markets are volatile, flat or falling.

Absolute.com set the new standard for endpoint visibility and control with self-healing endpoint security and always-connected IT asset management to protect devices, data, applications and users — on and off the network. Bridging the gap between security and IT operations, only Absolute gives enterprises visibility they can act on to protect every endpoint, remediate vulnerabilities, and ensure compliance in the face of insider and external threats.

Absorb LMS is a learning management system that offers an intuitive, HTML5-based user interface that responds and adapts easily to different hardware platforms. This technology enables learners to access content like learning events and courses on smartphones, tablets, and conventional desktops.

An ac motor, like any electric motor, converts electrical energy to mechanical energy. AC motors take as their input an ac current, but differ from dc motors in that there is no commutation involved, and can be single or multi-phase. Because ac motors have no commutators or brushes, they require less maintenance than brushed dc motors.

Academic dishonesty is any form of cheating. This can include looking at a classmates' test or homework, or it could be plagiarism. There are many forms of academic dishonesty. It makes institutions appear less trustworthy, and can skew data, making remediation and improvement difficult.

Academic integrity is when a student does his or her own work according to the rules set out by an instructor, program, and institution. Academic integrity is important because it shows that students who pass a test or complete a course actually know the skills and content covered within the course.

In aviation, ACARS is a digital datalink system for transmission of short messages between aircraft and ground stations via airband radio or satellite. The protocol was designed by ARINC and deployed in 1978, using the Telex format. More ACARS radio stations were added subsequently by SITA.

Accel, formerly known as Accel Partners, is an American venture capital firm. Accel works with startups in seed, early and growth-stage investments. The company has offices in Palo Alto, California and San Francisco, California, with additional operating funds in London, India and China.

Accelera Solutions is a company and leading provider of secure and flexible cloud, mobility, and virtualization solutions. Accelera's areas of focus include end-user computing, desktop as a service, cloud management and automation, and business continuity. Services include professional consulting, staff augmentation, and full IT managed services. Headquartered in Fairfax, VA. Founded in 2002. Operating as Accelera Solutions, Inc. https://www.accelerasolutions.com/

The Accelerated Mobile Pages Project (AMP) is an open-source website publishing technology designed to improve the performance of web content and advertisements. The AMP Project led by Google is a competitor to Facebook's Instant Articles,[1] and includes several other large search, social and web publishing platforms around the world.

Accelerators, also known as startup accelerators, business accelerators, or seed accelerators, are fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day. They help ventures define and build their initial products, identify promising customer segments, and secure resources, including capital and employees.

An accelerometer is an electromechanical device used to measure acceleration forces.

Accellion, Inc. is a private cloud solutions company focused on secure file sharing and collaboration. Users are able to access, edit, and share enterprise content from any device while maintaining compliance and security. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Accent Technologies is a cloud-based sales enablement company helping customers sharpen sales execution and improve win rates. Headquartered in Melbourne, FL.

A global management consulting and professional services company

Accertify helps companies prevent digital identity fraud and reduce financial fraud risk. Founded in 2007. Headquartered in Istasca, IL.

Information protection policy is a document which provides guidelines to users on the processing, storage and transmission of sensitive information.

In the fields of physical security and information security, access control is the selective restriction of access to a place or other resource.

Access Healthcare provides business process outsourcing and applications services, and robotic process automation tools to healthcare providers, payers, and related service providers. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 2011. Website https://www.accesshealthcare.com

Access Softek, Inc. is a fintech company that offers financial software solutions to banks and credit unions. Headquartered in Berkeley, CA. Founded in 1986. Website http://accesssoftek.com

AccessData provides digital forensics software solutions for law enforcement and government agencies, including the Forensic Toolkit (FTK) Product. Headquartered in Orem, Utah.

accessiBe is an Israeli technology company that offers web accessibility softwares for people with disabilities. The company has raised $12.5 million in two rounds of funding.

The Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA) is a statute enacted in 2005 by the government of Ontario, Canada for the purpose of improving accessibility standards for Ontarians with physical and mental disabilities to all public establishments by 2025

An accessibility testing tool is an automated tool that scans a product, typically a website, for accessibility issues.

AccessOne is a company that provides patient financing solutions through a financial engagement platform. It aims to help hospitals, health systems, and employers deliver affordable financing options to everyone who needs them. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. https://www.accessonemedcard.com/

Accident insurance coverage can provide you with a cash payment to help you manage some of your expenses if you suffer a covered accidental injury.

In insurance, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D) is a policy that pays benefits to the beneficiary if the cause of death is an accident. This is a limited form of life insurance which is generally less expensive.

Accolade is an on-demand healthcare concierge for employers, health plans and health systems.

Accolite Digital (also known as Accolite, Inc.) is a software company that offers data & AI, cloud, devops, cyber security, customer experience, digital product, and UX design solutions. Their products include EduThrill, Codelyzer, and CoppereEgg. Headquartered in Addison, Texas. https://www.accolite.com/

Compiling information from different accounts, which may include bankaccounts, credit card accounts, investment accounts, and other consumer or business accounts, into a single place.

Occurrence where money is withdrawn from a bank account and the available balance goes below zero.

Account planning is an advertising agency department and works alongside client facing managers (account management), buying advertising (media), and creating advertising (creative).

Accounting process that uses two sets of records to ensure figures are accurate and in agreement.

Account takeover is a form of identity theft where a fraudster illegally gets access to a victim's bank or online e-commerce account using bots.

Account Updater is a solution for merchants to refresh stored cardholder data by receiving updated card-on-file account data.

Account-Based Experience (ABX) is a go-to-market strategy that uses data and insights to orchestrate relevant, trusted Marketing and Sales actions throughout the B2B customer lifecycle. It’s a customer-centric rethinking of an account-based go-to-market — one that combines the engageability of inbound marketing with the precision and targeting of Account-Based Marketing.

A strategic approach to business marketing based on account awareness in which an organization considers and communicates with individual prospect or customer accounts as markets of one.

Account-Based Sales Development (ABSD) is a strategic prospecting process that involves selling to targeted and highly valued accounts rather than focusing your prospecting efforts at the contact level.

Groups of doctors, hospitals, and other health care providers, who come together voluntarily to give coordinated high quality care to their Medicare patients.

Measurement, processing and communication of financial information about economic entities

Process by which an organizations accounts, books, records, and documents are checked for accuracy

Process by which accounting procedures and transformed form manual procedures into automatic procedures

Meeting financial reporting requirements

Process of consolidating financial statements

Record of accounting transactions

Procedure by which transactions are identified, reconciled, and recorded

Accounting software describes a type of application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, journal, general ledger, payroll, and trial balance.

AccountingDepartment.com is an outsourced accounting company that specializes in providing accounting solutions to small business clients. Headquartered in the United States. The business domain is accountingdepartment.com.

A business department or division that is responsible for making payments owed by the company to suppliers and other creditors.

Accounts receivable, or receivables represent a line of credit extended by a company and normally have terms that require payments due within a relatively short time period, ranging from a few days to a fiscal or calendar year.

Money owed to a company by its debtors/ Money owed by a company to its creditors

Accounts-receivable financing is a type of asset-financing arrangement in which a company uses its receivables outstanding invoices or money owed by customers to receive financing.

Accredible is a US based digital badging company. It is an industry-leading full service digital credentialing solution. Headquartered in Moutain View, CA. Domain: acccredible.com

Accreditation in higher education is proof of quality education, and institutions and programs must meet many requirements to gain and maintain accreditation. Accrediting bodies — there are many and depend on the type of program seeking accreditation — look for quality and experienced faculty, appropriate and comprehensive curriculum, and student learning outcomes, just to name a few. Institutions or degree programs can be accredited. Those programs and institutions need to reapply for accreditation at regular intervals, which depend on the accrediting body.

Accounting method that records revenues and expenses when they are incurred, regardless of when cash is exchanged.

Accruent is the world’s leading provider of intelligent solutions for the built environment –spanning real estate, integrated technology systems, and the physical and digital assets they connect. Accruent continues to set new expectations for how organizations can use data to transform the way they manage their facilities and assets and is transforming the way people and systems work together. Headquartered in Austin, TX.

A global provider of risk and compliance, payments and know-your-customer solutions

Accura Scan is a Fintech and Regtech AI-based global user verification company whose powerful user on boarding solution with no code AI platform, API, and SDK technology blends seamlessly with all platforms and is especially designed to reduce transaction friction. Its AI and Machine Learning innovation offers a proven real-time solution to aid in fraud prevention through identity authentication balancing user experience while reducing online challenges like ID forgery. Founded in 2018. Headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Ace Cloud Hosting (ACE) is a company and an application hosting provider. Ace Cloud Hosting is an Intuit Authorized Commercial Host and QuickBooks Solution Provider and provides a wide range of cloud services including managed server hosting, private server hosting, application hosting, and Desktop as a Service (DaaS). Headquartered in Florida, USA. Founded in 2004. https://www.acecloudhosting.com/

Aceinna, Inc., based in Andover, MA, develops sensor technology for high-volume Artificial Intelligence applications such as autonomous vehicles, high-performance compute power systems and smart buildings.

Acer is a Taiwanese multinational hardware and electronics corporation specializing in advanced electronics technology. Headquartered in Xizhi, New Taipei City. Founded in 1976. Operating as Acer Inc. Website http://www.acer.com/

Allows a financial institution or organization to automate processing of all outgoing and incoming ACH files with a convenient, secure ASP-hosted solution

ACH payments are electronic payments that are created when the customer gives an originating institution, corporation, or other customer (originator) authorization to debit directly from the customer's checking or saving account for the purpose of bill payment.

Payment processing, payroll, diret deposit, consumer billing and other ACH transactions business use

Achievers is an employee recognition company that strives to drive higher levels of employee engagement while aligning with business objectives and company values.

A payment systems company headquartered in Naples, Florida

In computer science, ACID (Atomicity, Consistency, Isolation, Durability) of database transactions intended to guarantee validity even in the event of errors, power failures, etc. In the context of databases, a sequence of database operations that satisfies the ACID properties, and thus can be perceived as a single logical operation on the data, is called a transaction.

Aconex Limited was an ASX 200 listed public Australian company providing mobile and web-based collaboration technologies for project information and process management, on a software as a service basis, to clients in the construction, infrastructure, power, mining, and oil and gas sectors. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia. Acquired by Oracle.

Acorns is an American financial technology and financial services company based in Irvine, California that specializes in micro-investing and robo-investing. As of 2019, Acorns had over 4.5 million users and over $1.2 billion in assets under management.

An acoustic camera is an imaging device used to locate sound sources and to characterize them. It consists of a group of microphones also called microphone array that are simultaneously acquired to form a representation of the location of the sound sources.

Acoustics are used to increase workplace focus, improve productivity, and concentration in the workplace.

Acquia is a software-as-a-service company co-founded by Dries Buytaert and Jay Batson to provide enterprise products, services, and technical support for the open-source web content management platform Drupal.

A performance media solution that enables digital marketers to optimize their search campaigns and report on social, mobile and display initiatives.

The acquisition strategy is a comprehensive, integrated plan developed as part of acquisition planning activities. It describes the business, technical, and support strategies to manage program risks and meet program objectives.

A private technology company that develops on-premises and cloud software for backup, disaster recovery, and secure file sync and share and data access.

ACS Solutions is an IT consulting & services company partnering with mid-market and Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide on their digital transformation strategy. Headquartered in Duluth, Georgia. Domain: acsicorp.com

ACS Ventures is a US based consulting company that provides test design and creation services as well as psychometric support mainly in the state and national regulatory sector. Headquartered in Las Vegas, NV. Domain: acsventures.com

Actalent is a consolidation of two leading engineering and sciences companies. It combines specialized talent solutions with technical services capabilities delivered by experts to drive value and results for customers. Headquartered in Hanover, Maryland. Domain: www.actalentservices.com

Actian is an software company that manages and connects operational and analytic data for better performance, insights, and outcomes on premise, in the cloud, or both.

ACTICO is a leading international provider of software for intelligent automation and digital decisioning. The company provides best-in-class software and tools used across multiple industries enhancing day-to-day decision-making and end-to-end automation. Headqartered in Baden-Wurttemberg.

Action Plan Management is managing the action steps needed to achieve project goals and objectives and provides what resources you'll need to reach those goals, makes a timeline for the tasks or action items and determines what team members you'll need to do it all.

Actionable insight is a term in data analytics and big data for information that can be acted upon or information that gives enough insight into the future that the actions that should be taken become clear for decision makers.

At ACTIVATE, they partner with brands and influencers to tell engaging and compelling stories across social media, at scale. They are a team of influencer strategists, technologists, data scientists, and operations professionals founded in 2007. Headquartered in New York.

An active candidate is actively looking for work. Most active candidates job hunt online, using job boards and search sites to search through job post listings and apply for job vacancies. They are someone an employer is still considering, and are currently in the hiring process at any stage. The person is not necessarily unemployed, but can be. They may be searching for a new opportunity of a variety of reasons: concerned about their current employer, want to take on more responsibility, their job was outsourced, etc.

Active Cyber Defense is the synchronized, real-time capability to discover, detect, analyze, and mitigate threats and vulnerabilities.

A window's OS directory service that facilitates working with interconnected, complex and different network resources in a unified manner.

Active Directory Certificate Services (ADCS), a software component developed by Microsoft, can run on Windows Server operating system to provide customizable services for creating and managing public key infrastructure (PKI) certificates.

Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS), a software component developed by Microsoft, can run on Windows Server operating systems to provide users with single sign-on access to systems and applications located across organizational boundaries.

Active Fall Protection are systems designed to provide fall arrest, fall restraint, positioning, suspension, and assist in the retrieval of fall victims. They involve active participation of the worker, are movable, and require the use of special gearing.

Active learning is a method of learning in which students are actively or experientially involved in the learning process and where there are different levels of active learning, depending on student involvement. Typically, these strategies involve some amount of students working together during class, but may also involve individual work and/or reflection. These teaching approaches range from short, simple activities like journal writing, problem solving and paired discussions, to longer, involved activities or pedagogical frameworks like case studies, role plays, and structured team-based learning.

ACTIVE Network is an American multinational corporation, that provides software as a service for activity and participant management. ACTIVE's management software supports a range of clients including: races, nonprofits, outdoor activities, camps, sports, schools, and universities. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1999. Operating as Active Network, LLC. Website http://www.ACTIVEnetwork.com

Active shooter preparedness is the preparation and planning on how to more proactively handle the threat of an aggressive intruder or active shooter event. Active shooter incidents are often unpredictable and evolve quickly. In the midst of the chaos, anyone can play an integral role in mitigating the impacts of an active shooter incident. DHS aims to enhance preparedness through a "whole community" approach by providing products, tools, and resources to help you prepare for and respond to an active shooter incident.

Activision Blizzard, Inc. is an American video game holding company based in Santa Monica, California. It was founded in July 2008 through the merger of Activision, Inc., and Vivendi Games. Domain: activisionblizzard.com

Process of assigning product overhead costs to specific activities

Actsoft, Inc. is a technology company that offers solutions for Mobile Workforce Management (MWM), Field Service Management (FSM), and Mobile Resource Management (MRM). Their suite of location-based software solutions uses GPS and wireless technology, providing oversight for businesses with a deskless and field-based workforce. The company offers global positioning system tracking, notifications, time management, data collection, work orders, business analytics, wireless forms, and other related solutions. Headquartered in Tampa, Florida. https://www.actsoft.com/

Actuate enables moveable construction cameras to automatically detect threats to safety and security. Headquartered in Chicago, IL. Domain: actuate.ai

An actuator is a component of a machine that is responsible for moving or controlling a mechanism or system, for example by actuating (opening or closing) a valve; in simple terms, it is a mover.

Acuant is an identity verification, document authentication, and fraud prevention technology services provider headquartered in Los Angeles, with engineering and development centers in New Hampshire and Israel. Acuant enables and enhances trusted transactions for all industries. Its trusted identity platform provides complete identity verification, regulatory compliance, and digital identity solutions leveraging AI and human assisted machine learning to deliver unparalleled accuracy and efficiency. Founded in 1999.

Acuity Insurance is a mutual insurance company. Headquartered in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Founded in 1925. Operating as Acuity, A Mutual Insurance Company. Website https://www.acuity.com/

Acuity Scheduling is a cloud-based appointment scheduling software solution that enables business owners to manage their appointments online.

Acumatica, founded in 2008, is a technology provider that develops cloud- and browser-based enterprise resource planning software for small and medium-sized businesses.

Acumatica Cloud ERP is a cloud-based Enterprise Resource Planning software created by Acumatica targeting midmarket companies.

Acumen Solutions is a Salesforce Company that builds solutions to grow revenue and strengthen customer relationships while its groundbreaking solutions in the public sector streamline operations and improve productivity. Headquarterd in McLean, VA.

A branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery.

Acxiom is a people-based marketing company that uses a simple, open approach to connecting systems and data to drive better customer experiences. Headquartered in Conway, Arkansas.

Ad blocking or ad filtering is a type of software that can remove or alter advertising content from a webpage, website, or a mobile app. Ad blockers are available for a range of computer platforms, including desktop and laptop computers, tablet computers and smartphones.

The main text of a clickable advertisement, whether it is a contextual or a pay per click ad.

AD delegation is a critical part of security and compliance. By delegating control over active directory, you can grant users or groups the permissions they need without adding users to privileged groups like Domain Admins and Account Operators.

A technology platform that facilitates the buying and selling of media advertising inventory from multiple ad networks

Ad fraud (also referred to as Invalid Traffic) is concerned with theory and practice of fraudulently representing online advertisement impressions, clicks, conversion or data events in order to generate revenue.

Ad hoc analysis is a business intelligence process designed to answer a single, specific business question.

A company that connects advertisers to web sites that want to host advertisements.

The technology and service that places advertisements on web sites.

An ad valorem tax (Latin for 'according to value') is a tax whose amount is based on the value of a transaction or of property.

A process which attempts to verify that a campaign has executed according to the agency's or advertiser's choices and exclusions.

The online advertising metric which keeps the track of those impressions which are actually viewed by the customers.

Conferences focused advertising technology

Ada is the new front line of your customer experience, empowering businesses to provide personalized experiences at scale - in a snap! Ada's no-code, AI chatbot improves CX, reduces costs, and drives revenue - while freeing live agents to have greater impact. Ada is a computer software company that features a chatbot-based platform that helps enterprise businesses to automate customer experience. Its platform operates through both web and mobile machine learning engine that reduces support volume and empowers customers to find answers on their own. Toronto in Canada.

Adams and Reese LLP is a law firm with offices throughout the southern U.S. and Washington, DC. The firm was founded in 1951. Domain: adamsandreese.com

Any internal expansion card that allows the computer to communicate with another peripheral such as a monitor.

Adaptive Design translates a product design across the multitude of packages, variants or sub-brands available in a product portfolio, ensuring that the design works across all formats. It also enables brands to quickly adapt a design to different flavors, extensions or personalized packages quickly and without any re-design.

Artificially intelligent software that is replacing paper textbooks.

Adaptive Insights, Inc., formerly Adaptive Planning, Inc., is a privately held software as a service company headquartered in Palo Alto, California founded in 2003. Its Business Planning Cloud lets people in companies collaborate, gain insights, and make smarter decisions faster.

An educational method which uses computers as interactive teaching devices

Adaptive Project Management and Reporting is defined as a process flow, or a set of behaviors and a set of supporting technologies that enable change management and enhanced operability of detailed project execution activities to support the technology needs of project managers and individual contributors. APM and reporting is primarily delivered as a cloud-based service and may include on-premises components.

Adaptive signal control technology (ASCT) automatically adjusts traffic signal timing to accommodate current demand without adding additional capacity.

AdColony is a mobile video ad network offering full-screen quality video ads through its Instant Play technology for brands and apps. Acquired by. Digital Turbine. Headquartered in Los Angeles.

Processes used to synthesize three dimensional objects (3D printing)

An address book or a name and address book (NAB) is a book or a database used for storing entries called contacts.

Address space layout randomization (ASLR) is a computer security technique involved in preventing exploitation of memory corruption vulnerabilities.

Postal address verification (also known as address standardization, address validation, address verification and CASS certification) is the process used to check the validity and deliverability of a physical mailing address. ... Credit card AVS does not determine deliverability of an address.

An address verification service is a service provided by major credit card processors to enable merchants to authenticate ownership of a credit or debit card used by a customer. AVS is done as part of the merchant's request for authorization in a non-face-to-face credit card transaction. An AVS mismatch is when the billing address provided at checkout does not match the billing address or payment credentials on file with the card issuer.

Technologies that enable advertisers to selectively segment TV audiences and serve different ads or ad pods within a common program or navigation screen.

AddThis.com is a social bookmarking service that can be integrated into a website with the use of a web widget.

Adecco is the second largest provider of recruitment and staffing services in the United States, offering human resource services such as temporary staffing, permanent placement, outsourcing, career transition or outplacement.

Aderant, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is a global provider of comprehensive business management software for law firms and other professional services organizations. Aderant legal software offers a Suite of legal business solutions, time and billing, ebilling and law firm timekeeping software. The company’s popular technology brands include Aderant Expert/Expert Sierra for practice management, Handshake and Drive for knowledge management, iTimekeep, OCG Live & Thrive for timekeeping and compliance, BillBlast for eBilling, CompuLaw for docketing and calendaring, and Expert Case for legal case management. Aderant operates as a unit of Roper Technologies (NYSE: ROP).

Adestra is a company that offers a powerful and easy-to-use customer driven email marketing platform that can be customized, configuring the structure of the system to your business requirements.

Adgorithms is a marketing platform that offers AI and allows the activation of autonomous marketing campaigns.

Adherent cells are cells which must be attached to a surface to grow. They are commonly used in laboratory environments.

An adhesive is a substance used for sticking objects or materials together

Adidas AG is a multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike.

An adjustment interview is given when you are in the last step in your application for a green card.

An adjuvant is a pharmacological or immunological agent that improves the immune response of a vaccine. Adjuvants may be added to a vaccine to boost the immune response to produce more anitbodies and longer-lasting immunity, tuhs minimizing the dose of antigen needed.

Adlucent combines advanced audience data with predictive advertising technology to help retailers find, engage, and convert their most valuable customers.

Admatic is an advertising services company that helps businesses better understand their customers through data and drives growth through targeted omnichannel advertising. Headquartered in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. Founded in 2010. Website http://www.admatic.com

Administrative Law is a branch of public law; the body of law that governs the activities of administrative agencies of government. Government agency action can include rule making, adjudication, or the enforcement of a specific regulatory agenda.

Administrative Resource Options (ARO) is a facilities services company that provides mail room, meeting room, print center, technology and management services and solutions. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. https://www.aroptions.com/

Admiralty is a body of law that governs nautical issues and private maritime disputes. Admiralty law consists of both domestic law on maritime activities, and private international law governing the relationships between private parties operating or using ocean-going ships. Case digests on admiralty.

A family of application software and Web services developed by Adobe systems to view, create, manipulate, print and manage files in Portable Document Format.

Adobe Advertising Cloud, formerly Adobe Media Optimizer, is an independent, end-to-end platform for managing advertising across traditional TV and digital formats.

Adobe Analytics is the industry-leading solution for applying real-time analytics and detailed segmentation across all of your marketing channels.

Adobe Campaign is a set of solutions that help you personalize and deliver campaigns across all of your online and offline channels.

Adobe Creative Cloud is a set of applications and services from Adobe Systems that gives subscribers access to a collection of software used for graphic design, video editing, web development, photography, along with a set of mobile applications and also some optional cloud services.

A software suite of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications developed by Adobe Systems.

Formerly Adobe Marketing Cloud, Adobe Experience Cloud is a collection of integrated online marketing and Web analytics products by Adobe. It offers AI-dirven solutions for marketing, analytics, advertising, and commerce through the most comprehensive set of customer experience applications and services available.

An enterprise content management solution that helps simplify the management and delivery of your content and assets.

A discontinued bitmap and vector graphics editor, which Adobe acquired in 2005.

A multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich Internet applications, desktop applications, mobile applications and mobile games.

Adobe Marketing Cloud includes a set of analytics, social, advertising, media optimization, targeting, Web experience management and content management products[2] aimed at the advertising industry and hosted on Amazon Web Services.

Used to open PDF documents.

An Adobe Document Cloud solution is a cloud-based, enterprise-class, e-signature service that lets you replace paper and ink signature processes with fully automated electronic signature workflows.

Stock images for creative projects.

Annual digital marketing summit hosted by Adobe

An American multinational computer software company

Adobe Target is a personalization solution that makes it easy to identify your best content through tests that are easy to execute so you can deliver the right experience to the right customer.

