Business Topics Glossary

U-Haul is an American moving equipment and storage rental company, based in Phoenix, Arizona, that has been in operation since 1945.

The official currency of the United States and its territories

Uber Technologies Inc. is a peer-to-peer ridesharing, taxi cab, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California, with operations in 633 cities worldwide.

Uber Eats is an American online food ordering and delivery platform launched by Uber in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. It connects customers with a broad range of local restaurants and food so they can order from the full menus of local favorites whenever.

Ubers business brand that sells transportation solutions to organizations - www.uber.com/business

Uber Freight helps carriers make hassle-free bookings and shippers tender shipments easily.

Uberall helps the world’s most innovative brick and mortar businesses stay relevant, competitive, and profitable, by using digital technology to win clicks online and feet offline. Headquartered in Berlin. Domain: uberall.com

UberConference is a cloud-based conferencing system produced by a private company in San Francisco known as Switch Communications, Inc. It is a visual audio conferencing system that allows the callers to see the avatar of the other participants on the mobile browsers or on the desktops.

Uberflip is a content marketing platform. By creating an Uberflip content Hub, users can include blog articles, social media, videos, eBooks into a responsive interface with CTAs.

Ubiquiti Neworks is an American technology company based in New York, NY and manufactures wireless data communication products for enterprise and wireless broadband providers with a primary focus on under-served and emerging markets.

UBS AG is a Swiss multinational investment bank and financial services company founded and headquartered in Switzerland.

Ubuntu is a free and open-source Linux distribution based on Debian. Ubuntu is officially released in three editions: Desktop, Server, and Core. All the editions can run on the computer alone, or in a virtual machine. Ubuntu is a popular operating system for cloud computing, with support for OpenStack.

Udacity, Inc. is a for-profit educational organization offering open online courses. It focuses on providing training to employees of technology companies. Headquartered in Emeryville, California.

Udemy, Inc. is an American massive open online course provider aimed at professional adults and students. It was founded in May 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

The Ultra-High-Net-Worth (UHNW) Coverage Group is a dedicated investment banking team delivering institutional products and services to large family offices and successful entrepreneurs in the U.S. UHNW Coverage provides access to the full suite of Credit Suisse origination and execution capabilities, including M&A.

UiPath is a global software company that develops a platform for robotic process automation.

UJET is propelling customer experience into the digital age by empowering support organizations to create intelligent workflows, make data actionable, and create a modern business model where organizations have the tools and technology they need to create an immersive, engaging, and one-of-a-kind experience for their customers. UJET is trusted by customer-centric, innovative enterprises including Google, Instacart, Green Dot Corporation, Wag!, Getaround, and iZettle, a PayPal company, to automate contact center processes and provide superior experiences that drive higher customer satisfaction. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

UK Mail (formerly known as Business Post) is a mail and logistics company. It is a trading name of DHL Parcel UK Limited. UK Mail is owned by the Deutsche Post DHL Group. Areas of service include mail, digital, hybrid mail, and marketing. Headquartered in Conventry, UK. https://www.ukmail.com/

Ukraine Outsourcing refers to the outsourcing of technical development to Ukrainian teams.

UL Standard for safety Inverters, Converters, Controllers, and Interconnection System Equipment for Use with Distributed Energy Resources.

Uline is a privately held American company which offers shipping and other business supplies. Uline is now North America's leading distributor of shipping, packaging and industrial supplies with over 1,700 box sizes in stock. Product lines have expanded to include retail, safety, material handling and janitorial items. Headquartered in Pleasant Prairie, WI. Founded in 1980. Website https://www.uline.com/

Ultimaker has built an open and easy-to-use solution of 3D printers, software, and materials that enable professional designers and engineers to innovate every day. Headquartered in Geldermalsen, Netherlands.

Ultimate Billing is a medical billing company that provides advanced billing and revenue cycle management (RCM) advisory services. Their solutions include revenue cycle management and medical credentialing. Headquartered in West Warwick, Rhode Island. https://ultimatebilling.com/

Ultimate Kronos Group, commonly known as UKG, is an American multinational technology company with dual headquarters in Lowell, Massachusetts and Weston, Florida. It provides workforce management and human capital management solutions.

