Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL): Combining a location-sensing device (such as a GPS receiver) with a wireless communications link to provide a home office or dispatcher with the location of a vehicle or mobile asset (such as a trailer or heavy machinery).

 

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Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL): Combining a location-sensing device (such as a GPS receiver) with a wireless communications link to provide a home office or dispatcher with the location of a vehicle or mobile asset (such a . . . View Full Definition

File Allocation Table (FAT): Basically this is a table of contents in a directory that tells the computer what all is in there. Look at your Netscape cache, you'll see a FAT. It'll be the first file.

Export Allocations Or Quotas: Controls applied to exports by an exporting country to limit the amount of goods leaving that country. Such controls usually are applied in time of war or during some other emergency requiri . . . View Full Definition

Funding Vehicle: In a self-funded plan, the account into which the money that an employer and employees would have paid in premiums to an insurer or MCO is deposited until the money is paid out.

Explosion-Proof-Hazardous Locations Division I: Location in which ignitable concentrations of flammable or combustible material exist and come in contact with the motor.

Global Relocation: The process of transferring an individual’s residence from the United States to a foreign country for the purpose of completing an international job assignment.

Home Location Register (HLR): A database residing in a local wireless network that contains service profiles and checks the identity of a local subscriber.

Dynamic Asset Allocation: Fannie Mae-issued mortgage-backed securities pool that has an original maturity of 15 years.

Collocation: Placement of multiple antennas at a common physical site to reduce environmental impact and real estate costs and speed zoning approvals and network deployment.

Capital Allocation Decision: Net result of public and private international investment and lending activities.