A medical subspecialty that focuses on care of patients who are in the adolescent period of development, general ranging from the last years of elementary school until graduation from high school.

Also known as adoption subsidies, provides financial help and services for children with physical, mental, and developmental disabilities and their adoptive parents.

ADP RPO is a premier Recruitment Process Outsourcing (RPO) provider. Utilizing proprietary leading-edge technology, ADP leads the industry with innovative and scalable recruiting solutions that help small, medium, and large organizations throughout the world to find, recruit, hire, and retain top talent.

ADP Workforce Now is a cloud-based platform for payroll and HR software focused on midsize to large businesses. It provides an integrated HCM solution that supports HR needs from recruitment to retirement. ADP Workforce Now includes capabilities such as payroll processing and tax filing, performance management, compensation management, talent acquisition, time and labor management, benefits management, analytics, and more. It offers cloud-based software, expert support and predictive analytics for data-driven insights.

A retargeting and prospecting software platform

Google AdSense is a program run by Google that allows publishers in the Google Network of content sites to serve automatic text, image, video, or interactive media advertisements, that are targeted to site content and audience.

ADT Inc., formerly The ADT Corporation, is an American company that provides residential, small and large business electronic security, fire protection, and other related alarm monitoring services. Headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida.

Learning activities which are undertaken by adults after a break since leaving initial education and training, and which results in the acquisition of new knowledge and skills

Advanced is the UK’s third largest provider of business software and services with a 254 million Euro turnover, 19,000+ customers and 2,350+ employees. Headquartered in Datchet, Berkshire.

Advanced Analytics is the autonomous or semi-autonomous examination of data or content using sophisticated techniques and tools, typically beyond those of traditional business intelligence (BI), to discover deeper insights, make predictions, or generate recommendations.

Advanced Ceramics refers to ceramic products made from inorganic, high-purity compounds through a series of specialized manufacturing processes. Advanced ceramics can be used for various purposes due to their permeability, magnetism, insulation, and conduction. Traditional ceramics are clay-based, but high-performance or advanced ceramics are being developed from a far wider range of inorganic non-metal materials. Advanced ceramics have the properties of high strength, high hardness, high durability and high toughness. They play a critical role in electronics, telecommunications, manufacturing, transportation, medicine, defence and space exploration.

An Advanced Distribution Management System (ADMS) supports the full suite of distribution management and optimization. An ADMS includes functions that automate outage restoration and optimize the performance of the distribution grid.

Advanced driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, are systems to help the driver in the driving process. When designed with a safe human-machine interface, they should increase car safety and more generally road safety.

Advanced Instruments is a medical equipment manufacturing company that produces freezing-point osmometry and analytical instrumentation used in clinical, pharmaceutical, biotechnology and food & beverage laboratories. Headquartered in Norwood, MA.

Advanced manufacturing is the use of innovative technology to improve products or processes, with the relevant technology being described as "advanced," "innovative," or "cutting edge."

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. is an American multinational semiconductor company based in Santa Clara, California, that develops computer processors and related technologies for business and consumer markets.

An advanced persistent threat is a set of stealthy and continuous computer hacking processes, often orchestrated by a person or persons targeting a specific entity. An APT usually targets either private organizations, states or both for business or political motives.

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of emerging technologies for use by the military.

Advanced Technology Group (ATG), a Cognizant Company, is a global leader in Quote to Cash advisory, implementation, and managed services to both mid-market and large enterprise brands seeking increased agility in the “everything as-a-service” economy. HEadquartered in Overland Park, Kansas.

Advanced threat protection (ATP) refers to a category of security solutions that defend against sophisticated malware or hacking-based attacks targeting sensitive data.

General term that describes any effort to help people understand the significance of data by placing it in a visual context.

Advent International is an American private equity firm focused on buyouts of companies in Western and Central Europe, North America, Latin America and Asia. The firm, based in Boston, MA, focuses on international buyouts, growth and strategic restructuring in five core sectors.

SS&C Advent, a business unit of SS&C Technologies, is helping over 4,300 investment firms in more than 50 countries—from established global institutions to small start-up practices—to grow their business and thrive. Delivering unparalleled precision and ahead-of-the-curve solutions for more than 30 years, we help firms minimize risk, work together seamlessly with our clients, and help shape the future of investment management.

Adventist Health is a faith-inspired, nonprofit integrated health system serving more than 80 communities on the West Coast and Hawaii with over 400 sites of care. Founded on Adventist heritage and values, Adventist Health provides care in hospitals, clinics, home care agencies, hospice agencies, and joint-venture retirement centers in both rural and urban communities. Headquartered in Roseville, CA. Domain: AdventistHealth.org

Adverse media or negative news is defined as any kind of unfavorable information found across a wide variety of news sources – both 'traditional' news outlets and those from unstructured sources. The risks associated with conducting business with persons or companies having an adverse media profile are many and varied.

The activity of profession of producing advertisements for commercial products or services.

A service based on advertising business dedicated to creating, planning, and handling advertising and sometimes other forms of promotion and marketing in a promotion for its clients

An advertising campaign is a series of advertisement messages that share a single idea and theme which make up an integrated marketing communication (IMC).

Solutions to a means of communication with the users of a product or service.

An advisory board is a meeting of medical experts and key opinion leaders to provide insight, scientific direction, and expertise to a sponsor company.

A range of consulting services provided by Certified Public Accountants and other financial advisors to businesses and high net worth individuals who require specialized advice on capital formation, cash flow and wealth management.

Advocacy Marketing is a form of marketing that emphasizes getting existing customers to talk about the company and its products.

The best advocacy programs enable customers to hold the image of a brand in their own hands. They empower company's fans, turning a one-way marketing channel into multiple promotional conversations.

An online advertising service where advertisers pay to display brief advertising copy to web users

A global multichannel payment company offering businesses an outsourced payment solution

An American multinational engineering firm that provides design, consulting, construction, and management services

Aegis Energy Services is a turn-key, full service provider of combined heat and power systems (CHP). Headquartered in Holyoke, MA. Domain: aegischp.com

Aegis Software enables industrial manufacturing excellence by improving control and visibility with an adaptable MES system built on an IIoT backbone. Headquartered in Horsham, PA. Domain: info.aiscorp.com

Ireland's premier airline

Aerial survey is a method of collecting geomatics or other imagery by using airplanes, helicopters, UAVs, balloons or other aerial methods.

Aeris Communications is a company that provides products and solutions for customers to meet requirements of different applications of Internet of Things.

Aerohive Networks is an American multinational computer networking equipment company headquartered in Milpitas, California, with 17 additional offices worldwide. The company was founded in 2006 and provides wireless networking to medium-sized and larger businesses.

Aerohive Networks is an American multinational computer networking equipment company headquartered in Milpitas, California, with 17 additional offices worldwide.The company was founded in 2006 and provides wireless networking to medium-sized and larger businesses.

The human effort in science, engineering and business to fly in the atmosphere of Earth and surrounding space.

Aerospace engineering is the primary field of engineering concerned with the development of aircraft and spacecraft. It has two major and overlapping branches: aeronautical engineering and astronautical engineering.

Aerospace machining is the creation of parts used in assembling and maintaining air and space vehicles.

Aerospace Manufacturing involves the various aspects of designing, building, testing, selling, and maintaining aircraft, aircraft parts, missiles, rockets, or spacecraft.

Tooling used for aviation and space flight

Aerospike is a flash-optimized in-memory open source NoSQL database and the name of the eponymous company that produces it.

Aerotek is the leading recruitment and staffing agency worldwide. Headquartered in Hanover, MD.

An American managed health care company, which sells traditional and consumer directed health care insurance plans and related services, such as medical, pharmaceutical, dental, behavioral health, long-term care, and disability plans

Aeye is a technology company that provides software-defined lidar to enable high-performance sensing solutions for autonomous applications in automotive, trucking, aerospace, defense, rail, and more. Headquartered in Dublin, CA. Domain: aeye.ai

Affiliate Marketing is a marketing arrangement by which an online retailer pays commission to a partner for performance-driven action from its referrals.

Affirm is a privately held financial technology company headquartered in San Francisco. Founded in 2012, the company operates as a financial lender of installment loans for consumers to use at the point of sale to finance a purchase.

An action of policy favoring those who tend to suffer from discrimination, especially in relation to employment or education, positive discrimination.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, often shortened to the Affordable Care Act or nicknamed Obamacare, is a United States federal statute enacted by the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 23, 2010.

The landmark health reform legislation passed by the 111th Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in March 2010.

Affordable housing is housing which is deemed affordable to those with a median household income or below as rated by the national government or a local government by a recognized housing affordability index

Aflac Inc. is an American insurance company and is the largest provider of supplemental insurance in the United States. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Columbus, Georgia

Aframax is a medium-sized crude tanker with a dead weight tonnage (DWT) ranging between 80,000 and 120,000. The tanker derives its name from AFRA which stands for Average Freight Rate Assessment. AFRA system was created in 1954 by Shell Oil to standardise contract terms.

Aftermarket services provide a revenue-generating opportunity for manufacturers ranging from sale and delivery of maintenance, spare parts, and other value-added services. The shift from traditional product- based to services-based business models requires organizations to develop innovative service programs and achieve service excellence.

Market where established customers are likely to purchase follow-on products

Afterpay is a business that is integrated with thousands of retailers to help provide consumers with the option to break their payments into 4 interest-free installments at checkout. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Providing continuous support for product/service after the sale

AfterShip is a Hong Kong startup company offering shipment tracking through SaaS model. Headquartered in Hong Kong.

Agarose is a polysaccharide, generally extracted from certain red seaweed. It is a linear polymer made up of the repeating unit of agarobiose, which is a disaccharide made up of D-galactose and 3,6-anhydro-L-galactopyranose.

AGCO Corporation is an American agricultural equipment manufacturer headquartered in Duluth, Georgia, United States.

The practice of letting a person's age unfairly become a factor when deciding who receives a new job, promotion, or other job benefits.

The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA) protects certain applicants and employees 40 years of age and older from discrimination on the basis of age in hiring, promotion, discharge, compensation, or terms, conditions or privileges of employment.

An age verification system, also known as an age gate, is a technical protection measure used to restrict access to digital content from those that are not appropriately-aged.

An agency management system, or AMS, is a SaaS (software as a service) technology that insurance agencies use to organize their book of business and more effectively run their operations.

A massive media buyer and re-seller, which functions as an independent working unit within a large media buying concern

Agentless security is a new, dynamic security solution that harnesses the power of cloud technology to monitor computers and smart devices without the aid of a physical agent or deployable monitoring protocol.

Agfa HealthCare supports healthcare professionals across the globe with secure, effective, and sustainable imaging data management. They focus on a robust and unified Enterprise Imaging Platform to help clients manage resource allocation, improve productivity, and provide clinical confidence with patient-centric contextual intelligence.

AGI Laboratory is a group of researchers and engineers collaborating to build new kinds of AI. It is a research firm focused on collective intelligence systems, e-governance, voting, cognitive architectures, and creating infrastructure. Headquartered in Sheridan, Wyoming. Domain: agilaboratory.com

Agile Analytics consists of a set of highly disciplined practices and techniques, some of which may be tailored to fit the unique data warehouse/business intelligence (DW/BI) project demands found in your organization.

Agile at scale is the ability to drive agile at the team level, while applying the same sustainable principles, practices, and outcomes at other layers of the organization.

Agile Business Intelligence refers to the use of Agile software development for BI projects to reduce the time it takes for traditional BI to show value to the organization, and to help in quickly adapting to changing business needs.

The Agile Certified Practitioner or ACP from the Project Management Institute (PMI) are project management professionals whose companies are either using or moving to agile practices. It assures that the certification holder has real-world Experience for managing agile projects.

Agile content management systems, or agile CMS refers to a new style of headless CMS focused on content development, creative collaboration, decision transparency and omnichannel delivery.

An Agile coach is a person who is responsible for creating and improving Agile processes within a team or a company. Some things that an Agile Coach might do are: spread Agile best practices between different teams; integrate Agile teams within non-Agile processes; and measure results of an Agile transition.

Agile CRM is the world's first fully integrated sales, marketing and service suite an All-in-One CRM for small businesses with full sales, marketing and service automation functionality.

Agile project management focuses on continuous improvement, scope flexibility, team input, and delivering essential quality products.

The Agile Manifesto consists of four key values: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. Working software over comprehensive documentation. Customer collaboration over contract negotiation. Responding to change over following a plan.

Agile Manufacturing is a term applied to an organization that has created the processes, tools, and training to enable it to respond quickly to customer needs and market changes while still controlling costs and quality. It's mostly related to lean manufacturing.

The Agile methodology is a way to manage a project by breaking it up into several phases. It involves constant collaboration with stakeholders and continuous improvement at every stage. Once the work begins, teams cycle through a process of planning, executing, and evaluating.

Agile Sales takes project management strategies from the IT world, such as sprints, daily stand-ups, and constant iteration, and applies them to selling.

A lightweight software engineering framework that promotes iterative development throughout the life-cycle of the project, close collaboration between the development team and business side, constant communication, and tightly-knit teams.

A sprint is a short, time-boxed period when a scrum team works to complete a set amount of work. Sprints are at the very heart of scrum and agile methodologies, and getting sprints right will help your agile team ship better software with fewer headaches.

Agile testing is software testing that follows the best practices of Agile development. For example, Agile development takes an incremental approach to design. Similarly, Agile testing includes an incremental approach to testing. In this type of software testing, features are tested as they are developed.

Any tool that supports any agile methodology, be it scrum, Kanban, where you can plan, track, and manage all your agile software development projects from a single tool.

Agile Trailblazers is a company, serving as a management consultancy firm that aims to support their clients with the right tools, training, insights and customized plans to meet their specific needs. The company helps to improve clients' business models via implementing digital strategy methods, modernizing their technology, align clients to better serve their customer needs. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia. https://www.agiletrailblazers.com/

Generally promote a disciplined project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation, a leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability.

Agile Transformation may be defined as the process of transforming an organization's culture and nature to one of agility.

Agilent Technologies is an American public research, development and manufacturing company established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard.

Agilent delivers complete scientific solutions, helping customers achieve superior outcomes in their labs, clinics, business and the world they seek to improve. Agilent Technologies, Inc. is an American analytical instrumentation development and manufacturing company that offers its products and services to markets worldwide. Its global headquarters is located in Santa Clara, California. Agilent was established in 1999 as a spin-off from Hewlett-Packard.

Agility CMS is a software development company with a cloud-based, SaaS, and API driven platform with Free and Paid pricing tiers. Agility CMS is a Headless CMS, allowing users to choose any programming language while also getting the flexibility, speed, and power that comes from lightweight APIs. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 2002. Website https://www.agilitycms.com

Agility Multichannel is a Product Information Management solutions provider focused on product content management and syndication for transforming multichannel commerce. Originally known in the market as Pindar, with roots in publishing and catalog management, Agility was acquired by Magnitude Software in October of 2017.

Agility PR Solutions is a cloud-based public relations (PR) software platform designed to help PR professionals manage their media relations, monitor and measure their PR efforts, and engage with their target audience. The platform offers a suite of tools for media monitoring, media outreach, influencer identification, social media management, and analytics. Agility PR Solutions is used by PR agencies, corporate communications teams, and non-profit organizations to streamline their PR workflow, increase their media coverage, and measure the impact of their PR campaigns. Headquartered in London, UK. Domain: agilitypr.com

Agiloft Inc. (formerly known as Integral Solutions Corporation) is a company that provides agile contract lifecycle management (CLM) software. Other solutions include internal help desk, customer support, custom workflows, ITIL and ITSM. Headquartered in Redwood City, California. ttps://www.agiloft.com/

Agilysys (AGYS) is a developer and marketer of proprietary enterprise software and other products for the hospitality industry. The company specializes in point of sale, property management, inventory and procurement, document management, workforce management, and mobile and wireless products. Headquartered in Alpharetta, Georgia. Founded in 1963. Operating as Agilysys NV LLC. Website http://www.agilysys.com

Agora is a Real-Time Engagement (RTE) platform whose mission is to make real-time engagement ubiquitous, allowing everyone to interact with anyone, in any app, anytime and anywhere. Agora's video, voice and live interactive video SDKs help developers deliver rich in-app experiences—including embedded voice and video chat, real-time recording, interactive live streaming, and real-time messaging—for users across many industries including gaming, social, education, entertainment and enterprise. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA.

AGR Dynamics offers demand planning and supply chain management software for wholesale and retail companies. Headquartered in Scandanavia.

Business of agricultural production

The cultivation and breeding of animals, plants, and fungi for food, fiber, biofuel, medicinal plants and other products used to sustain and enhance human life.

An automated guided vehicle or automatic guided vehicle (AGV) is a portable robot that follows along marked long lines or wires on the floor, or uses radio waves, vision cameras, magnets, or lasers for navigation. They are most often used in industrial applications to transport heavy materials around a large industrial building, such as a factory or warehouse.

AHF Products is a company that offers hardwood flooring solutions including solid and engineered hardwood flooring, wood-look luxury vinyl flooring, and other flooring solutions for residential and commercial customers. They also provide design, product development, and manufacturing services. Headquartered in Mountville, Pennsylvania. https://www.ahfproducts.com/en-us

AI Automation utilizes artificial intelligence to automate processes. The automations themselves can be triggered or in some cases even built by AI.

AI Bias takes several forms. One is algorithmic AI bias or “data bias,” where algorithms are trained using biased data. The other kind of bias in AI is societal AI bias. That's where our assumptions and norms as a society cause us to have blind spots or certain expectations in our thinking.

AI Content Generation (also known as AI Content Creation) refers to the process of creating content with the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI). AI-generated content is created by using natural language processing (NLP), machine learning, and deep learning algorithms. These algorithms can generate text, images, and audio depending on what task they are performing. AI content generators require some human input like a description, prompt, or parameters. Depending on the content the generator will create, the input could be a keyword, phrase, or short paragraph. Use cases for AI content generation may include generating marketing material, marketing copy, sales copy, product description, cold

AI for Customer Service refers to software that uses machine learning to create a human like conversation for customer service.

AI for recruiting is the application of artificial intelligence, such as the learning or problem-solving that a computer can do, to the recruitment function. This new technology is designed to streamline or automate some part of the recruiting workflow, especially repetitive, high-volume tasks.

AI governance is the idea that there should be a legal framework for ensuring that machine learning (ML) technologies are well researched and developed with the goal of helping humanity navigate the adoption of AI systems fairly.

An AI Model Catalog helps people to easily find, understand, and use the data they need for their projects in a governed AI Cloud platform. It serves as a centralized source of truth for data engineers, data stewards, data scientists, and analysts to gain self-service access to AI assets they can trust.

Error analysis is the process to isolate, observe and diagnose erroneous ML predictions thereby helping understand pockets of high and low performance of the model.

AI Monitoring is an Integrated Framework for Process Monitoring, Diagnosis, and Control Using Knowledge-based Systems and Neural Networks.

Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning (ML) model operationalization (ModelOps) is a set of capabilities that primarily focuses on the governance and the full life cycle management of all AI and decision models.

AI21 Labs is a Tel Aviv-based company specializing in Natural Language Processing, which develops AI systems that can understand and generate natural language. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel. Domain: ai21.com

Aible is the only enterprise AI solution that guarantees impact in one month and rated #1 for Automated Machine Learning (AutoML) in Gartner’s 2021 “Critical Capabilities for Cloud AI Developer Services'. The solution meets CIOs, CDOs, and business teams wherever they are on their AI journey — from AI-readiness, to data exploration with augmented analytics, to driving impact with optimized recommendations in end-user applications. Headquartered in Pleasanton, CA.

Aimia Inc. (TSX: AIM) is a holding company with a focus on long-term investments in public and private companies, on a global basis, through controlling or minority stakes. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada. Domain: aimia.com

Air cargo is any property carried or to be carried in an aircraft.

Air charter is the business of renting an entire aircraft as opposed to individual aircraft seats.

An air cooler looks like an air conditioner, but it's a completely different product, since it doesn't use cooling fluid, but cold water. Air cooling is a method of dissipating heat. It works by expanding the surface area or increasing the flow of air over the object to be cooled, or both.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is a scientific research organization operated by the United States Air Force Materiel Command dedicated to leading the discovery, development, and integration of affordable aerospace warfighting technologies, planning and executing the Air Force science and technology program, and provide warfighting capabilities to United States air, space, and cyberspace forces.

An air ioniser is a device that uses high voltage to ionise air molecules. Negative ions, or anions, are particles with one or more extra electrons, conferring a net negative charge to the particle. Cations are positive ions missing one or more electrons, resulting in a net positive charge.

Air Liquide is a French multinational company which supplies industrial gases and services to various industries including medical, chemical, and electronic manufacturers. Founded in 1902. Operating as Air Liquide S.A. Website http://www.airliquide.com

Air pollution occurs when harmful substances including particulates and biological molecules are introduced into Earth's atmosphere. It may cause diseases, allergies or death of humans; it may also cause harm to other living organisms such as animals and food crops, and may damage the natural or built environment. Human activity and natural processes can both generate air pollution.

Air Traffic Control Systems (ATCS) are systems that enable communication with air traffic control in order to communicate with pilots and relay information regarding incoming and outgoing flights.

Air Transport World is an online and print trade publication covering the global air transportation industry.

The air-side economizer is integrated into a central air handling system with ducting for both intake and exhaust; its filters reduce the amount of particulate matter, or contaminants, that are brought into the data center.

In Aira Tech, AI stands for Artificial Intelligence; RA stands for Remote Assistance. Aira is a service that uses artificial intelligence and augmented reality to connect people to highly trained, remotely-located agents. At the touch of a button, Aira delivers instant access to information, enhancing everyday efficiency, engagement, and independence. Whether the user is a person who is blind or low vision, an older adult, or a sighted individual, Aira provides access to information in ways that augment human capabilities like never before. Headquartered in La Jolla, CA.

Airbase is the first all-in-one cloud-based spend management software that provides companies control and visibility into every dollar spent. One unified spend management platform for expense requests, approvals, bill payments, accounting automation, and real-time reporting. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Airbnb, Inc. is an American company that operates an online marketplace for lodging, primarily homestays for vacation rentals, and tourism activities. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Airbus SE is a European multinational corporation that designs, manufactures and sells civil and military aeronautical products worldwide.

An Aircraft Livery is a set of comprehensive insignia comprising color, graphic, and typographical identifiers which operators (airlines, but also governments, air forces and occasionally private and corporate owners) apply to their aircraft.

Process of manufacturing products related to aircrafts

Air freight parcel delivery is the transfer and shipment of goods via an air carrier, which may be charter or commercial. Such shipments travel out of commercial and passenger aviation gateways to anywhere planes can fly and land.

Airslate provide an easy-to-use, no-code, end-to-end automation solution that empowers individuals and teams to digitize business interactions on their own. It gives teams the power to automate any part of its business. Headquartered in Boston, MA.

Airtable is a cloud collaboration service. It is a spreadsheet-database hybrid, used to store information in a visually appealing and easy-to-use way. Businesses can use it for customer-relationship management (CRM), task management, project planning, and tracking inventory. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Airwallex is a international financial services platform committed to building global financial infrastructure to scale the digital economy. Headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.

Airways Freight Corporation is a domestic and international full service freight forwarding operation providing 24 hour logistic services via land, air, and sea. Markets served by Airways include general product, trade show & exhibition shipping, anatomical/medical transportation services, nuclear power/public utilities logistics. Services available include: same day, next day, second day, deferred transportation services. Headquartered in Fayetteville, AR. Domain: airwaysfreight.com

PC AIS Ship Tracker for Windows is a versatile but easy to use and reasonably priced software program for tracking ships and boats of all sizes which are fitted with AIS (Automatic Identification System) transponders, now required on all sizeable vessels.

AIS (Automatic Identification System) is a system that transmits a ship's position so that other ships are aware of its position, to avoid collision. Each year, more than 300,000 unique AIS devices broadcast the location of a vessel along with other information, including identity, course and speed.

AIT Worldwide Logistics has been helping companies grow since 1979 with shipping services and supply chain management solutions that expand access to markets all over the world where our customers sell and procure raw materials, components, and finished goods. Headquartered in Itasca, Illinois. Domain: aitworldwide.com

Ajax is a set of Web development techniques using many Web technologies on the client side to create asynchronous Web applications.

AKA Enterprise Solutions is a leading Gold Certified partner dedicated to the sales, consulting, service and support of Microsoft Dynamics AX, GP, and CRM. Headquartered in New York City.

Akamai Technologies Inc. is an American content delivery network and cloud services provider headquartered in the US.

Akeneo is a French company created in 2013 in Nantes by a Franco-American team and based in Nantes, Boston and Düsseldorf. Akeneo is specialized in open source product information management, also known as PIM.