Ultimate Software is an American technology company that develops and sells UltiPro, a cloud-based human capital management solution for businesses.

UltiPro is a product of Ultimate Software, a cloud provider of human capital management (HCM) applications. UltiPro offers HR, compensation, talent, payroll, and time and labor management apps. It is a human capital management (HCM) suite focused on midsize to large enterprise companies.

Resolution standard for televisions: includes 4K and 8K (3840x2160 and 7680x4320 pixels at 16:9 aspect ratio, respectively)

Television that includes 4K UHD and 8K UHD, which are two digital video formats that were first proposed by NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories.

Content that meets the UHD standard

Smart device that is able to stream UHD content

ULCS, short for Ultra Large Container Ship, is the generic name for container ships with a nominal container capacity of 10,000 TEU and over.

Ultra-wideband (also known as UWB, ultra-wide band and ultraband) is a radio technology that can use a very low energy level for short-range, high-bandwidth communications over a large portion of the radio spectrum.

An ultra-mobile PC (ultra-mobile personal computer or UMPC) is a miniature version of a pen computer, a class of laptop whose specifications were launched by Microsoft and Intel in spring 2006.

Ultramax bulk carriers are medium-sized vessels. Larger than Supramax vessels, they have a carrying capacity generally between 60,000 to 65,000 DWT. These vessels are considered an upgrade over the smaller Supramax carriers.

Line of high-performance monitors offered by Dell

Ultrasonic flow meters measure the volume of flow in industrial applications with the sensors or transducers mounted on the outside the pipe wall, without breaking the line, using ultrasound.

Ultrasonic transducers or ultrasonic sensors are a type of acoustic sensor divided into three broad categories: transmitters, receivers and transceivers.

A technique using echoes of ultrasound pulses to delineate objects or areas of different density in the body.

UMB Bank is a subsidiary of UMB Financial Corporation. It provides banking solutions, healthcare services, institutional banking, asset-based lending, factoring and asset management. Headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. https://www.umb.com/

Cisco Umbrella is cloud-delivered enterprise network security which provides users with a first line of defense against cyber security threats.

Extra liability insurance designed to help protect you from major claims and lawsuits and as a result it helps protect your assets and your future.

Umpqua Bank (UMPQ) is a subsidiary of Umpqua Holdings Corporation. It provides a broad range of banking, wealth management, mortgage, and other financial services to corporate, institutional, and individual customers. Headquartered in Roseburg, Oregon. https://www.umpquabank.com/

An unattended self-service payment terminal is where the customer will activate the transaction. This means that the payment devices need to be securely enclosed and tamper proof for a secure self-service solution.

A platform for building website landing pages

Unbxd is a leading e-commerce product discovery platform that applies advanced data sciences to connect shoppers to the products they are most likely to buy, while providing predictive actionable insights for merchandising.

Process of buying all unsold shares of an entity

Unemployment is defined as people who do not have a job, have actively looked for work in the past four weeks, and are currently available for work.

Unemployment benefits (depending on the jurisdiction also called unemployment insurance or unemployment compensation) are payments made by the state or other authorized bodies to unemployed people. In the United States, benefits are funded by a compulsory governmental insurance system, not taxes on individual citizens.

Unica is a company that provides a cloud native, fully integrated enterprise marketing automation platform that improves marketing at scale. Unica is a brand within HCL software which is part of HCL Technologies. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, California. Founded in 1992. Website http://www.unica.com

Unicepta is a media intelligence and analytics platform that provides businesses and organizations with real-time insights into media coverage of their brand, competitors, and industry. The platform uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to help businesses identify key themes, trends, and sentiment in media coverage, and to track the performance of their PR and communications efforts. Unicepta's platform offers a range of features, including media monitoring, sentiment analysis, topic analysis, and competitor analysis. The platform also provides a suite of reporting and analytics tools, allowing businesses to track their media performance and demonstrate the impact of t

UNICOM Engineering (formerly NEI) is a leading integrator of purpose-built appliances and application platforms, with complete lifecycle deployment services for software developers and OEMs serving storage, security and communications markets worldwide. UNICOM is best known for our solution design technologies, integration expertise and our go-to-market capabilities. All of its turnkey platforms and appliances are designed for longevity and backed by lifecycle management services. Headquartered in Canton, MA.

