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Command: An instruction that is issued to the computer from a command line or prompt.

Command Line: Commands you type to run an application. You can type commands at an MS-DOS prompt or in the Run dialog box in the Program Manager of Windows. Interfaces in which you type commands rather th . . . View Full Definition

Pilot In Command (PIC): The pilot responsible for the operation and safety of an aircraft during flight time.

Economic Rent: Currently referred to as market rent, it is the rental income that real estate can command in an open, competitive market at any given time, as contrasted with contract rent, or the income a . . . View Full Definition

Noindex: A command found in either the HEAD section of a web page or within individual link code, which instructs robots to not index the page or the specific link. A form of link condom.

Death Valley Curve: A stock strategy that buys stock on the belief that a key executive will die, the company will be dissolved, and shares will command a higher price at their private market value.

High-Pass Filtration: multiplication of the Fourier transform of an image with a rotationally symmetric 2D function ('the filter') that attenuates amplitudes at low spatial frequencies k and increases amplitudes . . . View Full Definition

Inflation: Inflation is a persistent increase in prices, often triggered when demand for goods is greater than the available supply or when unemployment is low and workers can command higher salaries. . . . View Full Definition

Astigmatism(Axial): an electron-optical lens aberration that causes the defocus to be a function of azimuth, and the contrast transfer function to deviate from circular symmetry about the optical axis. As a con . . . View Full Definition

Gross Margin: Gross margin, sometimes called gross profit, is the percentage by which profits exceed production costs. To find gross margin you divide sales minus production costs by sales. For example, i . . . View Full Definition