Akerman LLP is a law firm based in Miami, Florida that was founded in 1920. Thier more than 700 lawyers and business professionals collaborate with the world’s most successful enterprises and entrepreneurs to navigate change, seize opportunities, and help drive innovation and growth. Headquartered in Miami, Fl. Domain: akerman.com

Akumina, Inc. is a software company that provides clients and partners with a digital workplace platform that delivers a contextual and personalized experience and aims to transform how employees work. It provides an application software that develops and deploys web content management solutions. The company offers content authoring, site management applications, and specializes in delivering sites and strategies. Headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire. https://www.akumina.com/

Akvelon is a software engineering organization based in Bellevue, WA. They are focused on enabling software-centric companies to deliver on their engineering and business commitments, knowledge retention, and growth by building and operating dedicated, long term software engineering team extensions. Domain: https://akvelon.com

Aladdin is a portfolio management software by BlackRock that provides investment professionals a way to view and manage daily investments.

Alanda is a provider of advanced software solutions and services to the Life Sciences industry. Alanda provides a suite of products and services that address the complex challenges posed by clinical and commercial spend compliance and business analytics. Headquartered in New Brunswick, NJ. Founded in 2005. Website http://www.alandasoftware.com

Alantra is an international financial services firm with over 540 professionals representing 35 nationalities in 24 offices. It is a global investment banking and credit portfolio company.

Alarm management is the application of human factors (or 'ergonomics') along with instrumentation engineering and systems thinking to manage the design of an alarm system to increase its usability.

Alarm monitoring is quick and detailed communication between your home security system and the central station of your security provider. A control panel registers an emergency event and sends a signal to the central monitoring station, where the appropriate authorities are notified and sent to the home.

Alaska Airlines is a US Airline transportation company, under parent company Alaska Air Group. It was founded on April 14, 1932. Headquartered in SeaTac, Washington.

Alation, based in Redwood City, CA, offers a machine learning data catalog to help people find, understand and trust data across their organizations.

Albertsons operates as a banner of Albertsons Companies, one of the largest food and drug retailers in the United States. With both a strong local presence and national scale, the company operates stores across 35 states and the District of Columbia under 20 well-known banners. Headquartered in Boise, Idaho. Domain: albertsons.com

Alcatel is a rand of mobile handsets used under license by Chinese electronics company TCL Corporation.

Alcatel-Lucent (also known as ALE International SAS) is a software company that provides Internet protocol (IP) and cloud networking, and ultra-broadband access worldwide. It provides communication equipment and services to telecommunications companies, ISPs, and data providers. Headquartered in Colombes, France. https://www.al-enterprise.com/en

Alchemy One is an advertising services company that delivers impact by combining business objectives, channels, technology, culture and science to create relevance for brands resulting in exceptional growth. Headquartered in Surry Hills, NSW. Founded in 2014. Website http://alchemyone.co

Alchemy Systems, also known as Intertek Alchemy, is a company that is recognized worldwide as a leader in workforce training for manufacturers, learning technology, food safety consulting. Headquartered in Austin, TX and founded in 2003. Domain: alchemysystems.com

Aldrich, formerly known as AKT, is a Top 100 regional firm of advisors, independent Certified Public Accountants and business consultants providing tax, accounting, business advisory, valuation and employee benefit consulting services to private, public and nonprofit organization. Serving clients throughout the west from locations in Oregon, California, and Alaska. We specialize in a variety of industries including healthcare, manufacturing, construction, telecommunications and electric utilities, public sector, agribusiness, privately held growth oriented and emerging companies among others.

Alert Logic is a company that provides on-demand IT compliance and security solutions. Headquartered in Houston, TX.

Alert Management systems maintain profiles about individuals, threats, or other entities and in real time processes events and returns alerts about profiles and their risks to security teams.

AlertMedia's emergency notification app delivers enterprise mass notification features and audience engagement tools right to your mobile phones. As an administrator, users can send notifications to thousands of people within seconds from a phone, keeping those people safe and informed during critical events. Headquartered in Austin, TX. Domain: alertmedia.com

Alertus increases notification effectiveness by using audible and visual alerting methods. Integrates with building automation and IoT Ecosystems for unified mass notification and situational awareness. Headquartered in Baltimore, MD. Domain: alertus.com

Alethea Group is an online audio and video media company that detects and mitigates instances of disinformation and social media manipulation to help clients navigate the new digital reality. Headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. Founded in 2019.

Alexander Group is a company that provides revenue growth and sales management consulting services to sales, marketing, and service organizations. Headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Alexander Mann Solutions (AMS) is a global total workforce solutions firm. It enables organizations to thrive in an age of constant change by building, reshaping, and optimizing workforces. Headquartered in London, UK.

Alfresco is a collection of information management software products for Microsoft Windows and Unix-like operating systems developed by Alfresco Software Inc. using Java technology.

ALG Worldwide Logistics is a full-service transportation and logistics division providing global air, ocean, multi-modal and managed logistics services to meet the global supply chain needs of our clients. Headquartered in Wood Dale, IL. algworldwide.com

Algar Telecom is a Brazilian telecommunications company present in the states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Minas Gerais, Paraná, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, and in the Federal District as well. The company is the only operator that remained private, even after the creation of Telebrás in the military regime, and it is characterized as the fifth largest company in the telecommunications segment. It serves more than one million and four hundred thousand customers - individuals, micro and small businesses, corporate customers, and carriers.

Algar Tech is a company that offers business process solutions. Services include customer relationship management and technology environment management. Headquartered in Uberlandia, Brazil. https://algartech.com/en/

Algeco is a European supplier & manufacturer of modular buildings. Headquartered in France. Domain: algeco.be

Algolia, based in Saint-Ouen, France, helps businesses across industries create relevant, scalable, and fast search and discovery experiences through a SaaS model.

With Algolia Recommend, developers can use a simple and flexible API to build machine learning powered recommendations on your company’s digital storefronts. Algolia Recommend comes with advanced flexibility so you can display completely customized product recommendations on your online stores.

Algorithmia is a machine learning model deployment and management solution that automates the MLOps for an organization, giving leverage back to data scientists and developers.

Alibaba Cloud, also known as Aliyun, is a Chinese cloud computing company, a subsidiary of Alibaba Group. Alibaba Cloud provides cloud computing services to online businesses and Alibaba's own e-commerce ecosystem. Its international operations are registered and headquartered in Singapore.

Alice & Bob manufactures quantum computers to help industries and researchers solve the problems. Headquartered in France. Domain: alice-bob.com

Alienware is an American computer hardware subsidiary of Dell. Their products are designed for gaming and can be identified by their alien-themed designs.

Alight Solutions operates as a benefits administration and cloud-based human resource (HR) and financial solutions provider.

Alipay is a third-party mobile and online payment platform, headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Alithya (ALYA) is a North American digital strategy and technologies company. Headquartered in Montréal, Québec. Founded in 1992. Website https://www.alithya.com/

AlixPartners is a results-driven global consulting firm that specializes in helping businesses successfully address their most complex and critical challenges when it really matters. Sometimes referred to as "Alix Partners", the firm is known best for its work in the turnaround space. Headquartered in New York, NY.

Alkami Technology (NASDAQ:ALKT) is a cloud-based digital banking solutions provider for financial institutions in the United States that enables clients to grow, adapt, and build digital communities. Operating as Alkami Technology, Inc. Headquartered in Plano, TX. Founded in 2009. Website www.alkami.com

Alkira was founded in 2018 by a computer networking team that created the multi-billion-dollar SD-WAN market. It is a multi-cloud network that can take you to and across clouds in minutes instead of months. The firm offers network where services, like firewalls, live and scale in the cloud. Headquartered in San Jose, CA.

An all-flash array is a solid state storage disk system that contains multiple flash memory drives instead of spinning hard disk drives.

All-flash storage, also known as an all-flash storage array (AFA), is a storage architecture designed to take advantage of solid-state memory technology.

Desktop computer that integrates all components into the same case as the display

All-IP is the concept that all fixed network communciations will communicate end to end using the Internet Protocol.

Allbound is a company that strives to create elegent technology that demolishes barriers and generates fresh ideas for customers, which in turn helps them nurture and grow their channels. Headquartered in Scottsdale, AZ.

Allegiance Capital is an M&A investment bank that has been providing expert financial services to mid-sized, privately held companies since 1998. Its specialty is representing privately owned companies with between $20 million and $500 million in annual revenue. Headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Allegis Global Solutions (AGS) is a leading provider of talent solutions. They strive to transform the way the world acquires talent in order to deliver immediate and lasting impact. Headquartered in Hanover, Maryland.

Allegis Group is an international talent management firm. Headquartered in Hanover, Maryland. Founded in 1983. Operating as Allegis Group, Inc. Website https://www.allegisgroup.com

Allego, based in Needham, MA, is a sales learning and readiness platform that teaches reps the skills to make the most of each selling situation.

Allen Lund Company works with shippers and carriers across the nation to arrange the transportation of dry, refrigerated (specializing in produce), and flatbed freight. It is a transportation broker and logistics provider, with 35 nationwide offices. Headquartered in La Canada, CA.

Joining two or more organizations on the purpose of sharing marketing strategy, promoting concepts, services or products.

Alliant Insurance Services is one of the nation's leading distributors of diversified insurance products and services. It operates through a national network of offices and offers a comprehensive portfolio of services to their clients including risk solutions, employee benefits, co-brokered solutions, industry solutions, and more. Headquartered in Sacramento, CA.

A German financial services company headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Allied Electronics & Automation is an authorized distributor of industrial automation products, electronic components, and electromechanical products. Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. Founded in 1928. Operating as Allied Electronics & Automation. Website http://www.alliedelec.com

Allied Reliability is a diversified provider of equipment reliability-centered solutions, including condition-based monitoring, lubrication systems and services, electrical services, consulting and training, staffing, and several aftermarket industrial products and services. Headquartered in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1997.

Allied Telesis is a global provider of secure Ethernet & IP access solutions and an industry leader in the deployment of IP triple play networks over copper and fiber access infrastructure. Headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. Domain: at-global.com

Warehouse allocation is responsible for the logical reservation of product for sales orders. As items are received into the warehouse, they are immediately available for order allocation, eliminating any time delay or sequencing issues between receipts, receipt Confirmation and pick-list creation. Omnichannel fulfillment software for retail stores and distribution centers to drive predictable and profitable sales, and brand loyalty through impactful consumer experiences

Record of transfer of costs from a paying entity to a consuming entity

A publicly traded American company that provides physician practices, hospitals, and other healthcare providers with practice management and electronic health record technology.

Allspring Global Investments (also known as Allspring and formerly known as Wells Fargo Asset Management) is an independent asset management firm. The company offers asset and portfolio management, equities, financial analysis, investment strategies, and advisory services. Headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina. https://www.allspringglobal.com/

The second largest personal lines insurer in the United States and the largest that is publicly held

Alltemated Inc. is a semiconductor manufacturing services company. The company offers tape and reel, IC programming, industrial laser cutting, lead trim, thermoforming, marking, and engraving.Headquartered in Wheeling, Illinois. https://www.alltemated.com/

Alluma is a provider-led, provider-focused alternative developed in partnership between Vizient and Mayo Clinic. Alluma helps clients uncover opportunities that optimize their benefits programs while supporting better health outcomes. Headquartered in Irving, Texas.

A bank holding company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan

Alooma enables data teams to have visibility and control. It brings data from your various data silos together into BigQuery, all in real time. In February 2019, Google announced that it planned to acquire Alooma, bringing it into the Google Cloud Platform family.

Alorica is a leading provider of Business Process Outsourcing solutions that span the entire customer lifecycle

Alpega Group is a global logistics software company offering modular solutions that cover companies' transportation and logistics complexity needs. Alpega Group was formed with the merger of INET TMS and Transwide. Headquartered in Diegem, Flemish Region. Founded in 2005. Website https://www.alpegagroup.com

Alpega TMS is a cloud-based software solution offered by Alpega Group that connects manufacturers to a broad network of logistics providers, in order to digitize complex supply chain processes.

Alpha Wire designs and manufactures wire, cable, and tubing products for a broad range of applications and markets to help customers solve critical production and manufacturing challenges. Headquartered in Elizabeth, NJ.

The parent company of google and several former Google subsidiaries.

AlphaSense is a market intelligence search engine that uses AI specifically designed to understand and sort business information, providing curated public and private content to its almost 2000 enterprise customers in a way that expedites market and investment research.

AlphaSights is the global leader in knowledge on-demand. It connects investment and business leaders with a dynamic network of industry professionals whose informed perspectives help clients make superior investment and business decisions. With 1,500+ employees and nine offices across the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia, AlphaSights regularly ranks as one of the fastest-growing companies in the world. Headquartered in London, UK. Domain: alphasights.com

Alpine Testing Solutions, Inc. (Alpine) is a professional services organization that provides program and psychometric consultation, test development and validation services, candidate, credential & exam data management via CertMetrics, and comprehensive security solutions to certification, certificate, licensure, and education testing programs. Headquartered in Orem, UT. Domain: alpinetesting.com

Alston & Bird LLP is an international law firm with offices throughout the United States, Europe, the UK, and Asia. The firm provides legal services to both domestic and international clients who conduct business worldwide. Founded in 1893 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. Domain: alston.com

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics. Headquartered in Troy, Michigan.

Altair Health is a physician-managed healthcare system that specializes in spine surgery, physical therapy, wellness, telemedicine, neuro-oncology, and pain management services. Headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey. Website http://www.altairhealth.com

Altair HyperWorks is a suite of software tools for CAE modeling, analysis, optimization, visualization and automation of processes in the area of structural mechanics, multi-body simulation, fluid dynamics, electromagnetics and multi-physics. It provides easy-to-learn, effective workflows that leverage domain knowledge and increase team productivity. It is a product under the company Altair.

Altech Corp. is a supplier and distributor of components and devices used in industrial control, instrumentation, medical and automation applications. Altech provides a very broad line of products including terminal blocks, fuses, and circuit breakers. Headquartered in Flemington, NJ. Founded in 1984. Website https://www.altechcorp.com

Alternative Banking is a modern method of banking operations, including: ATMs, internet banking, mobile banking, NEFT, ECS, or RTGS.

Alternative Data is information gathered from non-traditional information sources. Analysis of alternative data can provide insights beyond that which an industry's regular data sources are capable of providing

Alternative Dispute Resolution is a collective term for the ways that parties can settle disputes, with the help of a third party. A wide range of dispute resolution processes and techniques that act as a means for disagreeing parties to come to an agreement short of litigation.

Alternative or Special Fee Arrangements are agreements between a law firm and a client to provide compensation to the firm based on a structure other than hourly billing.

Alternative fuels, known as non-conventional and advanced fuels, are any materials or substances that can be used as fuels, other than conventional fuels like; fossil fuels, as well as nuclear materials such as uranium and thorium, as well as artificial radioisotope fuels that are made in nuclear reactors.

An alternative investment or alternative investment fund (AIF) is an investment in asset classes other than stocks, bonds, and cash.

The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive is an EU law on the financial regulation of hedge funds, private equity, or real estate funds.

Alternative Legal Service Providers, or ALSPs, are niche companies that specialize in providing such high-demand legal services as Document review, Contract management, Litigation support, Discovery and electronic discovery, Contract lawyers and staffing, Investigation support and legal research, and IP management.

Alternative lending is a collective term used to describe the broad range of loan options available to both consumers and business owners outside of a traditional bank loan.

Any range of medical therapies that are not regraded as orthodox by the medical profession, such as herbalism, homeopathy, and acupuncture.

The alternative minimum tax (AMT) is a supplemental income tax imposed by the United States federal government required in addition to baseline income tax for certain individuals, corporations, estates, and trusts that have exemptions or special circumstances allowing for lower payments of standard income tax.

Alternative risk transfer (often referred to as ART) is the use of techniques other than traditional insurance and reinsurance to provide risk-bearing entities with coverage or protection.

Vehicles that run on fuels other than those derived from petroleum

Alteryx is an American computer software company based in Irvine, California, with a development center in Broomfield, Colorado. The company's products are used for data blending and advanced data analytics.

Altice (NYSE:ATUS) is an American cable television provider. Altice delivers pay television, Internet access, telephone services, and original television content to customers. Operating as Altice USA, Inc. Headquartered in Queens, New York. Founded in 2015. Website http://www.alticeusa.com/

Altify provides customized technology solutions for enterprise sales transformation.

Instrument for determining altitude attained, especially a barometric or radar device used in an aircraft.

Altimetrik is a digital business enablement company that provides data and digital engineering services. Headquartered in Southfield, Michigan. Founded in 2012. http://www.altimetrik.com

Altium Limited is an Australian multinational software company that provides electronic design automation software to engineers who design printed circuit boards. Founded as Protel Systems Pty Ltd in Australia in 1985, the company has regional headquarters in the United States, Australia, China, Europe, and Japan. Domain: altium.com

Altria is a company that has a leading portfolio of tobacco products for U.S. tobacco consumers age 21+. Their vision is to responsibly lead the transition of adult smokers to a smoke-free future. They are Moving Beyond Smoking™, leading the way in moving adult smokers away from cigarettes by taking action to transition millions to potentially less harmful choices - believing it is a substantial opportunity for adult tobacco consumers, our businesses and society. Headquartered in Richmond, Virginia. Founded in 1919. Domain: altria.com

Chemical element in the boron group that is a soft, nonmagnetic ductile metal.

Alvarez & Marsal is a global professional services firm notable for its work in turnaround management and performance improvement of a number of large, high-profile businesses both in the US and abroad. Headquartered in New York, NY.

Amadeus is a provider of travel software and technology solutions for the global travel industry.

AMAG Technology offers powerful and diverse unified security solutions that allow businesses to effectively secure their facilities and transform their operations. They provide access control, video management, and visitor management solutions. Headquartered in Torrance, CA.

The Amana Corporation is an American brand of household appliances. It was founded in 1934 by George Foerstner as The Electrical Equipment Co. in Middle Amana, Iowa, to manufacture commercial walk-in coolers. The business was later owned by the Amana Society and became known as Amana Refrigeration, Inc.

An American electronic commerce and cloud computing company

Amazon accelerator is an agency that helps increase revenue for sellers on Amazon. Amazon Accelerator enables manufacturers to launch brands and innovative products exclusively on Amazon and provides a path to become an Amazon Private Brand.

Amazon Athena is an interactive query service that makes it easy to analyze data in Amazon S3 using standard SQL. Athena is serverless, so there is no infrastructure to manage, and you pay only for the queries that you run. Amazon Athena is a product developed by Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS).

Amazon Aurora is a hosted relational database service developed and offered by Amazon since October 2014. Aurora is available as part of the Amazon Relational Database Service.

Amazon Business offers business owners access to the retail giant's vast network of suppliers for easy ordering and bulk volume discounts.

Amazon Chime is a secure, real-time, unified communications service that runs on AWS cloud.

Amazon CloudFront is a content delivery network offered by Amazon Web Services.

Amazon CloudWatch enables the collection, access, and correlation of data on a single platform from across all AWS resources, applications, and services.

Amazon Connect is an easy to use omni-channel cloud contact center that helps companies provide superior customer service at a lower cost. Users are able to set up a contact center in minutes that can scale support to millions of customers.

Amazon Consulting Agency is a marketing consulting agency that helps sellers succeed on Amazon. Amazon consulting often starts with a conversation to understand seller goals on the Amazon Marketplace.

AWS Data Exchange simplifies access to data — eliminating the need to receive physical media, manage FTP credentials, or integrate with different APIs from multiple providers. When providers publish updates to their data sets, you will receive a notification so you can automatically consume new data as it's published.

Amazon DSP is a demand-side platform that allows users to programmatically buy ads to reach new and existing audiences on and off Amazon.

Amazon DynamoDB is a fully managed proprietary NoSQL database service that is offered by Amazon.com as part of the Amazon Web Services portfolio.

Amazon Elastic Block Store (EBS) provides raw block-level storage that can be attached to Amazon EC2 instances. These block devices can then be used like any raw block device.

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) forms a central part of Amazon.com's cloud-computing platform, Amazon Web Services (AWS), by allowing users to rent virtual computers on which to run their own computer applications.

Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) gives you the flexibility to start, run, and scale Kubernetes applications in the AWS Cloud or on-premises.

Processes big data across a Hadoop cluster of virtual servers on Amazon Elastic compute Cloud and Amazon Simple Storage Service.

Audio/video streaming smart device developed by Amazon

Amazon Freight blends technology with a network of 30,000+ Amazon trailers and carriers to move full truckload freight. It helps to meet demands of today and helps navigate roads ahead.

Collecting and processing large streams of data records in real time.

Amazon Machine Learning is a service that makes it easy for developers of all skill levels to use machine learning technology.

Amazon Marketing Services (AMS) offers effective tools to help vendors stand out against their competitors and drive traffic to product detail pages and branded pages.

Amazon Certified Frustration-Free Packaging is recyclable and comes without excess packaging materials.

An online payments processing service that is owned by Amazon.com.

Premium subscription offered by Amazon that includes access to a variety of services

Amazon QuickSight is a cloud-native, serverless, business intelligence with native ML integrations and usage-based pricing, allowing insights for all users. It is a fast, easy-to-use, cloud-powered business analytics service that makes it easy for all employees within an organization to build visualizations perform ad-hoc analysis, and quickly get business insights from their data, anytime, on any device.

An internet hosting service and data warehouse product which forms part of the larger cloud-computing platform Amazon Web Services.

Amazon Relational Database Service (or Amazon RDS) is a distributed relational database service by Amazon Web Services.

Amazon S3 is a web service offered by Amazon Web Services.

Amazon SageMaker is a fully-managed platform that enables developers and data scientists to quickly and easily build, train, and deploy machine learning models at any scale.

Amazon Seller Central is the interface that is used by merchants to market and sell their products directly to customers within the Amazon marketplace. An Amazon Seller Central account is considered a marketplace or third-party Amazon seller.

Amazon Selling refers to selling products on Amazon. Selling on Amazon is a program that lets individuals and businesses sell their products and inventory on in Amazon's stores, like Amazon.com

Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) is a cost-effective email service built on the reliable and scalable infrastructure that Amazon.com developed to serve its own customer base. With Amazon SES, you can send transactional email, marketing messages, or any other type of high-quality content to your customers.

Amazon Simple Notification Service (SNS) is a notification service provided as part of Amazon Web Services. It provides a low-cost infrastructure for the mass delivery of messages, predominantly to mobile users.

Textract is a fully managed machine learning service that automatically extracts printed text, handwriting, and other data from scanned documents that goes beyond simple optical character recognition (OCR) to identify, understand, and extract data from forms and tables.

Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a commercial cloud computing service that provides users a virtual private cloud, by 'provision[ing] a logically isolated section of Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud'.

A comprehensive evolving cloud platform provided by Amazon.com.

AWS GuardDuty is a service that enables governance, compliance, operational auditing, and risk auditing of Amazon Web Services (AWS) accounts.

Amazon GuardDuty is a threat detection service that continuously monitors for malicious activity and unauthorized behavior to protect your AWS accounts, workloads, and data stored in Amazon S3.

Ambient.ai is a computer vision intelligence company transforming enterprise security operations to prevent security incidents before they happen. Headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Domain: ambient.ai

Concept of electronic environments that are sensitive and responsive to the presence of people

Ambition's sales management software solutions provide robust scorecard & KPI tracking, effective gamification, actionable coaching sessions, & more. Headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

Ambra Health, is a software company that provides solutions for medical image sharing of DICOM and non-DICOM data between patients, physicians, and hospitals. As of 2016, the company has raised over $45 million for developing its cloud platform. Headquartered in NYC.

Ambry Genetics is built by scientists, genetic counselors and physicians, dedicated to leading the clinical genomic diagnostic industry. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, CA. Domain: ambrygen.com

Ambulatory care or outpatient care is medical care provided on an outpatient basis, including diagnosis, observation, consultation, treatment, intervention, and rehabilitation services.

A health care facility that specializes in providing surgery, pain management, and certain diagnostic services in an outpatient setting.

AMC Technology is a global leader in contact center and CRM integration with a vision for improving the customer experience through increased agent efficiency and personalization capabilities.

Amcor is a global packaging company that develops and produces flexible packaging, rigid containers, specialty cartons, closures and services for food, beverage, pharmaceutical, medical-device, home and personal-care, and other products. Headquartered in Zürich, Switzerland. Founded in 1864. Operating as Amcor plc. Website http://www.amcor.com

Amdoocs is a leading provider of customer relationship management and billing software to communications service providers.

America's Best 401k solves the primary problem that exists with the majority of existing 401k plans. It is our mission to rescue 401k plan participants from high, unnecessary, and unreasonable fees, and help secure a more comfortable retirement for you and your employees

The national association of family doctors.