UniCredit (UCG.MI) (also known as UniCredit S.p.A.) is an international banking group. It is a pan-European Commercial Bank that offers service in Italy, Germany, Central and Eastern Europe. Headquartered in Milan, Italy. https://www.unicreditgroup.eu/en.html

UNiDAYS is a company that offers a discount website and app that is available for free to students in higher education worldwide. Current students in higher education can sign up with UNiDAYS using their college email address to get discounted deals on products and services. UNiDAYs offers student discounts in fashion, technology, beauty, food & drink, health & fitness, lifestyle, sports & media, and education products both in-store and online. Headquartered in Nottingham, United Kingdom.

Unidirectional gateways are a combination of hardware and software. The hardware permits data to flow from one network to another, but is physically unable to send any information at all back into the source network. The software replicates databases and emulates protocol servers and devices.

Unified commerce helps you deliver the omnichannel experience by replacing disconnected channels/ systems with a single commerce platform.

Unified communications is a business term describing the integration of enterprise communication services such as instant messaging, presence information, voice, mobility features, audio, web and video conferencing, fixed-mobile convergence, desktop sharing, data sharing, call control and speech recognition with non-real-time communication services such as unified messaging.

Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) is a category of 'as a service' or 'Cloud delivery mechanisms for Enterprise Communications.

Unified endpoint management (UEM) is an approach to securing and controlling desktop computers, laptops, smartphones and tablets in a connected, cohesive manner from a single console.

The Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) specification provides and defines a software interface that is between firmware and an operating system (OS).

Integration of messaging platforms into a single interface

The Unified Modeling Language (UML) is a general-purpose, developmental, modeling language in the field of software engineering, that is intended to provide a standard way to visualize the design of a system.

End of sale and end of life products offered by Cisco.

Unified threat management is a term first used by IDC to describe a category of security appliances which integrates a range of security features into a single appliance.

A Uniform Resource Locator (URL), colloquially termed a web address,[1] is a reference to a web resource that specifies its location on a computer network and a mechanism for retrieving it.

Unify’s Cloud Contact Center platform supports the contact center experience and allows customer service teams to move faster and more efficiently. Delivers a unified experience on one cloud native platform.

Unilever is a Dutch-British transnational consumer goods company co-headquartered in Rotterdam, Netherlands and London, United Kingdom

Unily is a company that provides a digital workplace solution via a employee experience platform. The platform can be used as an intranet, communications, or collaboration platform or any other type of portal. It aims to powering users with improved productivity, collaboration, and engagement. Features include communication, reward & recognition, analytics, enterprise IA, integrations, broadcast emails, etc. Headquartered in Godalming, Surrey, United Kingdom. https://www.unily.com/

Monitoring user behavior by keeping track of the uninstallation of applications

Union Bank & Trust offers a variety of Personal Banking services including accounts, lending, credit cards, online banking and more.

UnionPay, also known as China UnionPay or by its abbreviation, CUP, is a Chinese financial services corporation headquartered in Shanghai, China.

An organized association of workers formed to protect and further their rights and interests; a labor union.

UnionWare aims to set union operations up for growth by providing members with secure and convenient services and staff with an all-in-one system. Headquartered in Canada. Domain: unionware.com

A unique device identifier (UDI) is a unique numeric or alphanumeric code that generally consists of the following: Device identifier (DI), a mandatory, fixed portion of a UDI that identifies the labeler and the specific version or model of a device. The FDA Established the unique device system to adequately identify medical devices sold in the United States from manufacturing through distribution to patient use.

A unique selling proposition (USP, also seen as unique selling point) is a factor that differentiates a product from its competitors, such as the lowest cost, the highest quality or the first-ever product of its kind.

