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Accounting Exposure: The change in the value of a firm's foreign currency-denominated accounts due to a change in exchange rates.

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP): Authoritative guidelines that define accounting practice at a particular time.

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is an independent, self-regulatory board that establishes and interprets generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). It operates under th . . . View Full Definition

Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP): The sum of taxes, charges, and miscellaneous income taken in at the state and local level while neglecting overlapping revenue which may be erroneously counted twice.

Gross Exposures: Each time a Web server sends a file to a browser, it is recorded in the server log file as a 'hit.' Hits are generated for every element of a requested page (including graphics, text and int . . . View Full Definition

Intermediate Duration Exposure: Contact with a substance that occurs for more than 14 days and less than a year [compare with acute exposure and chronic exposure].

Inflation Accounting: The rate at which the general level of prices for goods and services is rising.

Financial Accounting: The area of accounting concerned with reporting financial information to interested external parties.

Exposure Value (EV): Scale of values used to indicate the sensitivity range of a ttl or off-camera meter system within which accurate exposure measurement is guaranteed.

Exposure Meter: Instrument for measuring the amount of light falling on or being reflected by a subject.