The national professional society for PAs in the United States.

American Airlines Group Inc. is an American publicly-traded airline holding company headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas. It was formed on December 9, 2013, in the merger of AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, and US Airways Group, the parent company of US Airways.

A professional organization devoted to the field of clinical endocrinology.

The largest and only full service national professional membership organization for nurse practitioners of all specialties.

A national organization of internal medicine physicians

The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) is the proposed United States comprehensive privacy bill. Introduced in the House (06/21/2022), this Act is proposed to provide consumers with foundational data privacy rights, create strong oversight mechanisms, and establish meaningful enforcement.

A United States-based association working to fight the consequences of diabetes and to help those affected by diabetes

An American multinational financial services corporation

American Express Global Business Travel is a multinational travel and meetings program management company headquartered in Jersey City, NJ.

The American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF), more commonly referred to as Farm Bureau (FB), is an independent, non-governmental, voluntary organization governed by and representing farm and ranch families united for the purpose of analyzing their problems and formulating action to achieve educational improvement, economic opportunity and social advancement and, thereby, to promote the national well-being.

The AIA, The American Institute of Architects, advocates for the value of architecture and gives architects the resources they need to do their best work. As of 2020, they have over 95,000 members and are headquartered in Washington, DC.

An American multinational insurance corporation with more than 88 million customers in 130 countries

The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) is a nonprofit organization of conservative state legislators and private sector representatives who draft and share model state-level legislation for distribution among state governments in the United States.

American Litho, Inc., also known just as American Litho, is a data driven direct marketing solutions and printing services company. Headquartered in Carol Stream, IL. Founded in 1966. Website http://alitho.com/

The largest association of physicians and medical students in the United States

American Securities LLC is a U.S. private equity firm—based in New York, NY—that invests in market-leading North American companies.

A leading telehealth association helping to transform healthcare by improving the quality, equity and affordability of healthcare throughout the world

Americaneagle.com is essentially a one-stop shop offering a full range of solutions for anyone looking to succeed in their online endeavors. Americaneagle.com is a family owned privately held company with a long history of profitability and stability. Since 1995, Americaneagle.com has completed more than 12,000 Web projects for nearly every type and size of organization, in nearly every industry, including small companies, start-ups, Fortune 500 companies, Professional Sports teams, and manufacturers of niche products.

Ameriprise Financial is an American diversified financial services company. Ameriprise Financial engages in business through its subsidiaries, providing financial planning, products and services, including wealth management, asset management, insurance, annuities and estate planning.

AmerisourceBergen (ABC) is an American drug wholesale company that was formed by the merger of Bergen Brunswig and AmeriSource in 2001. AmerisourceBergen provides drug distribution and consulting related to medical business operations and patient services. Headquartered in Conshohocken, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2001. Operating as AmerisourceBergen Corporation. http://www.amerisourcebergen.com

Ameritas offers a wide range of insurance and financial products and services to individuals, families, and businesses. Headquartered in Lincoln, Nebraska. Founded in 1887. Operating as Ameritas Mutual Holding Company. Website http://www.ameritas.com

American Express Global Business Travel (NYSE: GBTG) is a multinational travel and meetings program management company. Headquartered in New York City, NY. Founded in 2014. Website https://www.amexglobalbusinesstravel.com/

Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company. Headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. Founded in 1980. Operating as Amgen Inc. Website http://www.amgen.com

Amica Insurance is a mutual insurance company that offers auto, home, and life insurance. Headquartered in Lincoln, RI. Founded in 1907. Website http://www.Amica.com

Amion is a hospital scheduling software tool. It builds schedules and streamlines scheduling access and paging across entire hospitals.

AML Insights helps users understand who they do business with and identify potential risk by verifying the identities of businesses and their authorized agents.

AML Risk Manager is a comprehensive anti-money laundering solution that goes beyond traditional transaction monitoring to ensure regulatory compliance. Users can screen, risk-rate, and collect necessary know-your-customer data for all transactions and manage risk through ongoing monitoring and due diligence.

Ammonia is a compound of nitrogen and hydrogen with the formula NH?. A stable binary hydride, and the simplest pnictogen hydride, ammonia is a colourless gas with a distinct pungent smell. It can serve as a fuel in energy production, a key checmical in feedstock and chemicals production, the main ingredient for cleaning materials, a fuel for engines, and a refrigerant for cooling systems.

Amobee is the world's leading independent advertising platform that unifies a TV, programmatic, digital and social. Headquaretered in Redwood City, CA.

Process of paying off debt with a fixed repayment schedule and regular installments over time.

Amper Technologies is an automation machinery manufacturing company that helps manufacturers improve efficiency and customer satisfaction using real-time operational data. Amper Technologies has powerful machine monitoring and analytics tools, enabling teams to identify the root causes of issues and systematically unlock hidden capacity and production losses. Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 2016. Operating as Amper Technologies, Inc. Website http://www.amper.xyz

Amperity is an Intelligent Customer Data Platform that empowers global consumer brands by unlocking all their customer data. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Domain: amperity.com

A retail engagement platform

Refers to the effective use of information technology in augmenting human intelligence.

Amplifire is a deep learning platform built from the newest discoveries in cognitive science. Amplifire is the leading elearning platform built from discoveries in brain science. It detects and corrects knowledge gaps and misinformation that exist in the minds of all humans and hinder performance. It allows people to master faster, retain longer and perform better. Headquartered in Boulder, CO.

Amplify's core and supplemental programs in ELA, math, and science engage all students in rigorous learning and inspire them to think deeply, creatively, and for themselves and their formative assessment and intervention products turn data into practical instructional support to help students at every skill level build a strong foundation in early reading and math. They are a curriculum and assessment company launched in July 2012. Headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Amplitude provides web and mobile analytics for building better products. Amplitude is the only analytics software built for modern product teams

ams AG, formerly known as austriamicrosystems AG and still known as AMS, is an Austrian electronics company that designs and manufactures sensors for small form factor, low power, highest sensitivity and multi-sensor applications. Headquartered in Austria.

Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, known informally as Schiphol, is the main international airport of the Netherlands.

AmTrust Financial is a multinational property and casualty insurance company that offers workers’ compensation, general liability, business owners policies, cyber liability, EPLI and more. Headquartered in New York, NY. Founded in 1990. Operating as AmTrust Financial Services, Inc. Website amtrustfinancial.com

Amusement park accidents refer to serious injuries or deaths that occur at amusement parks. Many such accidents are reported to regulatory authorities as usually required by law everywhere. The US Consumer Product Safety Commission tracks statistics for all amusement ride accidents.

Amwell, formerly known as American Well, is a telemedicine company based in Boston, Massachusetts, that connects patients with doctors over secure video. Headquartered in Boston, MA.

Anaconda is a free and open source distribution of the Python and R programming languages for data science and machine learning related applications, that aims to simplify package management and deployment.

Anaconda Inc. compiles and builds the packages available in the Anaconda repository. . They are a movement of data scientists, data-driven enterprises, and open-source communities. Domain: anaconda.com

An American multinational semiconductor company specializing in data conversion and signal processing technology

System that converts analog signals to digital signals

Analyst relations is a corporate strategy, corporate communications and marketing activity in which corporations communicate with ICT industry analysts (also known as research analysts) who work for independent research and consulting firms such as the leading four.

A read-only system that stores historical data on business metrics such as sales performance and inventory levels.

Analytics as a service (AaaS) refers to the provision of analytics software and operations through web-delivered technologies. These types of solutions offer businesses an alternative to developing internal hardware setups just to perform business analytics.

An Analytics Consultant's job revolves around the discovery and examination of data and the representation of the results and conclusions in a way that makes it clear which course of action would benefit the business the best.

Refers to analytics specific to software systems and related software development processes.

Anaplan provides a planning and performance management platform offering predictive analytics and cloud collaboration solutions for business groups.

Anaplasmosis is a disease caused by the bacterium Anaplasma phagocytophilum. These bacteria are spread to people by tick bites primarily from the blacklegged tick and the western blacklegged tick. People with anaplasmosis will often have fever, headache, chills, and muscle aches.

Anaqua, Inc. is a premium provider of integrated intellectual property (IP) management technology solutions and services. Anaqua’s AQX platform combines best practice workflows with big data analytics and tech-enabled services to create an intelligent environment designed to inform IP strategy, enable IP decision-making, and streamline IP operations. Anaqua delivers complete Intellectual Property software and services solutions, tailored to businesses' specific needs. Headquartered in Boston, MA.

Anatomical pathology is a medical specialty that is concerned with the diagnosis of disease based on the macroscopic, microscopic, biochemical, immunologic and molecular examination of organs and tissues.

Anchin is an accounting firm in the United States that provides a wide range of assurance, tax and advisory services, including accounting and auditing; tax planning and compliance; tax credits and incentives; and more. Headquartered in New York City.

An anchorage connector is a means of attaching a personal fall arrest, fall restraint, work positioning or rescue system to the anchorage that comes in many common types including anchor slings, roof anchors, beam clamps, rail sliders, trolleys, eyebolts and shepherd hooks.

Ancillary sales are one of the most overlooked ways to make huge profits. Ancillary sales are add-on products that you can buy in addition to the purchase you're making already.

Mobile operating system developed by Google

An Android API is an API that can be used for building Android applications.

Android Apps are applications that can be used on Android devices.

An Android push notification is a message delivered to applications on an Android device.

Smart TV platform developed by Google that creates an interactive television experience through a 10 foot user interface.

The branch of medicine concerned with anesthesia and anesthetics.

An angel investor (also known as a business angel, informal investor, angel funder, private investor, or seed investor) is an affluent individual who provides capital for a business start-up, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity. A small but increasing number of angel investors invest online through equity crowdfunding or organize themselves into angel groups or angel networks to share research and pool their investment capital, as well as to provide advice to their portfolio companies.

AngioDynamics is a company that provides minimally invasive medical devices used by professional healthcare providers for vascular access, surgery, peripheral vascular disease and oncology. Headquartered in Latham, New York.

A substance that inhibits the growth of new blood vessels.

Angiography or arteriography is a medical imaging technique used to visualize the inside, or lumen, of blood vessels and organs of the body, with particular interest in the arteries, veins and the heart chambers.

Anglo American plc is a British multinational mining company based in Johannesburg, South Africa and London, United Kingdom. It is the world's largest producer of platinum, with around 40% of world output, as well as being a major producer of diamonds, copper, nickel, iron ore and metallurgical and thermal coal.

A JavaScript-based open-source front-end web application framework

Anheuser-Busch Companies, LLC, often shortened to simply Busch after its flagship brand is an American brewing company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Anheuser-Busch has been woven into the cultural fabric of the United States, carrying on a legacy of brewing great-tasting, high-quality beers that have satisfied beer drinkers for generations. Domain: anheuser-busch.com

Animated videos use graphics and characters in a motion sequence designed to illustrate a concept or tell a story. Animated videos can help explain complex concepts, promote brands, and deliver content with engaging animated graphics and characters. Animation is a simulation of movement created by a series of illustrations or photographs displayed in rapid succession.

Animation Services is a solution or service for producing animated videos, which use graphics and characters in a motion sequence to tell stories.

Anion analysis may simply identify which anions are present in a sample (qualitative analysis) or also determine the quantity of anions present (quantitative analysis). Traditional wet chemistry uses colorimetric methods to identify and quantify the anion composition.

Ankura is a business advisory and expert services firm. Headquartered in New York, NY. Founded in 2014. Operating as Ankura Consulting Group, LLC. Website http://ankura.com

Annalect is a subsidary of Omnicom Group. Annalect is a provider of data-driven marketing strategy, powered by a connected system of technology, analytics, and consultants. NYSE: OMC. Domain: annalect.com

Annotations act as a notepad for your visualisations and graphs, across all of your dashboards, as well as our explore tool and allow you to pin-point when your acquisition campaign started

In the United States, annual enrollment (also known as open enrollment or open season) is a period of time, usually but not always occurring once per year, when employees of companies and organizations may make changes to their elected fringe benefit options, such as health insurance.

The term annual percentage rate of charge (APR), corresponding sometimes to a nominal APR and sometimes to an effective APR (or EAPR), is the interest rate for a whole year (annualized), rather than just a monthly fee/rate, as applied on a loan, mortgage loan, credit card, etc.

Annual Recurring Revenue, or ARR, is a subscription economy metric that shows the money that comes in every year for the life of a subscription (or contract).

A fixed sum of money paid to someone each year, typically for the rest of their life

Anodizing is an electrochemical process that converts the metal surface into a decorative, durable, corrosion-resistant, anodic oxide finish. Aluminum is ideally suited to anodizing, although other nonferrous metals, such as magnesium and titanium, also can be anodized.

Anomali is a US-based cyber security company known for its Threat Intelligence Platform that enables businesses to integrate security products and leverage threat data to defend against cyber threats. Headquartered in Redwood City, California.

the identification of items, events, or observations which do not conform to an expected pattern or other items in a dataset.

A type of information sanitation whose intent is privacy protection.

Anritsu Corporation is a Japanese multinational corporation in the telecommunications electronics equipment market.

Ansell is an Australian company which manufactures protective industrial and medical gloves. It was previously well known as a condom manufacturer but sold that division in 2017. Headquartered in Richmond, Australia.

Ansible is software that automates software provisioning, configuration management, and application deployment.

Ansys develops and markets engineering simulation software. Ansys software is used to design products and semiconductors, as well as to create simulations that test a product's durability, temperature distribution, fluid movements, and electromagnetic properties.

Antavo is an Enterprise Loyalty Cloud, providing best-in-class technology to manage experience-based, paid, and lifestyle loyalty programs online, in-store, or on mobile. Antavo’s no-code, API-centric platform makes the loyalty program experience fully customizable and empowers loyalty and marketing teams to run their program internally, without IT help. Headquartered in London. Domain: antavo.com

ANTHEM is a full-service strategic, design and marketing agency owned by SGK. SGK Anthem is a leading global design agency that defines, creates, producea, and transforms packaging and brand expereinces to amplify brands, giving them the freedom to speak louder, scale faster, and grow stronger. Headquartered in New York, NY.

Anthem, Inc. is an American health insurance company founded in the 1940s, prior to 2014 known as WellPoint, Inc. It is the largest for-profit managed health care company in the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.

Anthology Inc provides dynamic, data-informed experiences to the global education community so that learners and educators can achieve their goals. Headquartered in Boca Raton, FL.

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that is working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA. Domain: anthropic.com

Security software that blocks unsolicited electronic mail

Security software that blocks spyware

Security software that prevents malware

Legislation that encourages sanctions against bribery in international business transactions

An Anti-CCP (Anti-Cyclic Citrullinated Peptide) Test is used to detect seropositive rheumatoid arthritis

Legislation designed to limit the influence of money in politics

Anti-infectives is a general term used to describe any medicine that is capable of inhibiting the spread of an infectious organism or by killing the infectious organism outright. This term encompasses antibiotics, antifungals, anthelmintics, antimalarials, antiprotozoals, antituberculosis agents, and antivirals.

The set of policies, regulations, and laws designed to prevent the generation of income through illegal activities

Antispoofing is a technique for identifying and dropping packets that have a false source address. Spoofed packets are commonly used to carry out denial of service (DoS) attacks, exploit network and system vulnerabilities and gain unauthorized access to corporate networks and data.

An antibody is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogens such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

Antibody drug discovery and development is the process of identifying new therapeutic antibodies to combat different diseases such as cancers, HIV, autoimmune, hereditary, and more. The antibody-drug discovery process differs from the traditional drug discovery of small molecules as it requires the development of hybridomas and the engineering of antibodies to recognize a specific target protein.

An antibody, also known as an immunoglobulin, is a large, Y-shaped protein produced mainly by plasma cells that is used by the immune system to neutralize pathogens such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses.

An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms or stops their growth.

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR or AR) is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication previously used to treat them.The term includes the more specific antibiotic resistance (AR or ABR), which applies only to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics

The Antinuclear Antibody (ANA) Test is used as a primary test to help evaluate a person for autoimmune disorders that affect many tissues and organs throughout the body (systemic) and is most often used as one of the tests to help diagnose systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Relating to legislation or controlling trusts or other monopolies, with the intention of promoting competition in business.

AntWorks is an artificial intelligence and intelligent automation company based in Singapore. Headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Anyline GmbH is a B2B Saas mobile data capture company. Solutions include tire scanning, tire thread scanning, vehicle identification, license plate scanning, barcode scanning, ID scanning, and meter reading. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria. anyline.com

Aon plc is a global professional services firm headquartered in London that provides risk, retirement and health consulting.

Aon plc is a global professional services firm headquartered in London that provides risk, retirement and health consulting.

Accounts Payable Automation replaces manual, paper-based processes and spreadsheets, and removes time-consuming and costly tasks (streamlines accounting processes).

APA Engineering is a reputable provider of sourcing, engineering, compliance and technology solutions to the global automotive industry. Headquartered in Chennai, India. apaengineering.com

Apache ActiveMQ is an open source message broker written in Java together with a full Java Message Service (JMS) client. It provides 'Enterprise Features' which in this case means fostering the communication from more than one client or server.

A remote procedure call and data serialization framework developed within Apache's Hadoop project.

A free and open-source distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle large amounts of data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure.

An open source document-oriented database

An open source software framework that supports data-intensive distributed applications for interactive analysis of large-scale datasets.

Apache Druid is an open-source data store designed for sub-second queries on real-time and historical data. It is primarily used for business intelligence (OLAP) queries on event data. Druid provides low latency (real-time) data ingestion, flexible data exploration, and fast data aggregation. Existing Druid deployments have scaled to trillions of events and petabytes of data. Druid is most commonly used to power user-facing analytic applications.

Apache Flume is a distributed, reliable, and available service for efficiently collecting, aggregating, and moving large amounts of log data. It has a simple and flexible architecture based on streaming data flows

The Hadoop database.

A table and storage management layer for Hadoop that enables users with different data processing tools to more easily read and write data on the grid.

An open source Web server creation, deployment and management software.

Apache Iceberg is a high-performance format for huge analytic tables. Iceberg brings the reliability and simplicity of SQL tables to big data, while making it possible for engines like Spark, Trino, Flink, Presto, Hive and Impala to safely work with the same tables, at the same time.

Open source massively parallel processing query engine on top of clustered systems like Apache Hadoop.

Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing software platform developed by the Apache Software Foundation written in Scala and Java. The project aims to provide a unified, high-throughput, low-latency platform for handling real-time data feeds.

Apache Lucene is a freely available information retrieval software library that works with fields of text within document files.

Apache Mahout is a project of the Apache Software Foundation to produce free implementations of distributed or otherwise scalable matching learning algorithms focused primarily in the areas of collaborative filtering, clustering and classification.

A server -based workflow scheduling system to manage Hadoop jobs.

The Apache Software Foundation is an American nonprofit corporation to support a number of open-source software projects. The ASF was formed from a group of developers of the Apache HTTP Server and incorporated on March 25, 1999. Domain: apache.org

Apache Solr is an open source enterprise search platform, written in Java, from the Apache Lucene project. Its major features include full-text search, hit highlighting, faceted search, real-time indexing, dynamic clustering, database integration, NoSQL features and rich document handling.

An open source engine developed specifically for handling large-scale data processing and analytics.

Apache Spot overcomes the challenge of how to enhance data collection from different sources when most of the time our collectors are sending thousands of events per second overflowing available server resources.

Supports incremental loads of a single table or a free form SQL query as well as saved jobs which can be run multiple times to import updates made to a database since the last import.

Apache Subversion is a software versioning and revision control system distributed as open source under the Apache License. Software developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, and documentation.

Apache Superset is an open-source software application for data exploration and data visualization able to handle data at petabyte scale. The application started as a hack-a-thon project by Maxime Beauchemin while working at Airbnb and entered the Apache Incubator program in 2017.

Apache Tomcat, often referred to as Tomcat Server, is an open-source Java Servlet Container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF).

A centralized service for maintaining configuration information, naming, providing distributed synchronization, and providing group services. All of these kinds of services are used in some form or another by distributed applications.

Apax Partners LLP, based in London, UK, operates as a private equity firm. The Firm invests in consumer, healthcare, services, telecommunication, and technology sectors.

APCON, Inc. is a software development company that provides data center visibility and security solutions. Headquartered in Wilsonville, Oregon. https://apcon.com/

Aperia is a provider of ETL, BI, and hosted solutions in a variety of industries. Aperia platforms scale with industry, processing massive volumes on time. The Software as a Service (SaaS) platforms support millions of end users creating billions of transactions per day, all with the speed and reliability required for business. Headquarterd in Dallas, TX.

Apex Collateral is FIS' innovative solution for collateral management, optimization and trading on a single platform. It helps collateral traders, risk professionals, operations staff and senior management manage and optimize their collateral on an enterprise-wide basis.

Apex Plastics is a blow-molding plastics company. The company manufactures blow molding custom and standard plastic products. Solutions include injection blow molding, extrusion blow molding, warehouse & shipping, value added services, mold transfers, custom mold making, and product development. Headquartered in Brookfield, Missouri. https://www.apexplastics.com/

Apex Systems is a technology services business that incorporates industry insights and experience to deliver solutions that fulfill clients' digital visions. Apex is a segment of ASGN Inc. (NYSE: ASGN). Headquartered in Glen Allen, VA. Founded in 1995. Website http://www.apexsystems.com

Apex Tool Group is an American supplier of hand tools and power tools. It was formed as a joint venture of Cooper Industries and Danaher by the merger of Cooper Tools and Danaher's Tools and Components segment. Headquartered in Sparks Glencoe, Maryland. Founded in 2010. Operating as Apex Tool Group, LLC (ATG).

Apexon is a digital-first technology services firm specializing in accelerating business transformation and delivering human-centric digital experiences. Apexon, Inc. was acquired by Symphony Software Management Solutions. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California. Founded in 1996. Website https://www.apexon.com/

API design, or API architecture, is the process of developing a software interface that exposes backend data and application functionality for use in new applications.

An API gateway enables clients to retrieve data from multiple services with a single round-trip. Fewer requests also means less overhead and improves the user experience.

The process of publishing, documenting and overseeing application programming interfaces in a secure, scalable environment.

API Management platforms are used to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and scale APIs. They help monitor API traffic and enforce API policies, including key validation, quota management, transformation, authorization, and access control.

Monetizing API products requires creation of API packages which provide developers a set of API products, creating a transaction recording policy, and development of rate plans for each API package.

API security entails authenticating programs or users who are invoking APIs. In a multi-tenant environment, proper security controls need to be put in place to only allow access on 'need to have' basis through use of authentication protocols.

The API-first approach refers to a product-centric strategy in software development where an application programming interface (API) is created before any code is written. It views the role of APIs as discrete products, rather than integrations subsumed within other systems. The overall goal is to produce a set of modular, interoperable APIs which, when combined, create an API platform that fosters innovation.

Apigee Corp. was a API management and predictive analytics software provider before its merger into Google Cloud. It was founded in 2004 as Sonoa Systems before being rebranded as Apigee in 2010. Its parent organization is Google and its headquarters is located in San Jose, CA.

Apogee Corporation is a provider of managed workplace services, which combines print, document, and IT services. Headquartered in Maidstone, Kent. Founded in 1993. Website http://www.apogeecorp.com

KCOR is an American private equity cafe, based in New York, NY. The firm specializes in leveraged buyout transactions and purchases of distressed securities involving corporate restructuring, special situations, and industry consolidations.

App Analytics Companies are organizations that offer products or services for evaluating mobile app performance or engagement.

A term used to denote the act or process by which application software is developed for mobile devices, such as a personal digital assistant, enterprise digital assistant, or mobile phone.

AppDynamics is an application performance management and IT operations analytics company based in San Francisco. The company focuses on managing the performance and availability of applications across cloud computing environments as well as inside the data center.

App monetization is a means of making money from a mobile app without charging for it.

App Optimization focuses on improving the mobile performance of an app by reducing power consumption or disabling the app when not in use.

Marketplace used for distributing computer software

The process of improving the visibility of a mobile app (such as an iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry or Windows Phoneapp) in an app store (such as iTunes for iOS, Google Play for Android, Windows Store for Windows Phone or BlackBerry World for BlackBerry).

App Annie is the standard in app analytics and app market data, giving you one easy-to-use platform for running every stage of your app business.

Appcast is using data and programmatic targeting to revolutionize the global recruitment advertising industry. From its namesake pay-per-applicant job ad exchange to its market-leading recruitment media optimization platform, Appcast is changing how leading employers, recruitment firms, ad agencies, and job sites attract high-quality job seekers. Headquartered in Lebanon, NH.