Unisys Corporation is an American global information technology company based in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, that provides IT services, software, and technology.

Exchange traded funds in an unmanaged portfolio for a finite duration of time

UNIT4 Business Software designs, develops and provides enterprise software and ERP applications.

United Airlines, Inc. is a major American airline headquartered at Willis Tower in Chicago, Illinois. United operates a large domestic and international route network spanning cities large and small across the United States and all six continents.

United Parcel Service (UPS) is the world's largest package delivery company and a provider of supply chain management solutions.

United Rentals, Inc. is the world's largest equipment rental company, with about 13 percent of the North American market share as of 2019. It owns the largest rental fleet in the world with about 660,000 rental units totaling about $14.2 billion in original equipment cost. United Rentals provides 3300+ equipment and tool classes for industrial & construction sites across the United States and Canada.

United Security Providers is an information security company that develops a cyber security platform and software solutions to help companies with network and application security. Founded in 1994. Website http://www.united-security-providers.ch

The United Services Automobile Association (USAA) is a Texas-based Fortune 500 diversified financial services group of companies including a Texas Department of Insurance-regulated reciprocal inter-insurance exchange and subsidiaries offering banking, investing, and insurance to people and families who serve, or served, in the United States military.

The United States Border Patrol (USBP) is an American federal law enforcement agency. Its mission is to detect and prevent illegal aliens, terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, and prevent illegal trafficking of people and contraband.

The Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD, or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government of the United States charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government concerned directly with national security and the United States Armed Forces.

The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a cabinet-level department of the United States Government concerned with the United States' policies regarding energy and safety in handling nuclear material.

The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is a cabinet department of the United States federal government with responsibilities in public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries.

The United States Postal Service is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

The United States Secret Service (also USSS or Secret Service) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, charged with conducting criminal investigations and protecting the nation's leaders.

The Supreme Court of the United States is the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States of America. This topic pertains to laws and regulations issued by the U.S. Supreme Court; litigation and court cases being decided at the U.S. supreme court level; decisions made by the federal court.

Landmark US Supreme Court decision which resulted in a unanimous 8-0 ruling against President Richard Nixon ordering him to deliver presidential tape recordings and other subpoenaed materials to the District Court.

American multinational conglomerate that researches, develops, and manufactures high-technology products.

An American for-profit managed health care company based in Minnetonka, Minnesota.

UnitedHealthcare (UHC) is a health insurance company. It is part of the UnitedHealth Group family of businesses. It offers various health insurance plans for medicare, small businesses, children, adults, and short term lifestyles or budgets. Headquartered in Minnetonka, Minnesota. https://www.uhc.com/

UnitedLex is a legal services company that optimizes legal and accelerates business through digital agility. Headquartered in New York, NY. Founded in 2006. Website http://www.unitedlex.com

Unity and Unreal Software and training are software platforms that can be used for hosting 3D Training to immerse their employees in a virtual reality training setting for Manufacturing, Preventative Maintenance, and Corrective Repair Training programs.

Unity is the creator of the world’s most widely-used real-time 3D (RT3D) development platform, giving content creators around the world the tools to create rich, interactive 2D, 3D, VR and AR experiences. Headquartered in San Francisco, California.

uCPE (or Universal Customer Premise equipment), is a general purpose platform that integrates compute, storage and networking on a commodity, off-the-shelf server, allowing it to provide network services (such as SD WAN, firewall etc.) as virtual functions to any site on a network.

Universal life insurance is a type of cash value, permanent life insurance, sold primarily in the United States. Under the terms of the policy, the excess of premium payments above the current cost of insurance is credited to the cash value of the policy, which is credited each month with interest.

Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) is a set of networking protocols that permits networked devices, such as personal computers, printers, Internet gateways, Wi-Fi access points and mobile devices to seamlessly discover each other's presence on the network and establish functional network services for data sharing, communications, and entertainment.

The more formal term for barcode.

Universal Robots, is a Danish manufacturer of smaller flexible industrial collaborative robot arms, based in Odense, Denmark.

