Category Archives: Glossary

Keeping customers happy should be the aim of most businesses. A brand name is no longer enough to help an organization build its client base. The concept of brand loyalty is almost passe nowadays. Customers today have no issues in shifting from one service or brand to another. However, if a person is given great customer service, she/he might not even want to switch loyalties. Every customer......

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. You end up shortchanged. Know your CCTV glossary and get the right surveillance system to suit your needs for home and office security. It won’t hurt to learn new terms. How’s your CCTV vocabulary? So you know about video surveillance and CCTV. You’ve seen these in the spy movies and heard about these in the news. You’ve seen t......

Forex is one of the fastest growing areas for news traders to get started. The main reason for this is the low entry level (only a few hundred dollars for mini accounts) and the fact that it is fairly straightforward to trade. The word FOREX is derived from Foreign Exchange and is the largest financial market in the world. Forex is often abbreviated to FX. As the name implies Forex is the ex......

For some reason, grammar is the forgotten cousin” of reading programs. Back in the good old days, second- and third-graders would learn what a noun is, and the difference between present and past tense verbs. Now the educational system waits until middle school, which is long past the best learning age. Kids then wonder why they need to learn rules about talking and writing, and get no......

When shopping for or selling jewelry, it is important that you are knowledgeable about the product. There is so much to learn, it can be hard to decide where to start. Do they prefer to wear over-sized pieces or more delicate styles? Yellow gold or silver? This will give you a good idea of where to start when purchasing that special item. If you have tangled necklaces, you can untangle them......

College is exciting. Sometimes, though, it can be a little overwhelming. With an endless flow of new information from multiple classes, it can be difficult to keep up in the time you’re given. TermWiki.com can help. Whether you’re an incoming freshman or a returning student, TermWiki is a free online tool that will make your college life easier. TermWiki.com is the world’s fastest growing so......

Working in Finance requires good knowledge of a banking glossary. To put it simply stated a bank is a financial industry that accepts checks and cash them for their clients. They have fees for different things that their clients can avoid by just staying within their means or budget. A banking glossary is a banker special way of talking about your money. For example, assets mean how much m......

New parents are excited about registering for baby supplies until they see the list of items they are going to need. Often stores will list more items than are really necessary because they know you do not want to deprive your baby of anything essential and are clueless as to what you really will use. Probably half of the list could be eliminated and shockingly your baby would still survive.......

Like law, writing has a language all its own. Here, in no particular order, are some terms you’ll need to be familiar with as you make the transition to writing: TK: Editorial abbreviation meaning “to come” – used by writers and editors as a placeholder when there’s a bit of information someone needs to look up later on: “Amelia was born in 19TK.” &#......

The world of car hire can be befuddling for the traveller. With so many terms bandied about by car hire representatives you are often left feeling confused and bemused and in the main, unclear on what you are actually paying for. While the rep may have a clear idea of what they are talking about, it is often the customer who has lost the conversation long ago and ultimately is trying to hang......