Appcelerator is a privately held mobile technology company based in San Jose, California. Its main products are Titanium, an open-source software development kit for cross-platform mobile development.

In healthcare, an appeal is a request for the provider to review information and change their decision. A grievance is any complaint other than one that involves a coverage decision.

Appen (APX.AX) is a data company that provides or improves data used for the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence products. Founded in 1996. Website http://appen.com

Appflow is a powerful Mobile DevOps and CI/CD service that gives mobile app dev teams managed mobile build environments, automated app update capabilities, and app store submission features. Headquartered in Latin America. Domain: useappflow.com

AppFolio was founded in 2006 and offers software-as-a-service applications for vertical markets. AppFolio initially focused on Property Management. With the acquisition of MyCase in 2012, it expanded into the Law Practice Management industry.

Appgate (also known as AppGate, Inc.) is a secure access company. Avast provides solutions for people, devices, and systems based on the principles of Zero Trust and are the industry-leader in Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) and risk-based consumer solutions. Headquartered in Coral Gables, FL. https://www.appgate.com/

Appian Corporation is a cloud computing company currently headquartered in Tyson's Corner, Virginia. Appian sells a Platform as a Service for building enterprise software applications.

Appian Corporation is a cloud computing company currently headquartered in Tysons, Virginia, part of the Dulles Technology Corridor. Appian sells a Platform as a Service for building enterprise software applications. It is a leader in the Low-Code Development, Business process management, and Case Management markets.

Appinio is a company that helps companies always make the right decisions through real-time market research. As the world’s largest opinion network, every day we collect millions of responses from consumers to allow our clients to move from questions to insights in minutes. Founded in 2014. Domain: appinio.com

Applanix, based in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada, develops and manufactures a line of Inertial Navigation System products.

Applause is a venture-funded company that tests software and conducts usability feedback research. The company's headquarters is located in Framingham, Massachusetts.

An American multinational technology company

ARKit is Apple's augmented reality (AR) platform for iOS devices. It enables developers to produce apps that interact with the world around you using the device's cameras and sensors.

Apple Business Chat is a way for organizations to connect with customers directly from within Messages. Using Business Chat, customers can get answers to questions, resolve issues and complete transactions on their iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple Watch. Customers can locate a business and start conversations from Maps, Search, and Siri.

Apple Business Essentials is a subscription based program designed by Apple to provide businesses with the tools and resources they need to be successful with Apple products. The program offers a range of benefits, including access to business experts, resources for deploying and managing Apple devices, and discounts on purchases for businesses. Some of the services offered through Apple Business Essentials include technical support, device management, and enterprise apps and solutions. The program is designed to help businesses of all sizes adopt and integrate Apple technology into their workflow, and to provide ongoing support to ensure they are getting the most out of their investment.

Apple File System is a proprietary file system for macOS High Sierra and later, iOS 10.3 and later, tvOS 10.2 and later, and watchOS 3.2 and later, developed and deployed by Apple Inc.

Line of tablet computers developed by Apple

Apple Music for Business works with playlist curators to generate playlists for any mood or moment by licensing with performing rights organizations (PROs). These hand-selected tracks help businesses develop a solid strategy and choose the right sound for their brand. Created by Apple.

Apple Pay is a mobile payment and digital wallet service by Apple Inc. that lets users make payments using an iPhone, Apple Watch, iPad or Mac.

Apple Search Ads (ASA), launched in 2016, are sponsored ads that can appear at the top of the search results page of the Apple App Store for iPhones and iPads. Initially, ASAs worked like most pay-per-click (PPC) networks. Developers who paid for ads were charged for every ad click (or “tap” on a mobile device.)

AppleCare for Enterprise includes flexible service options, priority onsite services, and as fast as next-business-day device repair or replacement.

Devices designed to perform a specific task

Applica is redefining intelligent automation for documents. Its unique deep learning approach allows for rapid comprehension of documents that were previously impossible for a machine to understand. Now non-technical employees can easily leverage AI to modernize yesterday's business processes today. Headquartered in New York, New York.

An applicable large employer is any company or organization that has an average of at least 50 full-time employees or 'full-time equivalents' or 'FTE.'

The processes of gathering data about applicants and keeping track of their application process.

A software application that enables the electronic handling of recruitment needs.

Uses a number of technologies to improve application performance and response time over network connections.

The capacity of an intelligent network to maintain current information about applications that connect to I and, as a result, optimize their functioning as well as that of other applications or systems that they control.

An application delivery network is a suit of technologies that, when deployed together, provide application availability, security, visibility, and acceleration.

Application development is a term used to denote the act or process by which application software is developed for mobile devices, such as personal digital assistants, enterprise digital assistants or mobile phones.

A package that enables enterprise developers to build integrated multi-tier applications easily and rapidly.

The process of bringing data or a function from one application program together with that of another application program.

An application layer is an abstraction layer that specifies the shared communications protocols and interface methods used by hosts in a communications network.

The supervision of a software application from its initial planning through retirement.

A combination of the provision of services for application and support for the application systems throughout their entire lifecycle.

Application migration is the process of moving an application program from one environment to another.

Application modernization is the refactoring, re-purposing or consolidation of legacy software programming to align it more closely with current business needs.

Application Offboarding is the process of revoking application access to users, most commonly former employees or contractors.

Application Onboarding is the process of granting application access to new users.

Application performance is the monitoring and management of performance and availability of software applications.

The monitoring and management of performance and availability of software applications.

Application platforms play a fundamental role in modern computing environments. Applications and the data they use provide all of the value that information technology brings, and virtually every application depends on an application platform.

An application platform as a service refers to a cloud environment for designing, building, deploying and managing custom business applications.

An application programming interface (API) is an array of tools and protocols that connect one software to another and allow customers, developers and partners to interact through simple and programmable systems that appeal to their needs and preferences

Application release automation refers to the process of packaging and deploying an application or update of an application from development, across various environments, and ultimately to production.

Application security is the use of software, hardware, and procedural methods to protect applications from external threats.

Application Security Testing (AST) is the process of testing, analyzing and reporting on the security level and/or posture of a Web application.

A component-based product that resides in the middle-tier of a server centric architecture.

Defined as an enterprise that delivers application functionality and associated services across a network to multiple customers using a rental or usage-base transaction-pricing model.

A business providing computer-based services to customers over a network; such as access to a particular software application using a standard protocol.

Can be divided into two general classes: systems software and applications software.

Applications architecture or application architecture is one of several architecture domains that form the pillars of an enterprise architecture (EA).

Applied Materials is the leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. Our expertise in modifying materials at atomic levels and on an industrial scale enables customers to transform possibilities into reality. At Applied Materials, our innovations make possible a better future. Headquartered in Santa Clara, CA. Domain: appliedmaterials.com

Applied Predictive Technologies (APT) is a software company that provides business analytics software, designed to help large, consumer-facing businesses reduce the risk of any new initiative by systematically testing the idea with a subset of stores, customers, or employees

Applied Systems, Inc. provides insurance software solutions. Based in Monee, IL, the company offers client management, electronic data interchange, and cloud-based software services.

AppLocker is an application whitelisting technology introduced with Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system. AppLocker allows restricting which programs users can execute based on the program's path, publisher, or hash.[1] AppLocker can be configured for an enterprise via Group Policy.

Applovin Corporation, doing business as AppLovin, is a mobile technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2012, it operated in stealth mode until 2014.

ApplyBoard is an online platform that empowers international students to discover and apply to institutions in Canada, the USA, & the UK. Headquartered in Kitchener, ON.

A multinational technology company whose cloud-based software platform enables and optimizes programmatic online advertising

A software system that helps keep track of and make appointments.

Online appointment scheduling software provides customers with a portal to book an appointment online, and enables businesses to track and manage those appointments.. This software enables businesses to schedule appointments, view calendars, print schedules and forms, customize schedules, and enforce scheduling rules.

AppointmentPlus' scheduling software cuts down on inefficiency, increases productivity and reduces no shows through convenient online booking. Parent organization is DaySmart Software.

AppRiver, LLC, headquartered inGulf Breeze, FL, provides cloud-based email and cyber security solutions to businesses worldwide.

Appsee is a mobile analytics platform that offers quantitative analytics tools that enable tracking and optimization of app UX.

AppSense is a leading provider of management solutions for secure user environments. AppSense has helped thousands of customers optimize and secure millions of endpoints, helping IT departments gain the most from their enterprise workspace. LANDESK acquired AppSense in April 2016. In January 2017, as a result of the purchase of LANDESK by Clearlake Capital and the establishment of the new company Ivanti, both the AppSense and LANDESK product brands were woven into the Ivanti line of technology solutions. Headquartered in South Jordan, UT. Founded in 1999. https://www.ivanti.com/company/history/appsense

AppsFlyer is a software company that offers a SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform that helps brands make choices for their business and their customers through privacy-preserving measurement, analytics, fraud protection, and engagement technologies. Their services aim to enable developers, businesses, and marketing agencies to track and optimize their acquisition funnel. Headquartered in San Francisco, California. https://www.appsflyer.com/

Apptio is a Bellevue, Washington-based company founded in 2007 that develops technology business management software as a service applications. Apptio enterprise apps are designed to assess and communicate the cost of IT services for planning, budgeting and forecasting purposes. https://www.apptio.com

AppVault is an IT Services and IT Consulting company that helps organizations reach, engage, and hire talent. As a cloud-based Recruitment Marketing Platform and innovative Recruitment Advertising Agency, AppVault enables Recruiting Departments of all sizes to optimize, expand, and improve their Talent Acquisition effectiveness. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Founded in 2002. Operating as AppVault.

AppViewX, based in Seattle, WA, is a network infrastructure management solution catering to the needs of enterprises that have invested heavily in data centres and require an agile network management solution.

Aprimo is a United States-based company that develops and sells marketing automation software and digital asset management technology for marketing and customer experience departments in enterprise organizations. Its software is designed to help manage the behind-the-scenes activities involved in marketing.

Aprio is a full-service CPA-led business advisory firm. It advises clients and associates on how to achieve what's next through advisory, assurance, tax, outsourced accounting solutions and private client services, and more. Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

aPriori helps global design & sourcing teams collaborate effectively to bring innovative, cost-optimized products to market faster w/our pcm solutions.

APRISO is a prescription medicine that is used for the maintenance of remission of UC (Ulcerative Colitis) in patients 18 years of age and older.

Apruve is a financial services company that believes that A/R automation will continue to march forward toward automated invoice financing. Its mission is to enable large global enterprises to automate financed credit programs to deliver transformative change. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN. Domain: apruve.com

Apstra pioneered Intent-Based Networking and Intent-Based Analytics to eliminate the complexities and inefficiencies that plague data center network operations today. Apstra's core mission is to deliver on the vision of a Self-Operating Network that delivers log scale improvements in CapEx, OpEx and capacity.

Enterprise application software providers CDC Software Corporation and Consona Corporation, with a total of 1,500 employees and 5,000 customers, merged in August 2012 to form Aptean Corporation. Headquartered in Alpharetta, GA.

Aptitude Health provides evidence-based solutions for life science companies seeking to identify, develop, and commercialize oncology and hematology innovations. Aptitude Health transforms the world’s growing scientific and clinical knowledge into better patient outcomes. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Founded in 2004.

Aptos, Inc. provides online based retail enterprise management solutions. They offer point of sale, digital commerce, order management, merchandising, analytics, and customer relationship management solution and serve customers worldwide.

A category-defining Quote-to-Cash software delivering CPQ, Contract Management, E-Commerce & Revenue Management

Aqua Security provides full dev-to-prod container security solution on Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Fargate, Lambda, AWS & other container platforms. It is the largest pure-play cloud native security company, providing customers the freedom to innovate and run their businesses with minimal friction.

Aquant is a software development company and an enterprise AI platform provider that uses machine learning to learn the enterprise's unique language and maximize equipment uptime. Headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2016. Website http://www.aquant.io

Aquent is a recruitment and staffing company specializing in placing temporary employees in marketing and creative industries. Headquartered in Boston, MA. Founded in 1986. Operating as Aquent LLC. Website http://www.aquent.com

Hardware components for Augmented Reality, which includes a processor, display, sensors and input devices.

AR VR App Development Services is the creation of augmented reality and virtual reality experiences including but not limited to 3D modeling/animation and computer vision to spatial audio and frontend/backend development.

Aramark Corporation, known commonly as Aramark, is an American food service, facilities, and uniform services provider to clients in areas including education, healthcare, business, prisons, and leisure. Headquartered in Philadelphia, PA.

ArangoDB is a native multi-model database system[1] developed by triAGENS GmbH. The database system supports three important data models (key/value, documents, graphs) with one database core and a unified query language AQL (ArangoDB Query Language).

Aras Corporation is an American developer and publisher of product development and product lifecycle management (PLM) software.

Arbela is a technology and business partner dedicated to creating solutions and services customized to support strategic business goals. Whether the initiative is a complete business system replacement or adding a single functional capability—Arbela's solutions, expertise, and proven methodology will enable you to achieve faster and better results. Headquartered in Irvine, CA.

Simultaneous purchase and sale of an asset to profit from a difference in the price.

The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.

The use of an arbitrator to settle a dispute.

Arbor Networks is a software company founded in 2000 and based in Burlington, Massachusetts, United States, which sells network security and network monitoring software, used according to the company's claims by over 90% of all Internet service providers. The company's products are used to protect networks from denial-of-service attacks, botnets, computer worms, and efforts to disable network routers.

American based technology research firm for industry and infrastructure.

An arc fault is a high power discharge of electricity between two or more conductors. This discharge generates heat, which can damage the power distribution and hurt humans severely. For final circuits it can break down the wire's insulation and trigger an electrical fire. Both an arc flash and an arc blast are separate byproducts of an arc fault.

Arc Flash Study is the assessment of a facility by an electrical safety professional to determine risks and hazards in relation to electrical systems. It identifies electrical safety hazards, violations, and non-compliance within a facility.

ARCA's cash automation technologies have delivered undeniable value to financial institutions and retail businesses by saving them time and money. They work with customers all over the world to understand their cash problems and deliver the right solution. Headquartered in Mebane, NC.

Arcadia is the only healthcare data and software company dedicated to healthcare organizations achieving financial success in value-based care. Recognized as Best in KLAS in Value-Based Care Managed Services three years in a row. Located in Boston, Pittsburgh, Chicagoland, and Seattle.

Arcadia Enterprise is the first visual analytics and BI software that runs natively within modern data platforms such as Apache Hadoop and the cloud.

Arcadia Group Ltd. (formerly Arcadia Group plc and Burton Group plc) is a British multinational retailing company headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

ARCAT, Inc. is an information services company that provides information on building materials for architects, spec writers, engineers and contractors. It offers CAD, BIM, and specification libraries that include thousands of manufacturers with thousands of their cad details, specifications, BIM families, wizards, links to every web site and other information. It provides its services to architects, spec writers, engineers, and contractors. Headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. https://www.arcat.com/

ArcBest (NASDAQ: ARCB) is a transportation company for truckload and less-than-truckload freight, freight brokerage, household good moving, and transportation management companies. Headquartered in Fort Smith, AR. Founded in 1966. Operating as ArcBest Corporation. Website https://www.arcb.com

ArcGIS is a geographic information system (GIS) for working with maps and geographic information. It is used for creating and using maps, compiling geographic data, analyzing mapped information, sharing and discovering geographic information, using maps and geographic information in a range of applications, and managing geographic information in a database.

ArcGIS Utilty Network is a spatial information management system for utilities. It is what users work with when managing utility and telecom networks in ArcGIS, providing a comprehensive framework of functionality for the modeling of utility systems such as electric, gas, water, storm water, wastewater, and telecommunications. It is designed to model all of the components that make up the system of the user —such as wires, pipes, valves, zones, devices, and circuits—and allows them to build real-world behavior into the network features they model. It is a product from the company Esri (Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc.). https://www.esri.com/en-us/arcgis/products/arcgis-utility-

Arch Capital Group Ltd. is a Bermuda-based public limited liability company which writes insurance, reinsurance and mortgage insurance on a worldwide basis, with a focus on specialty lines, the segment of the insurance industry where the more difficult and unusual risks are written.

The Archer Daniels Midland Company is an American global food processing and commodities trading corporation, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Architectural Design is the the design of buildings or urban landscapes.

Archiving is the transfer of data to a less frequently used storage medium such as magnetic tape, typically external to the computer system and having a greater storage capacity.

ARCOS provides SaaS solutions to solve resource management challenges that critical infrastructure companies face. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Micro Focus ArcSight was a cyber security company founded in 2000 that provides big data security analytics and intelligence software for security information and event management and log management solutions.

Arctic Shipping Infrastructure refers to infrastructural developments to support industry and communities in the Arctic, such as deep-draft port and comprehensive nautical charting. The lack of infrastructure exacerbates risks inherent to shipping in the Arctic (such as vast distances and dangerous weather).

Arctic Wolf is a a company that offers cloud-based security operation center (SOC)-as -a-service. Their solutions include managed detection and response (MDR), managed risk, and managed cloud monitoring. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA.

Arena PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) is a software aimed at tackling product development challenges. It seeks to help users empower companies to develop and deliver innovative products fast. Features include product record control, change management, and supply chain collaboration. It is a product under the company Arena.

Arena Solutions, Inc. develops cloud-based product lifecycle management (PLM) and supply chain software solutions for engineering and manufacturing companies. Headquartered in Foster City, CA.

Argo AI is an autonomous driving technology company that builds software, hardware, maps, and cloud-support infrastructure that powers self-driving vehicles. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 2016. Operating as Argo AI, LLC.

ARGO develops, installs, and supports high-value technology and analytical-sciences financial services and healthcare software.

Argo Project is an open source suite of projects that helps developers deliver software more rapidly and safely. Kubernetes-native Argo makes it easier for developers to deploy and release their own applications.

Argyle is an internet publishing company that provides a single global access point to employment data. From that access point, any business can process verifications, gain real-time transparency into earnings as well as view and update worker profile details. Founded in 2018.

Aria Systems develops a cloud-based platform that provides subscription-based billing solutions for enterprises.

Arise is a customer experience management company that provides various services such as business process outsourcing, consulting, and customer experience outsourcing solutions.

A computer networking company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, USA

Arize is a machine learning observability platform to help unpack the proverbial AI black box. Solutions provides ML teams the tools they need to understand whether their models are performing as expected in production and quickly get to the cause behind issues that emerge.

Arkadin is a cloud communications company that offers a range of Unified Communications and audio, web and video conferencing, as well as virtual events all hosted in the Cloud. Its parent organization is NTT Communications.

Arma Partners provides independent corporate finance advice to companies and investors active in the global digital economy. Arma Partners acts as trusted advisors to digital economy leaders throughout their entire corporate lifecycle, from raising private capital for fast-growing disrupters and founder-led businesses to orchestrating complex cross-border M&A deals for private equity investors and global large-cap public companies. Headquartered in London.

Armanino is one of the top 25 largest accounting, consulting, and technology firms in the US providing business solutions to organizations across the globe. It was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Armis, Inc. develops an Internet of things (IoT) security solutions. The company, based in Palo Alto, CA, offers a platform to control and detect activity and threats on devices and networks, as well as provides protection to organizations from unmanaged and rogue devices

ARMS Reliability is a global provider of reliability solutions to resource, power, utility, and manufacturing companies. Through a unique blend of innovative technology, advisory services and decades of reliability engineering experience, ARMS Reliability helps companies build, deploy and improve strategies for the entire asset life cycle. Headquartered in Ocean Grove, Victoria. Founded in 1995.

Armstrong Flooring Inc (AFI) (or Armstrong Flooring) is a company that offers flooring solutions for residential homes, commercial spaces, builders, and property management. Headquartered in Lancaster, PA. https://www.armstrongflooring.com/corporate/en-us/

Armstrong Teasdale LLP is a partner-owned law firm. For more than a century, Armstrong Teasdale LLP has forged long-term relationships with clients large and small around the globe. Since our founding in 1901, they have grown to be one of the 200 largest law firms in the U.S. Headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. Domain: armstrongteasdale.com

Aronson LLC is a nationally ranked Top 100 assurance, tax, and consulting firm. Headquartered in Rockville, MD.

Arrive Logistics is a multimodal transportation and technology company providing strategic solutions for both shippers and carriers. It is one of the fastest-growing freight brokerages in the nation, with exponential growth in both size and revenue each year since our founding in 2014. Headquartered in Austin, TX. Domain: arrivelogistics.com

Arrow Electronics is an American Fortune 500 company headquartered in Centennial, Colorado. The company specializes in distribution and value added services relating to electronic components and computer products.

Arrow company specializes in distribution and value added services relating to electronic components and computer products. Developing technology solutions that improve business and daily life, Arrow guides innovation forward for the world's leading technology manufacturers and service providers. Headquartered in Centennial, CO. Domain: arrow.com

Arrow Global is a leading European investor and asset-manager in non-performing and non-core assets. We identify, acquire and manage secured and unsecured loan and real estate portfolios from financial institutions, such as banks and credit card companies. Headquartered in Manchester, England. Founded in 2005. Domain: arrowglobal.net

Arrowroot Capital is a global growth equity firm based in Santa Monica, CA focused on minority, majority, and buyout investments in B2B software companies.

Arthur D. Little is an international management consulting firm originally headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States, and formally incorporated by that name in 1909 by Arthur Dehon Little, an MIT chemist who had discovered acetate. Arthur D. Little pioneered the concept of contracted professional services.

The theory and development of computer systems able to perform asks that normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages.

Artificial Intelligence for IT Operations (AIOps) refers to multi-layered technology platforms that automate and enhance IT operations by using analytics and machine learning to analyze big data collected from various IT operations tools and devices, in order to automatically spot and react to issues in real time.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Banking makes banking processes faster, money transfers safer, and back-end operations more efficient.

Artificial intelligence (AI) in sales helps companies boost lead volume, improve close rates, and overall sales performance.

With AI in the supply chain, it provides it with contextual intelligence which can be used by them to reduce operating costs and manage inventory.

Artificial lift refers to the use of artificial means to increase the flow of liquids, such as crude oil or water, from a production well. Generally this is achieved by the use of a mechanical device inside the well (known as pump or velocity string) or by decreasing the weight of the hydrostatic column by injecting gas into the liquid some distance down the well.

An artificial organ is an engineered device or tissue that is implanted or integrated into a human — interfacing with living tissue — to replace a natural organ, to duplicate or augment a specific function or functions so the patient may return to normal life as soon as possible.

Artificial Solutions (NASDAQ: ASAI) is a multinational technology company that develops technology to enable enterprises to rapidly build conversational AI systems that allow users to converse with applications and electronic devices in free-format, natural language, using speech, text, touch or gesture.

Artwork Management is the practice of reducing manual processes, simplifying approval cycles, and increasing overall efficiency. Artwork management software streamlines the process to save you time and money, help you stay organized, and keep branding consistent and accurate.

A Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company, is a vendor of data networking solutions for enterprises and businesses worldwide.

Arup Group Limited is a British multinational professional services firm headquartered in London which provides design, engineering, architecture, planning, and advisory services across every aspect of the built environment. Domain: arup.com

Arvato is a global services company headquartered in Gütersloh, Germany. Its services include customer support, information technology, logistics, and finance.

Aryaka is a Cloud-First Managed SD-WAN service provider with offerings such as connectivity, application acceleration, security, cloud networking and insights. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

AS2 (Applicability Statement 2) is a specification about how to transport structured business-to-business data securely and reliably over the Internet. Security is achieved by using digital certificates and encryption.

Asana is a web and mobile application designed to help teams organize, track, and manage their work. It is a software-as-a-service designed to improve team collaboration and work management. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

ASC 606 is a revenue recognition standard and framework for recognizing revenue from contracts.

Ascensus is the largest, independent provider of retirement plans through partnerships with top financial institutions, banks etc. It is an American financial services company. Headquartered in Dresher, PA.

Ascent Global Logistics is a leading 3Pl solutions provider offering Domestic, International and On-Demand solutions. Ascent Global Logistics focuses on uncomplicating logistics. Through its Domestic, International and On-Demand offerings, Ascent helps its clients simplify supply chain management by providing customized solutions, premium customer service and state-of-the-art technology. Headquartered in Belleville, Michigan.

Ascent360 partners with B2C marketers to simplify today’s increasingly complex data world and enable authentic relationships with prospects and customers. Its Customer Data Platform (CDP) creates a single source of truth from your siloed data sources. Headquartered in Golden, CO.