The Universal Service Fund (USF) is a system of telecommunications subsidies and fees managed by the United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) intended to promote universal access to telecommunications services in the United States.

University of Phoenix (UoPX) is a private for-profit university. The university offers certificates and degrees at the certificate, associate, bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree levels. Headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

A widely used multiuser operating system.

Unmanned Systems Technology (UST) is the software and hardware systems that operate semi- and fully-autonomous vehicles. The UST used in an autonomous vehicle determines its capabilities and reliability, especially those possible without human input or correction, which is the definition of autonomy. More advanced UST can drive more complex systems with a greater level of autonomy. The types of technology used in unmanned systems include sensors, machine vision, and object recognition.

Unmanned Traffic Management (UTM) is how airspace will be managed to enable multiple drone operations conducted beyond visual line-of-sight ( BVLOS ), where air traffic services are not provided. UTM concepts and technologies are being defined to coordinate safe and efficient multiple drone operations and their integration in all types of airspace, including those dominated by commercial manned aviation.

Unreal Engine is the world's most open and advanced real-time 3D creation platform for photoreal visuals and immersive experiences. Developed by Epic Games and released in February 2021.

Information that either does not have a pre-defined data model or is not organized in a pre-defined manner.

Unum is an insurance company that provides supplemental insurance coverage in the workplace.

Updata Partners provides growth capital to market leading software companies. Updata has backed the top entrepreneurs in B2B software. It looks for those rare leaders with both a growth mindset and an appreciation for capital efficiency. Typically, they have built recurring revenue models with a repeatable go-to-market engine and strong unit economics. Headquartered in Washington, DC.

upGrad is an online higher education company providing programs to students, working professionals, and enterprises. It partners with universities to provides courses in data science, machine learning, technology, management, marketing, business analytics, and more. Headquartered in Mumbai, India.

UpGuard combines third-party security ratings, vendor questionnaires, and threat intelligence capabilities for a complete cyber risk solution. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA and formerly known as ScriptRock.

UpKeep is a software company servicing maintenance, facility, and asset management systems utilizing a cloud-based application and Industrial IoT devices. Headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2014.

Upland Kapost provides a content operations software to create digital assets that drive conversions. Headquartered in Austin, TX.

Upland Software (Nasdaq: UPLD) is a leader in cloud-based tools for digital transformation. Its products address critical pain points, bottlenecks, and barriers to keep enterprise running efficiently and effectively. Headquartered in Austin, TX.

A predictive modelling technique that directly models the incremental impact of a treatment on an individual's behavior.

UPS Supply Chain Solutions manages every aspect of global supply chains, including logistics, distribution, transportation, freight, customs brokerage and more.

A device that provides battery backup when the electrical power fails or drops to an unacceptable voltage level.

Upselling is a sales technique where a seller induces the customer to purchase more expensive items, upgrades or other add-ons in an attempt to make a more profitable sale. While it usually involves marketing more profitable services or products,[1] it can be simply exposing the customer to other options that were perhaps not considered (A different technique is cross-selling in which a seller tries to sell something else).

Upserve is a restaurant analytics software company that allows restaurant owners to track key facets of their business in real-time.

Uptake is an industrial artificial intelligence software company. Built around a foundation of data science and machine learning, Uptake’s core products include an Asset Performance Management application and a fully managed platform. Headquartered in Chicago, IL.

Upwork, formerly Elance-oDesk, is a global freelancing platform where businesses and independent professionals connect and collaborate remotely.

Urban Airship is an American company that provides a mobile engagement platform and digital wallet solution.

Refers to hard infrastructure systems generally owned and operated by municipalities, such as streets, water distribution, and sewers.

People living their daily lives in the same space, and for their mobility share the same infrastructure.

A technical and political process concerned with the development and use of land planning permission, protection and use of the environment, including air, water, and the infrastructure passing into and out of urban areas.

The capacity of individuals, communities, institutions, businesses, and systems within a city to survive, adapt, and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks they experience.

