Character Set: All the letters, numbers, symbols, and other characters that a computer can use to present data. Also sometimes used to refer to the typeface of a font.

 

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Character Set: All the letters, numbers, symbols, and other characters that a computer can use to present data. Also sometimes used to refer to the typeface of a font.

Representative Character: A flat character who embodies all of the other members of a group (such as teachers, students, cowboys, detectives, and so on). Representative characters are often stereotypes. They need not . . . View Full Definition

Regular Way Settlement: In the money and bond markets, the standard basis on which some security trades are settled is that the delivery of the securities purchased is made against payment in Fed funds on the day f . . . View Full Definition

Regular Settlement: Transaction in which a stock contract is settled and delivered on the fifth full business day following the date of the transaction (trade date). In Japan, regular settlement occurs three bu . . . View Full Definition

Reproducible Assets: A tangible asset with physical properties that can be matched or duplicated, such as a building or machinery.

Rerack Or Reset: A call by a bowler asking that the pins be lifted from the alley and put back properly, because they're off spot.

Reset Frequency: The frequency with which the floating rate changes.

Reset Bonds: Bonds that allow the initial interest rates to be adjusted on specific dates in order that the bonds trade at the value they had when they were issued.

Reduced Instruction Set Computer (RISC): A computer processing architecture that requires fewer instructions to run applications, thus increasing processing speed.

Recharacterization: When you have converted one type of individual retirement account (IRA) to another type — such as a traditional IRA to a Roth IRA — and then convert it back to the original type, you are rec . . . View Full Definition