ASG Technologies Group, Inc., or ASG Technologies, is a software company that provides enterprise information management and IT System Management solutions technology. Products include IBM Z, Rocket DevOps, Rocket D3, Storage Monitoring and Capacity Planning, and more. Their top vertical markets including Healthcare, Financial Services, Insurance and Government. Headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. https://www.asg.com/

The Indian botanical Withania somnifera Dunal—or ashwagandha—is known in Ayurvedic practice as a rasayana, or life extender. It has been used for more than 4,000 years for its ability to support the body, both physical and mental. Today, it can be found in myriad markets around the globe, formulated not only into dietary supplements but also into beverages, foods and much more. It powerful botanical ingredients have the ability to bring the body into balance, supporting a healthy immune or inflammatory response.

AsiaPay Limited provides electronic payment services for banks, merchants, and charities in Asia. It offers credit card payment processing, debit card payment, mobile payment, charity donation, MircoPayment, and payment security solutions. Headquartered in Hong Kong.

ASIS International is a professional organization for security professionals that issues certifications, standards, and guidelines for the security profession. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. Founded in 1955. Operating as ASIS International.

ASP.NET is an open-source server-side web application framework designed for web development to produce dynamic web pages.

Aspect provides a full suite of best-of-breed contact center and workforce management software to help enterprise call centers achieve better custom experiences.

Aspect-oriented programming (AOP) is a programming paradigm that aims to increase modularity by allowing the separation of cross-cutting concerns.

Aspen Technology, Inc., known as AspenTech, is a provider of software and services for the process industries headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts. AspenTech has 35 offices around the world, on all continents.

Aspire Systems is a global technology services firm serving as a trusted technology partner for its customers. They work with some of the world's most innovative enterprises and independent software vendors, helping them leverage technology and outsourcing in their specific areas of expertise.

An assembler is a program for converting instructions written in low-level symbolic code into machine code.

Assent Compliance provides cloud-based SaaS solutions that help companies automate supplier engagement and logic-driven data validation to produce actionable analytics on information related to product compliance, corporate social responsibility and vendor management, and optimize the audit reporting and delivery process. Headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

The evaluation or estimation of the nature, quality, or ability of someone or something.

Asset Classification is a system for assigning assets into groups, based on a number of common characteristics. Various accounting rules are then applied to each asset group within the asset classification system, to properly account for each one.

Asset Criticality is value a business assigns to its most vital equipment based on a schema of its own design. Asset Criticality can be determined by a combination of three elements: consequences, reliability, and detectability.

Asset Hierarchy is a way to logically organize all the machinery, equipment, and individual components owned by a company in one or more locations. It also helps to identify how these components all work together.

A systematic process of deploying, operating, maintaining, upgrading, and disposing of assets cost-effectively or ineffectively.

Asset Management Software is a software program designed to aid in the process of managing personal or corporate assets.

Asset Panda is a software development company with a cloud-based asset tracking/management SaaS platform. Asset Panda's software solutions are highly configurable to how organizations manage their equipment and helps companies streamline everything from auditing to facilities management to calibration tracking. Headquartered in Frisco, Texas. Founded in 2012. Website http://www.assetpanda.com

Asset Performance Management (APM) is a software application designed to increase asset reliability and availability while reducing unnecessary maintenance.

An asset purchase agreement (APA) is an agreement between a buyer and a seller that finalizes terms and conditions related to the purchase and sale of a company's assets.

Asset reservations manage the use of your company or organization’s assets by your employees. By requiring reservations to use assets, and carefully tracking when those reservations occur, you can ensure that assets are properly allocated where, when, and with whom they’re most needed.

The non-recourse cash sale of assets from one agency to another

Act of keeping track of business assets

Bonds or notes backed by financial assets.

Business loan secured by collateral

Assets under management (AUM), sometimes called funds under management (FUM), measures the total market value of all the financial assets which a financial institution such as a mutual fund, venture capital firm, or brokerage house manages on behalf of its clients and themselves.

Assignment of Benefits (AOB) is an agreement that transfers the insurance claims rights or benefits of the policy to a third-party. An AOB gives the third-party authority to file a claim, make repair decisions, and collect insurance payments without the involvement of the homeowner.

An assisted living residence or assisted living facility is a housing facility for people with disabilities or for adults who cannot or who choose not to live independently

Associated British Foods plc is a British multinational food processing and retailing company whose headquarters are in London. Its ingredients division is the world's second-largest producer of both sugar and baker's yeast and a major producer of other ingredients including emulsifiers, enzymes and lactose.

Association Management Software, also known as AMS, is an all-in-one management tool. It brings together a website builder, contact database, communications system (email), finance and payment system, event platform and more.

Association Membership System describes platforms that bring all aspects of your membership management together in one integrated system. This means a member's database, website, dues renewals, marketing, event management, learning management system, and other management processes are all hosted within one platform.

Assortment planning is a process whereby products are selected and planned to maximize sales and profit for a specified period of time. The assortment plan considers the financial objectives and seasonality of merchandise to ensure proper receipt flow.

Assurance IQ is a direct-to-consumer platform that transforms the buying experience for individuals seeking personalized health and financial wellness solutions. Headquartered in Seattle, WA. Founded in 2016. Operating as Assurance IQ, LLC and Assurance IQ, Inc. Website http://www.assurance.com

Assurant is a global provider of risk management products and services. Its businesses provide a diverse set of specialty, niche-market insurance products in the property, casualty, extended device protection, and preneed insurance sectors. Headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1892. Operating as Assurant, Inc. Website http://www.assurant.com

AssuredPartners is a national partnership of leading independent insurance brokers specializing in property and casualty and employee benefits. Headquartered in Lake Mary, FL.

As of September 17, 2012, Astadia, Inc. was acquired by Idea Integration, Corp. Astadia, Inc. provides management and information technology consultancy services. Headquartered in Boston, MA. Domain: astadia.com

Astellas Pharma (OTCMKTS:ALPMY) is a Japanese multinational pharmaceutical company. Headquartered in Chuo City, Tokyo, Japan. Founded in 2005. Its subsidiaries include Astellas Pharma US, Inc., Xyphos Biosciences, Inc., Mitobridge, Inc., Iota Biosciences, Inc., etc. Website http://www.astellas.dk

AstraZeneca (NASDAQ:AZN) is a British-Swedish multinational pharmaceutical and biotechnology company. Headquartered in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire. Website http://www.astrazeneca.com

Astreya is an information technology (IT) services company that provides IT talent outsourcing and infrastructure services to enterprises. Headquartered in San Jose, California. Founded in 2001. Operating as Astreya Partners, Inc. Website https://www.astreya.com

Astronomer helps organizations adopt Apache Airflow, the leading open-source data workflow orchestration platform that helps organizations get their data in motion. Backed by Sierra Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, AngelPad, CincyTech, Refinery Ventures, Wireframe Ventures, and Frontline Ventures, Astronomer is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH.

Astute Solutions drives better customer interactions with the power of AI on their CRM platform. Headquartered in Columbus, OH.

Asurion is a privately held company that provides insurance for smartphones, tablets, consumer electronics, appliances, satellite receivers and jewelry. Asurion repairs, replaces, and resolves tech issues. Headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 1994. Website http://www.asurion.com

AsusTek Computer Inc. is a Taiwanese multinational computer and phone hardware and electronics company headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan.

Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL) is a type of digital subscriber line (DSL) technology, a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over copper telephone lines than a conventional voiceband modem can provide.

American global management consulting firm that focuses on strategic and operational CEO-agenda issues facing businesses, governments, and institutions around the globe.

An at-risk customer is one who is considering not renewing with a business, or potential of delinquency in upcoming payments – which can be caused by a variety of factors. Maybe they’re feeling buyer’s remorse, or perhaps the customer support they thought they’d receive is lacking, or they didn’t expect their minimum payment to be so high this month.

American multinational telecommunications conglomerate.

AT&T 5G enables high-quality experiences on the go. Its 5G unlocks faster speeds, less lag and more bandwidth for customers' gaming experiences. So, whether at home or on the move, users can stay on top of their game.

AT&T Cloud Storage is a cloud-based storage solution that easily scales up and down to any size you need. It provides elastic capacity on demand and allows access to your stored data from virtually anywhere and at any time.

AT&T Content and Entertainment creates a unique way to increase customer engagement. It combines world-class information and entertainment from DIRECTV for BUSINESS and the exciting, diverse collection of WarnerMedia news, sports, and entertainment with a content delivery network optimized for streaming video and rich media. Then add digital signage to continue to drive better engagement across your entire business.

AT&T Cybersecurity is a developer of commercial and open source services to manage cyber attacks, including the Open Threat Exchange, the world's largest crowd-sourced computer-security platform. Headquartered in San Mateo, CA. Its parent organization is AT&T Communications.

AT&T Internet and Networking refers to the internet AT&T makes available to its customers and the variety of network interface equipment for use with the broadband internet access services they deliver to homes and businesses, many of which are Wi-Fi enabled. Its wired and Wi-Fi networks require compatible Ethernet or Wi-Fi capable devices.

IoT Networks connect people, processes and applications to enhance communications on land, overseas and in the air. As the world changes faster and faster, it's our mission to bring customers the technology of tomorrow, today. Wireless technologies like 5G will be part of what enables that experience.

AT&T Mobility is a subscription solution that bundles mobile or IoT devices, accessories, and services.

AT&T NetBond cloud connect solutions facilitate the orchestration of public and private cloud resources in a secure networking environment.

AT&T Voice and Collaboration is a comprehensive, cloud-based solution that provides feature-rich voice and collaboration tools that can help you improve customer engagement, drive employee productivity, and streamline operations.

Ataccama is a software company that provides technology solutions for data quality, master data management (MDM), data governance, and big data. Products include the Ataccama ONE AI platform. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. https://www.ataccama.com/

Atea ASA (ATEA.OL) is a technology company that provides IT infrastructure and related solutions for businesses and public sector organizations in the Nordic countries and Baltic regions. Headquartered in Oslo, Norway. https://www.atea.com/

Atera is an IT management solution that enables monitoring, management and automation of hundreds of SMB IT networks from a single console. Atera includes remote control, patch management, discovery, inventory of IT assets, monitoring, security, backup, and more.

Aternity, the Digital Experience Management company, transforms the employee experience in the digital workplace, with enterprise-scale analytics for every application, all transactions, any device, and all users. Headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 2004. Operating as Aternity Inc. Website https://www.aternity.com

A publicly traded American company that provides network-enabled services for healthcare and point-of-care mobile apps to drive clinical and financial results for its hospital and ambulatory clients in the United States.

Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include retail fixed, fixed indexed and registered index-linked annuity products; reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and institutional products, such as funding agreements and group annuity contracts related to pension risk transfers. Headquartered in West Des Moines, IA.

ATI provides assessment tools to help students and nursing school personnel determine the area of focus for students to pass the NCLEX. The exams are designed to help nursing students identify the rationale for nursing concepts and provide practice that produces good results for the NCLEX. Leawood, Kansas.

Atlanta is the capitol of the US state of Georgia.

Atlassian Corporation Plc is an Australian enterprise software company that develops products for software developers, project managers, and content management.

AtlasX is a real estate pipeline management software company. Headquartered in New York, NY.

ATM Migration is the transition to EMV-compliant ATMs. EMV cards are being rolled out with an embedded microchip for added security. The microchip carries out real-time risk assessments on a person's card purchase activity based on the card user's profile.

Concept of safeguarding all components of an electronic funds transfer terminal

A skimmer is a card reader that can be disguised to look like part of an ATM. The skimmer attachment collects card numbers and PIN codes, which are then replicated into counterfeit cards. Skimming is the type of fraud that occurs when an ATM is compromised by a skimmer.

ATM Solutions are products or services that solve the needs of those owning or operating ATMs.

Atome is a leading "buy now, pay later" brand that splits consumers' bills into three equal, zero interest payments over time. Headquartered in Singapore.

Atomic Data is a company that provides IT services and IT consulting. Services include assessments & architecture, security & compliance, server & workstation management, networking, and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota. https://www.atomicdata.com/

Atomization is the process of converting an analyte in solid, liquid or solution form to a free gaseous atom. It is the transformation of a bulk liquid into a spray of liquid droplets in a surrounding gas or vacuum.

A European IT services corporation with its headquarters in Bezons, France and offices worldwide.

AtScale uses intelligent data virtualization to provide live, secured, and governed access to Big Data across disparate systems wherever it resides. Headquartered in San Mateo, California.

The attack surface of a software environment is the sum of the different points (the 'attack vectors') where an unauthorized user (the 'attacker') can try to enter data to or extract data from an environment.

An attack vector is a path or means by which a hacker (or cracker) can gain access to a computer or network server in order to deliver a payload or malicious outcome. Attack vectors enable hackers to exploit system vulnerabilities, including the human element.

Attain LLC is a leading management, technology, and strategy consulting firm based in McLean, VA, comprised of innovative problem solvers who disrupt the status quo to change the world and improve the lives of those we serve. As a built-to-last, next generation, values-driven organization, Attain leverages a holistic, agile, secure, and customer-centered approach to digital transformation, advancing our clients’ missions across the government, education, healthcare, and nonprofit landscapes.

An attended payment terminal is where the sales assistant will activate the transaction. This means that the payment terminal can be passed or is facing the customer at the point of sale, whether it’s a wireless pin pad, or continuously charged. Attended payments can be seen in retail environments at manned tills and in restaurants where the waiting staff will bring a portable pin pad for the customer to use at their table.

Attention/Engagement metrics measure the extent to which a user is engaged when they visit a website

Attentive is a personalized mobile messaging platform that helps innovative e-commerce and retail brands connect with consumers in a new way. Using real-time behavioral data, Attentive automatically sends engaging text messages to each subscriber— whether it’s a cart abandonment reminder, a notice about an exclusive sale, or product recommendations.

Attivio provides cognitive search and insight platform combines self-learning technologies such as natural language processing, machine learning, and knowledge graphing

Attivo Networks, the leader in deception technology, provides an active defense for early detection, forensics, and automated incident response to in-network cyber attacks. The company focuses on developing advanced network security threat detection technology for deployment on premise or as a cloud based service. Headquartered in Fremont, CA.

Attorney fees are the fees, including labor charges and costs, charged by lawyers or their firms for legal services provided by them to their clients.

Attra is a multinational IT solutions and services delivery firm with its focus on the banking, finance, and payments industry. Headquartered in Box Hill, Victoria. Founded in 1995. Website http://www.attra.com/

Attribute-based access control (ABAC) defines an access control paradigm whereby access rights are granted to users through the use of policies which combine attributes together. The policies can use any type of attributes (user attributes, resource attributes, object, environment attributes etc.).

An attribution model is the rule, or set of rules, that determines how credit for sales and conversions is assigned to touchpoints in conversion paths.

Attunity offers data integration and big data management solutions including real-time enterprise data solutions.

Auction software is software that provides users with a digital platform to organize, manage, and conduct live auctions.

Audience data is information about the people who respond to your advertisements and buy your business's products or the people that visit your site these are the audience segments you will want to target during future marketing campaigns.

Audience Development is the building of relationships with existing and potential audiences, through the use of specific audience relations programs, in order for them to become more involved with an organization and/or product.

Audience Engagement during an event or conference refers to the extent to which an audience is engaged via certain methods such as interactive elements, gamifications, etc.

Helps you target mobile ads to specific audience segments.

Audience measurement measures how many people are in an audience, usually in relation to radio listenership and television viewership, but also in relation to newspaper and magazine readership and, increasingly, web traffic on websites.

Audience segmentation is a process of dividing people into homogeneous subgroups based upon defined criterion such as product usage, demographics, psychographics, communication behaviors and media use.

Audigent is the leading data activation, curation and identity platform. It creates custom audience segments from the ground-up on a device by device basis using only deterministic insights. Headquartered in New York, NY. Domain: audigent.com

An audio communications session among three or more people who are geographically dispersed.

Audio description, also referred to as a video description, described video, or more precisely called a visual description, is a form of narration used to provide information surrounding key visual elements in a media work for the benefit of blind and visually impaired consumers.

Audio editing software is software which allowsediting and generating of audio data. Audio editing software can be implemented completely or partly as library, as computer application, as Web application or as a loadable kernel module.

AudioCodes Ltd. is a provider of advanced communications software, products and productivity solutions. Its services enable enterprises and service providers to build and operate all-IP voice networks for unified communications, contact centers and hosted business services. Headquartered in Lod, Israel. audiocodes.com

AudioEye is a technology company serving businesses committed to providing equal access to their online content. Transforming how the world experiences digital content, AudioEye solves issues of accessibility and enhances the user experience for the broadest audience possible. Specializing in speed to compliance with ADA-related digital accessibility requirements, AudioEye offers technology that makes digital content more accessible and more usable, for more people. Headquartered in Tucson, Arizona.

Audiology is the branch of science and medicine concerned with the sense of hearing. It is the study of hearing by healthcare professionals who identify, assess, and manage disorders of hearing, balance, and other neural systems.

Audiology school coursework includes classes on how to amplify sound and how to test hearing. Those pursuing a career in audiology typically are required to have a doctor of audiology (AUD) degree to begin practicing.

Audit planning is a vital area of the audit primarily conducted at the beginning of audit process to ensure that appropriate attention is devoted to important areas, potential problems are promptly identified, work is completed expeditiously and work is properly coordinated.

Audit risk (also referred to as residual risk) refers to the risk that an auditor may issue an unqualified report due to the auditor's failure to detect material misstatement either due to error or fraud. Hence, audit risk is made up of two components – risks of material misstatement and detection risk.

An audit trail (also called audit log) is a security-relevant chronological record, set of records, and/or destination and source of records that provide documentary evidence of the sequence of activities that have affected at any time a specific operation, procedure, or event.

AuditBoard is a cloud-based company that provides SOX (Sarbanes Oxley Act) audit management software. The solution allows users to collaborate, manage, analyze, and report on internal controls data in real time. Headquartered in Cerritos, CA.

Financial examinations of accounts

Augmented analytics is the use of enabling technologies such as machine learning and AI to assist with data preparation, insight generation and insight explanation to augment how people explore and analyze data in analytics and BI platforms.

The augmented consumer refers to business users who leverage powerful automated, contextual, mobile and natural language capabilities as part of their analytics workflow. All consumers are augmented by technology in the current landscape. The way consumers process and share information is being augmented by devices such as smartphones and all the available resources associated with them, but also increasingly through voice and AI-based tools and assistants, which are of special interest to CMOs and marketing executives. Augmented consumers are always “on” and hyperconnected. Marketers must ask themselves how to reach, interact, and build relationships with these types of consumers.

Augmented reality (AR) is a direct or indirect live view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated perceptual information ideally across multiple sensory modalities.

Augury is a provider of machine health diagnostics and helps eliminate downtime, reduce maintenance costs and maximize productivity for critical machines in industrial and commercial applications while increasing supply chain resilience. Headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 2011.

Auris Health is a robotic medical company that aims to transform medical intervention by integrating robotics, micro-instrumentation, endoscope design, sensing, and data science into one platform. The company was acquired by Ethicon, part of the Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices Companies, in 2019. Headquartered in Redwood City, California.

Austin is the state capital of Texas.

The Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, commonly called ANZ, is the third largest bank by market capitalisation in Australia, after the Commonwealth Bank and Westpac Banking Corporation.

The currency of the Commonwealth of Australia.

The ASX, Australian Securities Exchange Ltd, is an Australian public company that operates Australia's primary securities exchange, the Australian Securities exchange. Currently lcoated in Sydney, Australia. Domain: www2.asx.com.au

Auth0 is the first identity management platform for application builders, and the only identity solution needed for custom-built applications. With a mission to secure the world’s identities so innovators can innovate, Auth0 provides the simplicity, extensibility, and expertise to scale and protect identities in any application, for any audience.

The process or action of proving or showing something to be true, genuine, or valid.

An authoring system is a program that has pre-programmed elements for the development of interactive multimedia software titles. Authoring systems can be defined as software that allows its user to create multimedia applications for manipulating multimedia objects.

Authorize.Net is a United States-based payment gateway service provider allowing merchants to accept credit card and electronic check payments through their website and over an Internet Protocol connection.

An Auto Insurance is a policy purchased by vehicle owners to mitigate costs associated with getting into an auto accident.

A loan issued to help finance the purchase of a vehicle

Auto/Mate is a dealer management system that helps dealerships become more profitable, improve their processes, and reduce their frustration through innovative software.

AutoCAD is a commercial computer-aided design and drafting software application designed by Autodesk.

An autoclave is a pressure chamber used to carry out industrial processes requiring elevated temperature and pressure different from ambient air pressure. Autoclaves are used in medical applications to perform sterilization and in the chemical industry to cure coatings and vulcanize rubber and for hydrothermal synthesis.

Autodesk is an American multinational software corporation that makes software for the architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, media, and entertainment industries.

Autodesk Arnold is a global illumination rendering software. It is used to render realistic 3D characters, photorealistic designs, and complex scenes for film and TV, games, and design visualization projects. Arnold is used by 3D modelers, animators, lighting artists, and FX artists across the film, TV, games, and design visualization industries. Features include flexible and extensible API, imagers, standard surface shader, and built-in cryptomatte. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk AutoCAD LT is CAD software that is used for precise 2D drafting, design, and documentation. It includes features to automate tasks and increase productivity such as comparing drawings, counting, adding objects, and creating tables. AutoCAD LT enables users to create, edit, and annotate drawings via desktop, web, and mobile devices. One of the biggest differences between AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT is that AutoCAD LT provides precision 2D drafting and documentation capabilities, while AutoCAD also provides 3D functionalities. AutoCAD LT enables you to do simple customizations, but doesn’t support built-in programming capabilities (AutoLISP). It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Build is Reinforced by Autodesk Docs and Insights Leveraging the machine learning technology of Construction IQ, Insights delivers curated and configurable views of project data relevant to individual needs, visibility into the performance of one or many jobs, and predicts and prioritizes risk factors.

Autodesk CFD is a computational fluid dynamics simulation software that engineers and analysts use to intelligently predict how liquids and gases will perform. Features include flow control applications, free surface modeling, solar heating loads, thermal prototyping, and motion simulation. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Construction Solutions, from the team responsible for Autodesk Construction Cloud, which combines advanced technology, a unique builders network and predictive insights to connect people and data across the entire building lifecycle. The powerful portfolio of software and services brings together Assemble, BIM 360, BuildingConnected and PlanGrid, and with Autodesk’s established design authoring tools, connects headquarters, office and field teams to increase collaboration and productivity. Headquartered in San Rafael, CA.

Autodesk Design Review is a software that provides users a means to view, mark up, print, and track changes to 2D and 3D files for free—without the original design software. It is used for creating and reviewing DWF (Design Web Format) files. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Drive is a cloud storage solution that allows individuals and small teams to organize, preview, and share any type of design or model data. Autodesk Drive let collaborators on CAD, CAM, and BIM projects view models and drawings right in their browser, no plug-ins or downloads needed. Autodesk Drive supports most 2D and 3D files – including DWG, RVT, DWF, PDF, JPG, and Office files. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Factory Design Utilities is an interoperable 2D and 3D factory layout and optimization solution that aims to help users design and communicate the most efficient layout by creating a digital model of their factory. Users can plan, design, and install an efficient factory layout to improve production performance. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk FeatureCAM is feature editing software for process optimization from design to final NC code. Features include automated CNC programming, automated collision avoidance, CNC machining applications. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Forge is a cloud-based developer platform that offers APIs and services that help users access and use their design and engineering data via the cloud. It is aimed to help users automate processes, connect teams and workflows, visualize data, etc. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Fusion 360 (also known as Fusion Lifecycle) is a product lifecycle management (PLM) software offered by Autodesk.

Autodesk Inventor is a 3D CAD software that provides professional-grade mechanical design, documentation, and product simulation tools. It is a computer-aided design application. It has integrated tools for sheet metal, frame design, tube and pipe, cable & harness, presentations, rendering, simulation, machine design, and more. Inventor is used by mechanical engineers who need automated and specialized tools to design and prepare for manufacturing. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk Revit is a building information modelling software for architects, landscape architects, structural engineers, mechanical, electrical, and plumbing engineers, designers and contractors.

Autodesk University (AU) includes conferences for those who design, create, and make the world around us and online learning for Autodesk users to learn about our latest innovations and industry trends.

Autodesk Vault is a product data management (PDM) software that integrates with Autodesk design tools and other CAD systems and is used for managing data and automating design and engineering processes. Vault aims to help ensure that users are working with the most up-to-date information in a system that automatically tracks changes, maintains past file versions, and captures the entire history of their designs. Vault is used by engineers, designers, and extended teams to streamline workflows and speed up product development. It is a product under the company Autodesk.