The idea that a city can be organized without excessive reliance on the surrounding countryside and be able to power itself with renewable sources of energy.

A nuclear fuel company operating several uranium enrichment plants in Germany, the Netherlands, United States, and United Kingdom

Urgent/11 is a list of eleven vulnerabilities identified by a security firm, Armis Security. These vulnerabilities may allow anyone to remotely take control of the medical device and change its function, cause denial of service, or cause information leaks, all of which may prevent device function.

The branch of medicine and physiology concerned with the function and disorders of the urinary system

U.S. Bancorp is a bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and incorporated in Delaware. It is the parent company of US Bank National Association, known as US Bank, which is ranked 7th on the list of largest banks in the United States. The company provides banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and other financial institutions. It has 3,106 branches and 4,842 ATMs, primarily in the Midwestern United States, and has approximately 72,400 employees.

U.S. Bancorp is a bank holding company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It is the parent company of US Bank National Association, known as US Bank, which is ranked 7th on the list of largest banks in the United States. The company provides banking, investment, mortgage, trust, and payment services products to individuals, businesses, governmental entities, and other financial institutions.

US Ecology, Inc. is a waste collection and waste management company that offers solid waste treatment, waste management, thermal recycling, metal recovery, and industrial cleaning and maintenance services. It is a company under the company Republic Services. usecology.com

US Foods is one of America’s great food companies and a leading foodservice distributor, partnering with approximately 300,000 restaurants and foodservice operators to help their businesses succeed. US Foods provides its customers with a broad and innovative food offering and a comprehensive suite of e-commerce, technology and business solutions. US Foods is headquartered in Rosemont, IL. Domain: usfoods.com

Legislation passed to inhibit the communication and spread of terrorism in the U.S.

Usability is the measure of a product's potential to accomplish the goals of the user.

Usability testing is a technique used in user-centered interaction design to evaluate a product by testing it on users. This can be seen as an irreplaceable usability practice, since it gives direct input on how real users use the system.

Usabilla collects user feedback to improve websites, apps, and emails using the Voice of Customer Solutions.

A set of rules applied by the owner, creator, or administrator of a network, website, or service, that restricts the ways in which the network, website, or system may be used and sets guidelines as to how it should be used.

Usage-based billing is commonly described as a consumption-based pricing model in which customers are only charged for the product or service used. The company providing the product/service has a metering system in place to track usage and users then pay a fixed price plus the charges for what they used every billing cycle. Also known as pay-per-use or pay-as-you-go.

Technology that allows a person to connect an electronic device to a computer.

A use case is a methodology used in system analysis to identify, clarify, and organize system requirements. The use case is made up of a set of possible sequences of interactions between systems and users in a particular environment and related to a particular goal.

Tax paid at the point of use on certain products

Hardware piece or complete setups that have preciously been used.

User Account Control (UAC) is a technology and security infrastructure introduced with Microsoft's Windows Vista[1] and Windows Server 2008 operating systems, with a more relaxed[2] version also present in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows Server 2012 and Windows 10.

User and entity behavior analytics (UEBA) is the process of base-lining user activity and behavior, combined with peer group analysis, to detect potential intrusions and malicious activity.

User behavior analytics (UBA) as defined by Gartner is a cybersecurity process about detection of insider threats, targeted attacks, and financial fraud.

In computer networking, the User Datagram Protocol (UDP) is one of the core members of the Internet protocol suite. The protocol was designed by David P. Reed in 1980 and formally defined in RFC 768. With UDP, computer applications can send messages, in this case referred to as datagrams, to other hosts on an Internet Protocol (IP) network.

The overall experience of a person using a product such as a website or computer application, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use.

A user identification or user ID is an entity used to identify a user on a website, software, system or within a generic IT environment. It is the most common authentication mechanism used within computing systems.

User interface is the means by which the user and a computer system interact, in particular the use of input devices and software.

User management describes the ability for administrators to manage user access to various IT resources like systems, devices, applications, storage systems, networks, SaaS services, and more. User management is a core part to any directory service and is a basic security essential for any organization.

