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Consortium: A group of persons/companies that pool together their resources to obtain benefits such as commissions, advertising, etc.

Consortium Banks: A group of companies that cooperate and share resources in order to achieve a common objective.

Universal Wireless Communications Consortium (UWCC): An industry group supporting TDMA and WIN technology.

W3c: World Wide Web Consortium. The W3C, or World Wide Web Consortium, is a standards body dedicated to ensuring interoperability between all the varied system and network types that comprise the . . . View Full Definition

Foreign Crowd: A private consortium of U.S. insurance companies that offers trade credit insurance to U.S. exporters in conjunction with the U.S. Export-Import Bank.

UWC-136: A third-generation wireless standard proposal based on TDMA technology that was developed by the Universal Wireless Communications Consortium and is one of the 3G candidates submitted to the . . . View Full Definition

Constant Dollars: A merchant banking subsidiary set up by several banks that may or may not be of the same nationality. Consortium banks are common in the Euromarket and are active in loan syndication.

University Corporation For Atmospheric Research (UCAR): A non-profit university membership consortium which carries out programs to benefit atmospheric, oceanic, and related sciences around the globe. Among other activities, UCAR operates the Nat . . . View Full Definition