Autodesk VRED is a 3D visualization software that is used to explore or validate digital designs for informed decision making. It is also used to transform digital design data into compelling, high-fidelity images, animations, and real-time presentations that can be consumed on the desktop, in full-scale presentation environments, through virtual and mixed reality, or streamed through web and mobile displays. VRED is used by automotive designers and digital artists, technical surfacing specialists, visualization specialists, lighting engineers, perceived quality specialists, virtual reality specialists, digital marketing professionals, and CGI artists. It is a product under the company Autod

AutoFi is a financial technology company transforming the way cars are bought and sold. The company's FinTech platform enables auto dealers to thrive in the new digital-first economy. Headquartered in San Francisco, California.

A disease in which the body produces antibodies that attack its own tissues, leading to the deterioration and in some cases to the destruction of such tissue.

In telephony, an automated attendant (also auto attendant, auto-attendant, autoattendant or AA, or virtual receptionist) allows callers to be automatically transferred to an extension without the intervention of an operator/receptionist.

Management of contracts using automated technology

An automated external defibrillator is a portable electronic device that automatically diagnoses the life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias of ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Also recognized as its abbreviation, AED.

Automated infrastructure management is a means of monitoring and managing the complex network cabling and other passive physical infrastructure within an enterprise data center.

Automated Insights is an American-based technology company that specializes in natural language generation software that turns big data into readable narratives. Automated Insights produced 300 million pieces of content in 2013, which Mashable reported was greater than the output of all major media companies combined.

An automated low-cost investing solution that uses advanced technology to help to pursue financial goals.

Automated invoice processing helps to save a serious amount of time and money, compared with manual paper invoice processing, creating efficiencies and increasing the accuracy of captured data.

Software platforms and technologies designed for marketing departments and organizations to more effectively market on multiple channels online such as email, social media, websites, etc. and automate repetitive tasks.

Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) is an automated visual inspection methodology used primarily to test for defects in printed circuit board assemblies (PCBAs). AOI autonomously scans PCBAs with cameras and detects two types of failures: 1. catastrophic failures, such as missing components, and 2.

An automated payroll system enables the employer to process its payroll through a computerized system.

Automated Purification is the process of purifying nucleic acid from genomic, viral, or cellular origins is simplified with high-throughput, automated DNA and RNA purification systems. Sample preparation workstations minimize or eradicate contamination in samples destined for refined downstream applications. Automated systems reduce inconsistencies in sample yield, preparing uniform quantities for PCR applications and sequencing analyses.

Automated storage and retrieval systems, also known as ASRS and AS-RS, are systems that store goods automatically and can be retrieved upon demand. This is mostly used in distribution and fulfillment, but also manufacturing.

An automated teller machine (ATM) is an electronic banking outlet, which allows customers to complete basic transactions without the aid of a branch representative or teller.

Automated Warehouse is a solution that utilizes automated for the storing and retreival of goods for distribution or manufacturing.

Sequence of business operations automated by technology

An automatic bill payment is a money transfer scheduled on a predetermined date to pay a recurring bill. Automatic bill payments are routine payments made from a banking, brokerage or mutual fund account to vendors. Automatic payments can be made from a checking account or credit card.

An automated call distribution system, commonly known as automatic call distributor, is a telephony device that answers and distributes incoming calls to a specific group of terminals or agents within an organization.

An American provider of human resources management software and services

Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) involves the systematic and periodic transmission of bulk taxpayer information by the source country to the residence country concerning various categories of income (e.g. dividends, interest, etc.).

Refers to the methods of automatically identifying objects, collecting data about them, and entering them directly into computer systems, without human involvement.

Automatic image annotation is the process by which a computer system automatically assigns metadata in the form of captioning or keywords to a digital image.

An automatic telephone dialing system (ATDS) refers to equipment which has the capacity to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator, and to dial such numbers.

Automatic video measurement systems provide dimensional measurement and CNC programmed operation for precision needs.

Automation Anywhere is a developer of robotic process automation software. The company's product, Automation Anywhere Enterprise, caters to enterprises looking to deploy a digital workforce composed of software bots that complete business processes end-to-end.

IQ Bot combines the power of RPA with AI technologies such as Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing (NLP), fuzzy logic and machine learning (ML) to automatically classify, extract and validate information from business documents and emails

Automation Control System (ACS) is an application of control theories for the regulation of processes without direct human involvement that is used in the various control systems for the operating equipment such as machineries, processes in the productions. Industrial automation control systems involve the integration of devices, machines, and equipment within the manufacturing plant. An ACS sustains and improves the functioning of a controlled object with starting, stopping, monitoring, adjusting, etc. A benefit of ACS function is to save labour, materials and to improve quality, accuracy, and precision.

Automated software testing is a process in which software tools execute pre-scripted tests on a software application before it is released into production

Automattic Inc., or Automattic, is a web development company. Notable projects include WordPress.com, WooCommerce, Jetpack, Tumblr, Crowdsignal, and more. Headquartered in San Francisco, California. https://automattic.com/

A car accident, also referred to as a “traffic collision,” or a “motor vehicle accident,” occurs when a motor vehicle strikes or collides another vehicle, a stationary object, a pedestrian, or an animal. While some car accidents result only in property damage, others result in severe injuries or death.

Process of funding the acquisition of a vehicle

Automotive compliance is an umbrella term for any and all laws and regulations in your area that your dealership is subject to. It includes laws in selling, buying, financing, insuring, and even things like customer communication and how to format your emails.A

Automotive digital marketing is the marketing automotive vehicles and dealerships using digital technologies, mainly on the Internet, but also including mobile phones, display advertising, and any other digital medium.

Inventory management for car dealerships allows users to organize its vehicles, find essential details about used vehicles within seconds, and merchandise lot online.

Automotive Market Data refers to the use of Big Data within the automotive industry.

Automotive marketing refers to the various marketing strategies and techniques that are used to promote automotive businesses. This practice aims to attract and persuade potential car buyers. This marketing is commonly used by motor vehicle manufacturers, dealerships, and other related companies.

Automotive Resources International (ARI) is a company that provides fleet operations management services and consulting globally. In addition to this, they offer commercial services including leasing, financing, acquisition, equipment remarketing, training, and assistance services.

Automotive Service Software is software that helps automotive clients schedule car, truck, or any vehicle maintenance or service online.

AutomotiveMastermind is an automated sales and marketing platform that empowers dealers to increase loyalty and close more deals by predicting who is ready to sell or buy, and communicating to them with proactive marketing. Headquartered in New York, NY. Domain: automotivemastermind.com

Autonomous Driving Solutions refers to an autonomous driving service or product that may be offered by a company as a potential solution for a business need or problem.

Autonomous maintenance is defined as a maintenance strategy where machine operators continuously monitor their equipment, make adjustments and perform minor maintenance tasks on their machines. This is done rather than assigning a dedicated maintenance technician to perform maintenance and regularly scheduled upkeep.

Autonomous cargo ships, also known as autonomous container ships or maritime autonomous surface ships, are crewless vessels that transport either containers or bulk cargo over navigable waters with little or no human interaction.

AutoQuotes (AQ) (or AutoQuotes, LLC) is a company that provides software solutions. It develops configure, price, and quote (CPQ) software that connects foodservice equipment manufacturers and suppliers and their customers to market, configure, and quote equipment and supplies. Headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. https://aq-fes.com/

An autoresponder is a computer program that automatically answers e-mail sent to it. They can be very simple or quite complex.

Autoscaling, also spelled auto scaling or auto-scaling, and sometimes also called automatic scaling, is a method used in cloud computing, whereby the amount of computational resources in a server farm, typically measured in terms of the number of active servers, scales automatically based on the load on the farm. It is closely related to, and builds upon, the idea of load balancing.

Autosoft is an affordable Dealer Management System (DMS) that provides clients with a competitive advantage, to help grow profits and customer satisfaction. Headquartered in West Middlesex, PA.

AutoStore is a revolutionary cube-based warehouse automation. Its system reduces storage footprints by up to 75% while making operations faster and incredibly reliable. Its robots run in the dark and use close to zero energy. Headquartered in Nedre Vats.

Autotask Corporation, headquartered in East Greenbush, NY, develops information technology (IT) business management software solutions for IT service providers.

Autotrader offers automotive digital marketing solutions for new and used car dealerships. It is an online marketplace for car buyers and sellers, founded in 1997. It aggregates new, used, and certified second-hand cars from dealers and private sellers. It also provides users with automotive reviews, shopping advice, and comparison tools for car financing and insurance information.

AutoZone, Inc. is an American retailer of aftermarket automotive parts and accessories, the largest in the United States. Founded in 1979, AutoZone has over 6,000 stores across the United States, Mexico, and Brazil. The company is based in Memphis, Tennessee.

An aircraft auxiliary power unit serves as an additional energy source normally used to start one of the main engines on an airliner or business jet. The APU is equipped with an extra electrical generator to create enough power to operate onboard lighting, galley electrics and cockpit avionics, usually while the aircraft is parked at the gate.

Availability zones (AZs) are isolated locations within data center regions from which public cloud services originate and operate.

Avalara works with businesses of all sizes, all over the world, to calculate tax accurately and automatically. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Avanade is a global professional services company providing IT consulting and services focused on the Microsoft platform with business analytics, business applications, cloud, digital marketing, technologyand managed services offerings.

Avast (also known as Avast Antivirus) is a cross-platform internet security applications provider. Services include protection against viruses and malware including protection against ransomware, phishing, Wi-Fi intrusion, and other cybersecurity threats. Headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic. https://www.avast.com/

A medication used to treat a number of types of cancers and a specific eye disease.

American multinational technology company that specializes in Internet telephony, wireless data, communications, and customer relationship management software.

The Avaya IP Office is Avaya's primary product line for small to medium-sized businesses. It is a hybrid PBX that is legacy digital technology at the core, but adds on VoIP and SIP support.

Avenga is a global technology partner for pharma and life sciences companies. It is a global IT engineering and consulting platform driving value to clients with custom software solutions. Headquartered in Germany. Domain: avenga.com

A frim that analyzes and monitors business information for companies worldwide

Aventri is a cloud-based event management software company based in Norwalk, Connecticut best known for its integrated events management SaaS solutions.

Avenue C. is an Australian advertising services company. Headquartered in ST LEONARDS, NSW. Founded in 2017. Website https://avenuec.com.au

AvePoint, Inc. is a software company that provides a SAAS and data management platform. Core solutions include operational governance, information lifecycle management, data protection, Microsoft Teams, manufacturing, retail, and more. Headquartered in New Jersey, New Jersey. https://www.avepoint.com/

An average adjuster is an expert in the law and practice of general average and marine insurance. They prepare claims under marine insurance policies which generally involve loss or damage to marine craft, their cargoes or freight.

Used to determine when price is trending strongly.

Average handle time (AHT) is a call center metric for the average duration of one transaction, typically measured from the customer's initiation of the call and including any hold time, talk time and related tasks that follow the transaction. AHT is a prime factor when deciding call center staffing levels.

Average order value is calculated by simply dividing total revenue by the number of orders.

Average revenue per user (sometimes known as average revenue per unit), usually abbreviated to ARPU, is a measure used primarily by consumer communications, digital media, and networking companies, defined as the total revenue divided by the number of subscribers.

Avery Dennison (NYSE:AVY) is a multinational manufacturer and distributor of pressure-sensitive adhesive materials, apparel branding labels and tags, RFID inlays, and specialty medical products. Headquartered in Mentor, Ohio. Founded in 1935. Operating as Avery Dennison Corporation. Website https://averydennison.com

AVEVA Group plc is a British multinational information technology company headquartered in Cambridge, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. The company started as the Computer-Aided Design Centre.

Avi Networks is a computer networking product company that enables public-cloud-like simplicity and flexibility for application services such as load balancing, application analytics, and security in any data center or cloud. Headquartered in Palo Alto, California. Founded in 2012. Website http://www.avinetworks.com/

AVI-SPL is a multi-office provider of collaboration and audio video technologies, and managed AV services to businesses and organizations. The company installs equipment related to video conferencing and telepresence, digital media systems, audio, security systems, control rooms, and provides onsite staffing. Headquartered in Tampa, FL. Domain: avispl.com

Avianca is the commercial brand that represents the Latin American airlines integrated in Avianca Holdings S.A.

Aircraft, or aviation, accident means an occurrence associated with the operation of an aircraft which takes place between the time any person boards the aircraft with the intention of flight and all such persons have disembarked, and in which any person suffers death or serious injury, or in which the aircraft receives substantial damage.

Process of funding aviation processes

The Aviation Week Network is a New York based B2B publishing and event production company.

Aviatrix is a hybrid cloud networking company helping customers connect to the cloud at scale. They offer end-to-end secure, automated routing that helps organizations monitor, manage, and automate the handling of their VPC networks.

AvidXchange provides accounts payable and payment automation solutions for real estate, financial services, energy and construction industries.

Avigilon is an American subsidiary of Motorola Solutions, specialising in the design, development and manufacture of advanced AI, video analytics, network video management software and hardware, surveillance cameras, and access control products. Headquartered in Vancouver, Canada. Parent Organization is Motorola Solutions.

Electronics as applied to aviation.

Avionté is a leader in enterprise staffing and recruiting software, offering a full suite of innovative end-to-end staffing solutions throughout the U.S. and Canada. Headquartered in Minneapolis, MN.

Aviso helps sales teams close more deals with its proven AI for sales platform. We are trusted by successful sales organizations at leading companies, including Dell/EMC, MongoDB, FireEye, Splunk, RingCentral, SailPoint and more.

Aviva plc is a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London, England. It has about 33 million customers across 16 countries. In the UK, Aviva is the largest general insurer and a leaeding life and pensions provider.

Avnet, Inc. is one of the world's largest distributors of electronic components and embedded solutions and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

AVT Reliability is a provider of a full range of products and services focused on improving plant reliability and managing assets. AVT Reliability® specializes in rotating equipment condition monitoring, lubrication management, structural integrity and pipework vibration compliance. Headquartered in Warrington, Cheshire. Founded in 1976.

Avtex is an end-to-end customer experience solutions provider with the knowledge to address all aspects of the customer experience from transformation planning to data orchestration.

Awake Security is an advanced network traffic analysis solution. It is built on an AI platform and is able to sense, detect, and respond to threats.

AWC (also known as AWC, Inc) is an automation and control systems solutions company. Services include sales and support for industrial IT, automation, electrical, control, instrumentation, flow control, and filtration separation needs. Headquartered in Baton Rouge, LA. http://www.awc-inc.com/

AWS Direct Connect is a cloud service that links your network directly to AWS, bypassing the internet to deliver more consistent, lower-latency performance.

A cloud deployment and provisioning service that automates the process of getting applications et up on the Amazon Web Services infrastructure.

AWS Global Accelerator is a networking service that sends your user's traffic through Amazon Web Service's global network infrastructure, improving your internet user performance by up to 60%.

AWS Greengrass is software that extends AWS Cloud capabilities to local devices, making it possible for those devices to collect and analyze data closer to the source of information, while also securely communicating with each other on local networks.

AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a web service that helps users securely control access to AWS resources. This identity is called the AWS account root user and is accessed by signing in with the email address and password that you used to create the account. It helps customers analyz access and achieve least privilege.

Amazon Inspector is an automated security assessment service that helps improve the security and compliance of applications deployed on AWS. Amazon Inspector automatically assesses applications for exposure, vulnerabilities, and deviations from best practices.

AWS IoT is a managed cloud platform that lets connected devices easily and securely interact with cloud applications and other devices.

An event driven computing cloud service from amazon Web Services that allows developers to provision resources for a programming function on a pay-per-use basis without having to be concerned about what amazon storage or compute resources will support it.

AWS Marketplace is a curated digital catalog that makes it easy for customers to find, buy, consume, and manage third-party software, services, and data that customers need to build solutions and run their businesses. It is an online storefront operated by Amazon AWS.

A NAT gateway receives a network interface that's automatically assigned a private IP address from the IP address range of the subnet.

AWS OpsWorks (Amazon Web Services OpsWorks) is a cloud computing service from Amazon Web Services (AWS) that manages infrastructure deployment for cloud administrators.

AWS Outposts is a family of fully managed solutions delivering AWS infrastructure and services to virtually any on-premises or edge location for a truly consistent hybrid experience.

AWS Security provides solutions and services that help customers protect their Amazon Web Services (AWS) data, accounts, and workloads in the cloud.

AWS Storage Gateway is a set of hybrid cloud services that gives you on-premises access to virtually unlimited cloud storage. Customers use Storage Gateway to integrate AWS Cloud storage with existing on-site workloads so they can simplify storage management and reduce costs for key hybrid cloud storage use cases.

AWS Transit Gateway connects VPCs and on-premises networks through a central hub. This simplifies your network and puts an end to complex peering relationships. It acts as a cloud router – each new connection is only made once.

A French multinational insurance firm that engages in global insurance, investment management, and other financial services

Axa XL is a subsidiary of global insurance and reinsurance company Axa. It is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, domiciled in Hamilton, Bermuda, and has more than 100 offices on 6 continents.

Malaysian telecommunications conglomerate.

Malaysian telecommunications conglomerate.

Axio believes that every organization can have the means to solve their unique cyber risk challenges. It is a team of cyber risk, cybersecurity, and business leaders who created the Axio360 platform to deliver on that belief. IT provides a trusted, clear, actionable and defensible means of managing cyber risk. Headquartered in New York.

Kaufman Hall's Axiom Software Suite provides sophisticated, flexible performance management solutions that empower finance professionals to analyze results, model the future and optimize organizational decision making. Solutions for budgeting & forecasting, reporting & analytics, strategy management, consolidations, capital planning, profitability & cost management are delivered on a single unified platform. Axiom Software embraces and extends familiar Microsoft Excel functionality, allowing finance professionals to manage data in a familiar environment – while providing unmatched modeling flexibility and enterprise performance. Headquartered in Portland, OR.

Axis is a company that enables a smarter and safer world by creating network solutions to improve security and to find new ways of doing business. Solutions include network video and audio solutions, analytics and access control contributing to the protection of people and property, process optimization, and increases business efficiency and information access. Headquartered in Lund, Sweden.

Axonius is the cyber security asset management platform that gives organizations a comprehensive asset inventory, uncovers security solution coverage gaps, and automatically validates and enforces security policies. Headquartered in New York, NY.

Axway gives heritage IT infrastructure new life, helping more than 11,000 customers worldwide build on what they already have to invent their digital journeys, add new business capabilities, and drive growth ambitions. Headquartered in Puteaux, France.

Ayla Networks is a leading provider of digital twinning, device management & application enablement for the Internet of Things (IoT).

The traditional Hindu system of medicine, which is based on the idea of balance in bodily systems and uses diet, herbal treatment, and yogic breathing.

Azalea Health is a leading provider of interoperable cloud-based healthcare solutions and services. The Azalea platform provides electronic health records with integrated telehealth functionality as well as personal health records and mobile health applications. With a focus on customer success, Azalea’s integrated platform has the flexibility to serve all practices and hospital ambulatory strategies, immediately improving cash flow as well as clinical outcomes through revenue cycle performance and care coordination innovation. Azalea’s comprehensive portfolio includes: Electronic Health Records (EHR) Electronic Prescribing (eRx) Interoperability Services Laboratory Ordering & Results Patien

AZAP is a leading software vendor and integrator of its Supply Chain Planning suite (+ 20 years of expertise in SCM). It provides companies with simple and efficient software solutions that enable them to improve their economic and financial performance through better flow management.

Azuga is a GPS Fleet Tracking and Dashcam system for your fleet of vehicles and drivers. Headquartered in San Jose, CA.

Azure Active Directory (Azure AD) entitlement management is an identity governance feature that enables organizations to manage identity and access lifecycle at scale, by automating access request workflows, access assignments, reviews, and expiration.

Azure Blob storage is a service for storing large amounts of unstructured object data, such as text or binary data. Users can use Blob storage to expose data publicly to the world, or to store application data privately.

Azure Content Delivery Network (CDN) lets you reduce load times, save bandwidth, and speed responsiveness—whether you're developing or managing websites or mobile apps, or encoding and distributing streaming media, gaming software, firmware updates, or IoT endpoints.

Azure Cosmos DB is Microsoft's proprietary globally-distributed, multi-model database service 'for managing data at planet-scale' launched in May 2017.

Azure Data Factory is Azure's cloud ETL service for scale-out serverless data integration and data transformation. It offers a code-free UI for intuitive authoring and single-pane-of-glass monitoring and management. You can also lift and shift existing SSIS packages to Azure and run them with full compatibility in ADF.

A highly scalable data storage and analytics service.

Azure Data Share enables organizations to simply and securely share data with multiple customers and partners. In just a few clicks, users can provision a new data share account, add datasets, and invite custoemrs and partners to their data share.

Azure DevOps Server is a Microsoft product that provides version control, reporting, requirements management, project management, automated builds, testing and release management capabilities. It covers the entire application lifecycle, and enables DevOps capabilities.

ExpressRoute is an Azure service that lets you create private connections between Microsoft datacenters and infrastructure that's on your premises or in a colocation facility.

Azure Files offers fully managed file shares in the cloud that are accessible via the industry standard Server Message Block (SMB). It is used extensively/recommended for storing user profiles using FSLogix.

Azure Machine Learning (Azure ML) is a cloud-based service for creating and managing machine learning solutions. It's designed to help data scientists and machine learning engineers leverage their existing data processing and model development skills & frameworks

Azure HDInsight is a cloud distribution of Hadoop components. Azure HDInsight makes it easy, fast, and cost-effective to process massive amounts of data. Users can use the most popular open-source frameworks such as Hadoop, Spark, Hive, LLAP, Kafka, Storm, R, and more.

IoT Central is an IoT application platform that reduces the burden and cost of developing, managing, and maintaining enterprise-grade IoT solutions. The web UI lets you monitor device conditions, create rules, and manage millions of devices and their data throughout their life cycle.

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) offers serverless Kubernetes, an integrated continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) experience, and enterprise-grade security and governance. Unite your development and operations teams on a single platform to rapidly build, deliver, and scale applications with confidence.

Azure Logic Apps is a cloud platform where you can create and run automated workflows with little to no code. By using the visual designer and selecting from prebuilt operations, users can quickly build a workflow that integrates and manages your apps, data, services, and systems

Azure Machine Learning is a cloud based data science platform on the Azure cloud ecosystem.

The Microsoft Azure Marketplace is an online store that offers applications and services either built on or designed to integrate with Microsoft's Azure public cloud. The products and services sold through the Microsoft Azure Marketplace come from either Microsoft directly or its technology partners. An online storefront operated by Microsoft Azure.

Azure Monitor is a platform capability for monitoring Azure resources. Azure Monitor allows users to collect granular performance and utilization data, activity and diagnostics logs, and notifications from Azure resources in a consistent manner.

NAT gateway resources are part of Virtual Network NAT and provide outbound Internet connectivity for one or more subnets of a virtual network. The NAT gateway allows flows to be created from the virtual network to the Internet.

Network Watcher is a regional service that you can use to monitor and diagnose conditions at a network scenario level in, to, and from Azure. Diagnostic and visualization tools available with Network Watcher help you gain insights into your network.

Azure OpenAI service provides REST API access to OpenAI's powerful language models including the GPT-3, Codex and Embeddings model series. These models can be easily adapted to your specific task including but not limited to content generation, summarization, semantic search, and natural language to code translation. Users can access the service through REST APIs, Python SDK, or our web-based interface in the Azure OpenAI Studio.

Azure Private Link provides private connectivity from a virtual network to Azure platform as a service (PaaS), customer-owned, or Microsoft partner services. It simplifies the network architecture and secures the connection between endpoints in Azure by eliminating data exposure to the public internet.

Azure Site Recovery (ASR) is a DRaaS offered by Azure for use in cloud and hybrid cloud architectures. A near-constant data replication process makes sure copies are in sync. The application consistent snapshot feature of Azure Site Recovery ensures that the data is in usable state after the failover. The service enables customers to use Azure as a disaster recovery site on a pay-as-you-go model without having to invest in additional infrastructure.

Azure Sphere is a secured, high-level application platform with built-in communication and security features for internet-connected devices. It was developed by Microsoft Corporation.

Azure SQL Data Warehouse is a cloud-based Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) provided by Azure that leverages Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) to quickly run complex queries across petabytes of data.

Azure Synapse is a limitless analytics service that brings together enterprise data warehousing and Big Data analytics. It gives users the freedom to query data on their terms, using either serverless or provisioned resources—at scale.

Azure Virtual WAN is a networking service that brings many networking, security, and routing functionalities together to provide a single operational interface.

B-Soft Co., Ltd. is a China-based company principally involved in medical and health information construction. It operates three businesses. The medical and informatization application software business includes hospital information application software and public health information application software. Headquartered in China. Domain: www.bsoft.com.cn

B&K Precision offers a complete selection of general instrumentation products ranging from its core product lines of AC and DC Power Supplies, Signal Generators and Component/Device Testers and Programmers, to a quality line of hand-held and bench-top Multimeters. Domain: bkprecision.com

Also known as e-biz, is the exchange of products, services or information (aka e-commerce) between businesses, rather than between businesses and consumers.