User-driven workplaces are designed to support the needs of an organization. For individual employees, user-driven workplaces offer the freedom to choose from a range of spaces where they can choose the time and place that suits them best to complete their work – alone or with other employees.

Term used to describe any form of content such as video, blogs, discussion form posts, digital images, audio files, and other forms of media that was created by consumers or end-users of an online system or service and is pubic ally available to others consumers and end-users.

At UserTesting, we make it easy for you to get on-demand feedback from your target market—wherever they are—so you can protect your brand, boost conversions, and provide amazing experiences.

UserVoice is a Software-as-a-Service company that creates customer engagement tools to help focus product development efforts. Headquartered in San Francisco.

The User Experience (UX) you deliver through digital interfaces is crucial to the success of your digital transformation strategy, brand perception and financial performance, so you need a UX research solution you can rely on to give you the complete story on your UX—not just one chapter.

uShip, Inc. is an Austin, Texas-based Internet company that operates uShip.com, an online marketplace for shipping services. Individuals and businesses post items they need shipped in a variety of categories, including auto transport, boat shipping, moving services, and the transport of heavy industrial equipment.

USI is a leader in insurance brokerage and consulting in P&C, employee benefits, personal risk services, retirement, program and specialty solutions. Headquartered in Valhalla, NY.

UST, formerly known as UST Global, is a provider of digital technology and transformation, information technology and services. Areas of expertise include digital solutions, automation and AI platforms, product engineering (hardware, semiconductor engineering), and innovation ecosystem. Products and platforms include UST HealtProof, CyberProof, UST SmartOPs, UST Pace, UST IQ, and more. Headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California. https://www.ust.com/

Utility Asset management is a process water and wastewater utilities can use to make sure that planned maintenance can be conducted and capital assets (pumps, motors, pipes, etc.) can be repaired, replaced, or upgraded on time and that there is enough money to pay for it.

Automating utility bills provides a way for companies to simplify management of complex utility data. By streamlining this process, companies will be able to apply this data in a way that brings value to their company.

Utility Bill Management, also known as Utility Expense Management, is the process of tracking an organization's utility expenses, conducting comprehensive bill audits before processing, rectifying bill errors, and ensuring the correct amount is paid on time. Utility bill management involves more than the Accounts Payable process. It includes auditing and tracking utility bills to maintain a comprehensive energy history of your organization.

A service provisioning model in which a service provider makes computing resources and infrastructure management available to the customer as needed, and charges them for specific usage rather than a flat rate.

Utility inspections are used to check on different systems and products to make sure everything has been built according to local, state, or federal codes and regulations.

Utilization Management (UM) is the use of techniques that allow purchasers to manage the cost of health care benefits by assessing its appropriateness before it is provided using evidence-based criteria or guidelines.

The University of Tokyo IPC, or UTokyo IPC, is a company that encourages innovation for university-related startups. UTokyo IPC is responsible for expanding the innovation ecosystem and accelerating global innovation of the University of Tokyo through three activities: start-up support, investment business, and corporate innovation support. Operating as UTokyo Innovation Platform Co., Ltd. Founded in 2016. Website https://www.utokyo-ipc.co.jp/en/

UV inkjet is a special form of inkjet printing that involves special inks and UV light. Just like typical inkjet print technology, drops of liquid ink are strategically placed onto the media in a waterfall of ink to create the desired image.

UVC Light Sterilization is a disinfection method that uses short-wavelength ultraviolet light to kill or inactivate microorganisms by destroying nucleic acids and disrupting their DNA, leaving them unable to perform vital cellular functions.

The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) is a United States federal law that changed U.S. policy on China's Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region with the goal of ensuring that American entities are not funding forced labor among ethnic minorities in the region. it was signed into law by President Biden on December 23, 2021. It establishes a rebuttable presumption that the importation of any goods, wares, articles, and merchandise mined, produced, or manufactured wholly or in part in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China, or produced by certain entities, is prohibited by Section 307 of the Tariff Act of 1930 and that such goods, wares, articles, and mercha