Conspicuous consumption The term conspicuous consumption is often used critically to describe the tendency of people to identify strongly with the goods and services they consume, especially branded products, indicating a high social status (expensive jewelry, big car, etc.). The … Read More
Filename extension: .zip, .zipx (newer compression algorithms)Internet media type: application/zipUniform Type Identifier: com.pkware.zip-archiveMagic number: none, though PK\\003\\004 , PK\\005\\006 (empty archive), or PK\\007\\008 (spanned archive) are common.Developed by: Phil Katz, PKWAREInitial release: 1989Latest release: 6.3.3 / 1 September 2012Type of format: Data … Read More
A class action, collective action or group action, is an action or procedure that allows a large number of people, often consumers, to prosecute someone, often a business or a public institution, to obtain financial compensation. Born in the United … Read More
Sport is a set of physical exercises that can be practiced in the form of individual and group games, that can give rise to competition. Sport is an almost universal phenomenon in time and human space. Ancient Greece, ancient Rome, … Read More
Filename extension: .pdf Internet media type: application/pdf, application/x-pdf, application/x-bzpdf, application/x-gzpdf Type code: ”PDF” Uniform Type Identifier: com.adobe.pdf Magic number: %PDF Developed by: Adobe Systems Initial release: 1993 Latest release: 1.7 Extended to: PDF/A, PDF/E, PDF/UA, PDF/VT, PDF/X Standard: ISO 32000 Open format: Yes Portable Document Format, commonly abbreviated to PDF, is … Read More
The publishing is the activity to present, reproduce and commercialize the intellectual output of an author. Publishing, in a broad sense, covers all forms of texts: literary, scientific, musical score, computer code, image, etc. The final support is now multimedia, … Read More
ATMs uses processors with encryption, usually installed inside a computer embedded in a secure enclosure. The software is running in a current operating system. The safety of the device relies heavily on the secure processor. ATMs are connected to interbank … Read More
Creation The author writes the text. If there is a collaborative work, there may be several authors. The author gives or not the rights for use of his work to a publishing house which is in charge of the broadcast, … Read More
The anchor tenants (anchor business, anchor store) is the main or a major business within a commercial property. The term is preferably in the context of retail properties and shopping centers used in which the anchor tenant of the customer … Read More
An automatic teller machine (ATM) is an electronic and electromechanical device allowing customers to perform various banking transactions self-service. Different models allow ATM to make withdrawals, accept deposits in cash or by check, order of remittances, print updates notebooks, increasing … Read More
The digital revolution The internet has fundamentally changed the way consumers shop and businesses advertise and sell their goods and services. It has created innovative ways of organising, accessing, sharing and evaluating information, for example on prices, technical product characteristics … Read More