Short for business-to-business electronic commerce, is the sale of goods or services between businesses via an online sales portal. In general, it is used to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of a company's sales efforts. Instead of receiving orders using human assets (sales reps) manually – by telephone or e-mail – orders are received digitally, reducing overhead costs.

Firmographics are used to define a target market and open APIs integrate real-time B2B data and intelligence into applications.

B2B Inbound Sales is a modern sales framework that creates personalized buying experiences for a company’s customers. Instead of focusing on selling products, inbound sales turns the spotlight onto customer’s needs and fixing their pain points.

Marketing of products to businesses or other organizations for use in production of goods, for use in general business operations, or for resale to other consumers, such as a wholesaler selling to a retailer.

A B2B marketing conference where over 900 marketers that consists of awards ceremonies, educational panels, and sessions all about marketing and sales

A B2B Marketplace is a digital platform that enables companies to connect with other organizations and conduct business all in one place. With digital platforms and tools that support eCommerce functions, a B2B marketplace processes orders and transactions entirely online, creating a simplified and streamlined transaction process.

B2B sales acceleration refers to strategies that help businesses move prospects through the sales pipeline with greater efficiency in an effort to help grow revenue faster.

B2B Sales Cycle is the series of events, phases, or steps that occur when one business sells (or attempts to sell) a product or service to another business.

B2B Sales transformation is the process of building on or updating the sales operations of a business. This change is inspired by an overall company desire to achieve specific goals or objectives that are significantly impacted by the sales process, like increasing revenue.

Businesses working with others to do a task and to achieve shared goals, such as security.

Technology that supports services or information between businesses.

B2C eCommerce or electronic commerce is used to describe a transaction conducted over the Internet between a business and a consumer for his/her personal use.

Technology that facilitates commerce between businesses and end user consumers

Bablic is the quickest and easiest localization solution to translate your website within minutes. Simply enter a website's URL on the Bablic homepage and choose from machine or professional human translation in order to get started.

Back Office Managed Services is the administration of a company's human resources, technology and services.

Back end development refers to the server-side of an application and everything that communicates between the database and the browser. Back end Development refers to the server-side of development where you primarily focus on how the site works.

A backdoor is a method, often secret, of bypassing normal authentication or encryption in a computer system, a product, or an embedded device

Mobile backend as a service (MBaaS) is a model for providing web app and mobile app developers with a way to link their applications to backend cloud storage and APIs exposed by back end applications while also providing features such as user management push notifications

The process of looking up and compiling criminal records, commercial records, and financial records of an individual or organization.

An inquiry into the activities of an individual, designed to develop pertinent information pertaining to trustworthiness and suitability for a position of trust as related to loyalty, character, emotional stability, and reliability.

Background Music for Business refers to music that plays in the background in the office or at business meetings/events. Music geared towards corporate events help to increase productivity and motivational state.

Background music for hotel refers to music played throughout hotels. This music can include chill music, lounge, piano jazzy, relaxing, and more. Specific hotel-geared background music help to welcome guests and increase revenue.

The backhaul portion of the network comprises the intermediate links between the core network, or backbone network and the small subnetworks at the 'edge' of the entire hierarchical network.

Heavy equipment vehicle equipped with a bucket and a backhoe

A backplane or backplane system is an electrical connector that joins several electrical circuits together. The backplane connectors are parallel to each other in order to link each pin to its relative pin on each connector, forming a complete computer bus.

Refers to the process of backing up data in case of a loss and setting up systems that allow that data recovery due to data loss.

Backup as a service (BaaS) is an approach to backing up data that involves purchasing backup and recovery services from an online data backup provider. Instead of performing backup with a centralized, on-premises IT department, BaaS connects systems to a private, public or hybrid cloud managed by the outside provider.

Backup software are computer programs used to perform backup; they create supplementary exact copies of files, databases or entire computers. These programs may later use the supplementary copies to restore the original contents in the event of data loss.

Backupify is a backup technology provider for cloud-based data, offering archiving, search and restore solutions for online services.

Backward compatible refers to a hardware or software system that can use the interface of an older version of the same product.

BACnet is an industry standard Data Communication Protocol for Building Automation and Control Networks that leverage the ASHRAE, ANSI, and ISO 16484-5 standard protocol.

A bad-faith claim is an assertion filed by an insured person against their insurance provider for unreasonably denying or delaying their claim. If your insurance company fails to act reasonably in processing, investigating or paying your claim, you may have the right to file a lawsuit. State law shapes how bad faith in the insurance context is defined. A claim may proceed under common law established by courts, or you may have a claim based on the violation of a state statute.

Badger Meter is a leading manufacturer of metering products using flow measurement and control technologies. Headquartetered in Milwaukee, WI.

A British multinational defense, security, and aerospace company

BAE Systems Applied Intelligence, headquartered in Guildford, United Kingdom, is an international business and technology consulting firm owned by BAE Systems.

Baidu, Inc. is a Chinese multinational technology company specializing in Internet-related services and products and artificial intelligence, headquartered in Beijing's Haidian District. It is one of the largest AI and Internet companies in the world.

Bailey Brand Consulting provides a range of services, including brand strategy, digital media, marketing, website development and product packaging. Headquartered in Plymouth Meeting, PA.

Bain & Company is a global management consultancy headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.The firm provides advice to public, private, and non-profit organizations.

Bain Capital is a private investment firm based in Boston, Massachusetts. It specializes in private equity, venture capital, credit, public equity, impact investing, life sciences and real estate.

Bain Management Consulting focus on clients' most critical issues and opportunities: strategy, marketing, organization, operations, technology, transformation, digital, advanced analytics, corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions and sustainability across all industries and geographies.

BairesDev is the fastest growing Nearshore Software Outsourcing company in Latin America. They employ the Top 1% Talent in the region to create solid engineering teams that provide end-to-end delivery of Technology Solutions to companies of all sizes, from startups to some of the biggest companies in the world.

Baker & Hostetler LLP is an American law firm founded in 1916. Baker & Hostetler LLP is a leading law firm that helps clients around the world address their most complex and critical business and regulatory issues. With six core practice groups – Business, Digital Assets and Data Management, Intellectual Property, Labor and Employment, Litigation, and Tax – the firm has lawyers in offices coast to coast, serving clients across the United States and in more than 100 countries. Also known as BakerHostetler. Domain: bakerlaw.com

Baker McKenzie is an international law firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois and founded in 1949. Their integrated client solutions provide seamless advice, underpinned by deep practice and sector expertise, as well as first-rate local market knowledge. Domain: bakermckenzie.com

Baker Hughes Company is an American international industrial service company and one of the world's largest oil field services companies. The company provides the oil and gas industry with products and services for oil drilling, formation evaluation, completion, production and reservoir consulting. Headquartered in Houston, TX.

Baker Newman Noyes is a U.S. Top 100-ranked tax, assurance, and advisory firm entrusted by individuals and leading organizations to deliver effective accounting, advisory, and financial solutions with diligence, vision, and responsive client service. It has offices in Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire.

Baker Tilly US, LLP is a public accounting and consulting firm headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. Formerly known as Virchow, Krause & Company, LLP, the firm is the American member of Baker Tilly International, a global accounting network.

Balance sheet reconciliation is the reconciliation of closing balances of all transactional and ledger entries and accounts forming part of the balance sheet items for a respective financial year and whether it is being recorded and properly classified making up to the balances appropriately in the balance sheet.

Geared towards investors who are looking for a mixture of safety, income and modest capital appreciation. The amounts this type of mutual fund invests into each asset class usually must remain within a set minimum and maximum

A portfolio allocation and management method aimed at balancing risk and return.

Balcones Resources, Inc. is an environmental services company that converts waste into resources. Specialties include Recycling, Shred Document Destruction, Equipment Rental, Recycling Consultation, Paper Recycling, Plastic Recycling, and Cardboard Recycling. Headquartered in Austin, Texas. balconesresources.com

Ball screws are mechanical linear actuators that consist of a screw shaft and a nut that contain a ball that rolls between their matching helical grooves. The primary function of ball screws is to convert rotational motion to linear motion.

Ballard Spahr LLP, an AmLaw 100 law firm with more than 600 lawyers in 15 U.S. offices, serves clients across industry sectors in litigation, transactions, and regulatory compliance. Headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and founded in 1885. Domain: ballardspahr.com

Ballast water is fresh or saltwater held in the ballast tanks and cargo holds of ships. It is used to provide stability and maneuverability during a voyage when ships are not carrying cargo, not carrying heavy enough cargo, or when more stability is required due to rough seas.

The International Convention for the Control and Management of Ships' Ballast Water and Sediments is a 2004 international maritime treaty which requires signatory flag states to ensure that ships flagged by them comply with standards and procedures for the management and control of ships' ballast water and sediments.

Bambee is the first outsourced human resource compliance solution for small businesses. Headquartered in Los Angeles, CA. Domain: bambee.com

Bamboo is a continuous integration and continuous deployment server developed by Atlassian. Although initially available both as an on-premises and cloud computing service, in May 2016 it was announced that the cloud version would be discontinued by end of January 2017.

Bamboo Rose is the leading multi-enterprise product and supply chain platform connecting the community to help retailers and suppliers bring great products to market faster, more efficiently and at higher margins. Headquartered in Boston, MA.

BambooHR is a cloud-based human resources (HR) software service for small and midsize businesses. BambooHR offers small and growing companies a human resource information system (HRIS) that includes an applicant tracking system (ATS) and HRIS tools to manage all aspects of the employee lifecycle.

Ban the Box is the name of an international campaign by civil rights groups and advocates for ex-offenders, aimed at persuading employers to remove from their hiring applications the check box that asks if applicants have a criminal record.

The range of frequencies within a given band, in particular that used for transmitting a signal.

Bandwidth is a Communications Platform as a Service company. They sell software application programming interfaces for voice and messaging, using their own IP voice network. Headquartered in Raleigh, NC.

Network connectivity service that allows users to request bandwidth at desired levels when and where they need it.

Bandwidth is the range of frequencies within a given band, in particular that used for transmitting a signal.

A bank card is typically a plastic card issued by a bank to its clients that performs one or more of a number of services that relate to giving the client access to funds, either from the client's own bank account or through a credit account.

An international financial institution owned by central banks which serves as a bank for central banks

A bank identification number (BIN) is the initial four to six numbers that appear on a credit card. The bank identification number uniquely identifies the institution issuing the card.

A multinational banking and financial services corporation

Bank of China is one of the four biggest state-owned commercial banks in China.

Bank of Montreal (BMO) (also known as Banque de Montréal, or BMO Financial Group, and formerly known as Montreal Bank) is a multinational investment bank and financial services company. It offers retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions. The company has several subsidiaries including: BMO Capital Markets, BMO Harris Bank, BMO Nesbitt Burns, and more. Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. https://www.bmo.com/main/personal

Bank of the West is a bank is a subsidiary of the French international banking group BNP Paribas. Bank of the West has more than 600 branches and offices in the Midwest and Western United States. Headquartered in San Francisco, California. Founded in 1874. Website http://www.bankofthewest.com/

A bank reconciliation is the process of matching the balances in an entity's accounting records for a cash account to the corresponding information on a bank statement.

Banking practices to comply with government agencies to prevent money laundering

Banking analytics refers to the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning being applied to customer data to make decisions in the banking sector. Data is analyzed, trends identified, and predictions made. This helps managers to make better business decisions.

BaaS is an end-to-end model that allows digital banks and other third parties to connect with banks' systems directly via APIs so they can build banking offerings on top of the providers' regulated infrastructure, as well as unlock the open banking opportunity reshaping the global financial services landscape. Also known as BaaS or Open Banking.

A banking core is a banking service provided by a group of networked bank branches where customers may access their bank account and perform basic transactions from any of the member branch offices.

Enterprise software used for banking functions

Bankruptcy is the state of being out of money, unable to continue to conduct your work due to financial deficiencies. Bankruptcy law provides for the reduction or elimination of certain debts, and can provide a timeline for the repayment of non-dischargeable debts over time.

Process of limiting the amount a debtor must repay

Bar Associations are professional associations of lawyers. An organization of lawyers established to promote professional competence, enforce standards of ethical conduct, and encourage a spirit of public service among members of the legal profession. Some bar associations are responsible for the regulation of the legal profession in their jurisdiction; others are professional organizations dedicated to serving their members; in many cases, they are both. Membership in bar associations may be mandatory or optional for practicing attorneys, depending on jurisdiction.

To mark with a bar code.

A Bar Music System refers to a music system for bars and similar businesses. Well designed background music systems in a bar or pub can encourage customers to stay longer and improve ambience for an overall postiive customer experience.

A British multinational banking and financial services company with operations in retail, wholesale and investment banking, as well as wealth management, mortgage lending and credit cards

Generates and reads serial bar codes with the sequence generator and data import function.

A 'bare-metal server' is a computer server that is a 'single-tenant physical server'. The term is used nowadays to distinguish it from modern forms of virtualisation and cloud hosting. Bare-metal servers have a single 'tenant'. They are not shared between users.

A descriptive term for a computer server to distinguish it from modern forms of virtualization and cloud hosting.

Bare metal hypervisors run directly on the host's hardware to control the hardware and to manage guest operating systems.

Barings LLC, known as Barings, is an international investment management firm owned by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company. It operates as a subsidiary of MassMutual Financial Group, a diversified financial services organization.

Barkley is an independent creative idea company that grows revenue with out-of-the-box client strategies. Headquartered in Kansas City, MO.

Barnes & Noble proudly serves America with approximately 600 bookstores across all fifty states and are busy opening newly designed stores in communities nationwide. Domain: barnesandnoble.com

Barnes & Thornburg LLP is a national, full-service law firm representing clients ranging from Fortune 500 corporations to entrepreneurial growth companies. They provide services in more than 50 areas, including litigation, labor and employment, global services, healthcare, governmental services and finance, intellectual property, environmental, business, construction, white collar crime, life sciences, real estate, energy, telecommunications, transportation and utilities; and finance insolvency and restructuring. Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana and was founded in 1982. Domain: btlaw.com

Barracuda Networks is a company that provides security, networking and storage products based on network appliances and cloud services.

A barrier to trade is a government imposed restraint on the flow of international goods or services.

In theories of competition in economics, a barrier to entry, or an economic barrier to entry, is a cost that must be incurred by a new entrant into a market that incumbents do not have or have not had to incur.

The currency against which exchange rates are generally quoted in a given country.

Base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) refers to tax planning strategies used by multinational companies, that exploit gaps and mismatches in tax rules to artificially shift profits to low or no-tax locations where there is little or no economic activity.The project headed by the OECD was initiated by the G20 in 2012.

Base Operations is a security company that helps companies keep their people and operations secure with Micro-Intelligence, or street-level threat assessments. Using AI to aggregate public and proprietary information, Base Operations has created a dataset of global threat patterns. Headquartered in Washington, District of Columbia. Founded in 2018.

A type of arbitration in which each party to the arbitration submits a proposed monetary award to the arbitrator.

Web application company

Basel II is the second of the Basel Accords, (now extended and partially superseded[clarification needed] by Basel III), which are recommendations on banking laws and regulations issued by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision.

The term basemap is see often in GIS and refers to a collection of GIS data and/or orthorectified imagery that form the background setting for a map. The function of the basemap is to provide background detail necessary to orient the location of the map.

BASF (OTCMKTS: BASFY) is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. Headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany. Website https://www.basf.com

Bash is a Unix shell and command language written by Brian Fox for the GNU Project as a free software replacement for the Bourne shell.

One hundredth of one percent, used chiefly in expressing differences of interest rates.

Bastion is an integrated, full-service marketing and communications agency. Headquartered in Melbourne, VIC. Founded in 2009. Website https://bastionagency.com/

Basware is a vendor of e-invoicing, e-procurement and financing software and services. With its solutions Basware supports businesses in their digital transformation and helps shaping the future of finance.

Batch picking is a way to group multiple orders into small batches. Operators fill orders in the batch at the same time working from a consolidated list. This saves time during order fulfillment.

The processing of previously collected jobs in a single batch.

Batch scheduling software describe application solutions that provide users means to schedule and track computer batch tasks. In other words, users can automate the execution of routine jobs. These units of work include running a security program or updating software. Job schedulers may also manage the job queue for a computer cluster. Batch jobs are often resource-intensive, so that batch jobs are run in overnight batch windows to prevent competition with other processes that might be running during business hours.

Room designed for personal hygiene activities

Activity of preparing a bathroom for use

Batteries convert chemical energy into electricity and are used in a medical devices ranging from pacemakers and defibrillators to wearable medical devices, ventilators, and infusion pumps. Batteries are used to provide backup power for critical medical devices and are preferred over corded power sources when mobility is essential.

A battery management system (BMS) is any electronic system that manages a rechargeable battery (cell or battery pack), monitoring its state, calculating secondary data, reporting that data, controlling its environment, authenticating it and balancing it. The battery characteristics to be monitored include the detection of battery type, voltages, temperature, capacity, state of charge, power consumption, remaining operating time, charging cycles, etc. The task of battery management systems is to ensure the optimal use of the residual energy present in a battery. In order to avoid loading the batteries, BMS systems protect the batteries from deep discharge and over-voltage, which are results o

Batteries most frequently serve as backup power onboard ships, supporting a vessel’s operating profile and maintaining Dynamic Positioning (DP) systems. Depending on battery type, they can function as the only source of electricity for short periods of time. This enables ships to run in zero emissions mode—producing no GHG or carbon. Additionally, batteries can take over from onboard generator sets to deliver peak loads of energy, a practice known as “peak shaving.”

Battery Ventures is a global, technology-focused investment firm. Founded in 1983, the firm makes venture-capital and private-equity investments from offices in Boston, Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Israel and London. Its parent company is Battery Management Company.

Bayard Advertising is a full-service Recruitment Advertising Agency with focus and expertise in talent attraction, employer branding, and recruitment. Bayard Advertising employs personalized, candidate-centric approaches that reach qualified job seekers with a more efficient ROI. Headquartered in New York, New York. Founded in 1923. Operating as Bayard Advertising.

Bayhorse Silver Inc., a junior natural resource company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of natural resource properties. Headquartered in Burnaby, Canada. Domain: bayhorsesilver.com

Baylor Genetics specializes in clinically relevant genetic testing and helps determine an individual’s chance of developing or passing on a genetic disorder. Baylor Genetics excels in the field go genetics and precision medicine. Headquartered in Houston, TX. Domain: baylorgenetics.com

Bayshore Recycling Corp. (BRC) is a company that provides services for the recycling of concrete, asphalt, brick, block, bulky waste, construction debris, non-hazardous petroleum contaminated soil and other diverse materials. Headquartered in Keasbey, New Jersey. bayshorerecycling.com

Bazaarvoice is a technology company that provides software that allows brands and retailers to collect and display several types of authentic user-generated content on their e-commerce websites. The types of UGC include product ratings and reviews, shopper questions and answers, and curated social content. Headquartered in Austin, TX.

BB&T Corporation is a financial service holding company based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Its bank operates over 2,100 branches in 15 states and Washington, D.C., and offers consumer and commercial banking, securities brokerage, asset management, mortgage, and insurance products and services.

An operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs

A United States-based financial holding company

BCA Technologies (also known as BCA Technologies, Inc or BCA Technologies Software Solutions) is a company that provides software solutions including; CPQ pricing, quoting, ordering, eCommerce, technical submittal generation, custom quoting tools, and more. Headquartered in Maitland, Florida. https://www.bcatech.com/

BCD Travel is a provider of global corporate travel management. The company, headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, operates in 109 countries and is part of the BCD Group.

BCM Group is an Australian advertising services company that provides a one-stop-shop that ensures their communication strategies and solutions seamlessly embrace all disciplines to provide effective through-the-line communication solutions for clients. Headquartered in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in 1976. Website http://bcm.com.au/

BCM One is an IT services and IT consulting company that provides a single source for truly integrated technology solutions. BCM One offers UCaaS, SIP Trunking, Managed SIP, Microsoft Teams, Managed SD-WAN, SASE, Global Managed Connectivity, Microsoft Professional Services, Technology Expense Management and Network Monitoring and Management. Headquartered in New York, NY. Founded in 1992. Website http://www.bcmone.com

BDO Unibank, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides various banking products and services primarily in the Philippines. Headquartered in the Philippines. Domain: bdo.com.ph

BDO USA is the United States Member Firm of BDO International, a global accounting network. The company is headquartered in Chicago.

Beacon Health Options, Inc. is a behavioral health company based in Boston, Massachusetts. It claims to be the largest privately held company of its kind in the United States.

Beacon Hill Staffing Group is a staffing and recruiting company. Headquartered in Boston, MA. Founded in 2000. Website http://www.beaconhillstaffing.com

Beacon Recycling, Inc. is a recycling company that processes grades of Steel, Copper, Aluminum, Brass, Zinc, Stainless, and Hi-Temp Alloys. The company also recycles commercial and industrial grades of Paper and Plastic as well as E-Scrap including computer towers, laptops, circuit boards, computer components and miscellaneous electronic equipment. Headquartered in Muskegon, Michigan. beaconrecycling.com

Apple's technology standard, which allows Mobile Apps to listen for signals from beacons in the physical world and react accordingly.

Bear Meets Eagle On Fire is a thinking and making studio that builds bespoke teams around any problem or project - from branding and brand creation to design, experience and communication. Headquartered in Darlinghurst, New South Wales. Founded in 2019. Website http://www.beareaglefire.com

A bond or debt security issued by a business entity such as a corporation, or a government.

BearingPoint is an independent multinational management and technology consulting firm with 41 offices across 23 countries and around 4,300 employees. Headquartered in Amsterdam Netherlands. Domain: bearingpoint.com

Beazley Group provides insurance and underwriting services.

Bechtle AG provides information technology (IT) services primarily in Europe. Headquartered in Germany. Domain: bechtle.com

Beckman Coulter is a Danaher Corporation company that develops, manufactures and markets products that simplify, automate, and innovate complex biomedical testing. Headquartered in Brea, California. Founded in 1935. Operating as Beckman Coulter Inc. Website https://www.beckmancoulter.com

Becton, Dickinson and Company is an American medical technology company that manufactures and sells medical devices, instrument systems, and reagents. BD also provides consulting and analytics services in certain geographies.

Laboratory and other services provided to patients at the bedside including diagnostic and laboratory testing using automated information entry systems.

BEEF publishes monthly issues for the nation’s top cow-calf operators, stocker-growers, cattle feeders, veterinarians, nutritionists and allied industries, covering production, animal health, nutrition, finance and marketing issues.

Beekeeper.io increases productivity of your non-desk teams by enabling secure real time communication and reach every employee across shifts, locations or languages.

Beeline is a software-as-a-service company dealing with solutions for sourcing and managing the extended workforce.

Behavioral analytics is an area of data analytics that focuses on providing insight into the actions of people. Behavioral analytics examines the “what’s” and “how’s” of behavioral data to inform the “why’s” of behavior. These critical insights aim to further optimize for important outcomes like conversion, engagement, and retention. This data-driven analysis and reporting may observe people's behavior, biases, and decision making.

Behavioral data refers to information produced as a result of actions, typically commercial behavior using a range of devices connected to the Internet, such as a PC, tablet, or smartphone.

Behavioral finance is the study of the influence of psychology on the behavior of investors or financial analysts. It also includes the subsequent effects on the markets. It focuses on the fact that investors are not always rational, have limits to their self-control, and are influenced by their own biases.

Bel Fuse manufactures electronic components for the computer, networking, telecommunications and transportation.

Belden Incorporated is an American manufacturer of networking, connectivity, and cable products. The company designs, manufactures, and markets signal transmission products for demanding applications. Headquartered in St. Louis, MO.

Belgian telecommunications group.

Belimo develops, produces and markets actuators, valves and sensors for controlling heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems. Belimo is also referred to as Belimo Holding AG. Headquartered in Hinwil, Switzerland. Founded in 1975.

Bell Canada has been Canada's communications leader for 139 years. They provide mobile phone, TV, high speed and wireless internet, and residential home phone services. Headquartered in Montreal, Canada.

The Belt and Road Initiative is a global development strategy adopted by the Chinese government involving infrastructure development and investments in 152 countries and international organizations in Asia, Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and the Americas.

A belt scale is used to continuously measure and report flow rates and totalized amounts of materials being transported on a conveyor belt.

Evaluate or check something by comparison with a standard.

Beneficial owner is a legal term where specific property rights ('use and title') in equity belong to a person even though legal title of the property belongs to another person.