back-to-back transaction

  • 1transaction — trans·ac·tion /tran zak shən, sak / n 1: something transacted; esp: an exchange or transfer of goods, services, or funds 2 a: an act, process, or instance of transacting b: an action or activity involving two parties or things that reciprocally… …

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  • 2back-stop — USA A term used in the financial industry to mean credit support or backup funds for a financial instrument or transaction. For example, letters of credit are often issued to backstop commercial paper in the event that the commercial paper issuer …

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  • 3Transaction processing — For other uses, see Transaction (disambiguation). In computer science, transaction processing is information processing that is divided into individual, indivisible operations, called transactions. Each transaction must succeed or fail as a… …

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  • 4Transaction processing system — A Transaction Processing System To be considered a transaction processing system the computer must pass the ACID test.From a technical perspective, a Transaction Processing System (or Transaction Processing Monitor) monitors transaction programs …

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  • 5Transaction cost — In economics and related disciplines, a transaction cost is a cost incurred in making an economic exchange. For example, most people, when buying or selling a stock, must pay a commission to their broker; that commission is a transaction cost of… …

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  • 6Transaction log — Binary log redirects here. For logarithms in base 2, see Binary logarithm. In the field of databases in computer science, a transaction log (also database log or binary log) is a history of actions executed by a database management system to… …

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  • 7Transaction server — A transaction server is a software component that is used in implementing transactions.A transaction involves multiple steps which must be completed atomically. For example, when paying someone from your bank, the system must guarantee that the… …

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  • 8Back-to-Back Loan — A loan in which two companies in different countries borrow offsetting amounts from one another in each other s currency. The purpose of this transaction is to hedge against currency fluctuations. With the advent of currency swaps this type of… …

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  • 9Transaction Processing Facility — Infobox OS name = z/TPF caption = developer = IBM source model = Closed source (Source code is available to licenced users with restrictions) kernel type = Real time supported platforms = ? ui = ? family = z/TPF released = latest release version …

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  • 10Back-to-the-land movement — The phrase back to the land movement refers to a North American social phenomenon of the 1960s and 1970s. This particular back to the land movement was a migration from cities to rural areas that took place in the United States, its greatest… …

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