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Business Definition for: Instrument

  • a generic term for either securities or derivatives.
  • an official or legal document
  • a means to an end, for example, a government's expenditure and taxation in its quest for reducing unemployment
  • a means to an end, for example, a government's expenditure and taxation in its quest for reducing unemployment
  • See also Financial Instrument
  • see Psychometric Test

Wiktionary Definition for: Instrument

  • A device used to produce music.
  • A measuring or displaying device.
  • A tool.
  • To apply measuring devices.
  • To devise, conceive, cook-up, plan.

Additional Resources

A Web-Based Instrument To Measure The Value Of Using e-Learning
Many managers of institutions of higher education have to make decisions about investing resources in e-learning. A project group has developed a Web-based instrument that has been evaluated in a series of pilot studies and consequently adapted. The major idea behind the instrument is the assumption that decisions are based...
Tags: Instrument, Web, Marketing, Managerial Accounting, Finance, Software, Enterprise Software, Channel Management, Roi/Tco, E-learning
White papers 2005-04-03
Live Cinema: Designing an Instrument for Cinema Editing as a Live Performance
This paper describes the design of an expressive tangible interface for cinema editing as a live performance. A short survey of live video practices is provided. The Live Cinema instrument is a cross between a musical instrument and a film-editing tool, tailored for improvisational control as well as performance presence....
Tags: Cinema, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Performance Management, Live Cinema Instrument, Instrument, Performance, Corporate Communications
White papers 2004-04-29
OceanScience sells instrument mounts to NOAA
The OceanScience Group Ltd. (Oceanside, California) recently announced the sale of six instrument mounts to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA. The mounts allow an acoustic Doppler current profiler or other instrument to be mounted on an existing navigation buoy without modifications to the buoy.
Tags: NOAA
Research articles 2003-09-01
Acterna Debuts DTS-200 MPEG Field Instrument; Modular Instrument Redefines Local and Remote Testing on Digital Cable Networks
Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers
Research articles 2002-12-03
Lawson's Surgical Instrument Management Shows Momentum
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Lawson Solution Selected by New York Academic Medical Center to help Reduce Surgery Delays, Control Instrument and Staff Costs
Tags: Lawson Software Inc.
Research articles 2004-08-02
Medovations; Medtronic Blood Systems; Miller Instrument; OR Concepts; Named To Top 90 Trocar Companies List Of Less-Invasive Instrument Manufacturers
COSTA MESA, Calif.--BW HealthWire--Aug. 26, 1999--
Tags: Medtronic Inc.
Research articles 1999-08-26
General Instrument fans DigiCipher/MPEG rivalry - General Instrument will license its DigiCipher compression technology to rival Scientific-Atlanta
NEW YORK -- General Instrument is in the final stages of licensing its DigiCipher compression technology to rival set-top decoder maker Scientific-Atlanta, it was revealed last week at an industry interactive multimedia forum here.
Tags: Scientific-Atlanta Inc.
Research articles 1993-08-23
Digital infrared scanner with certified NIST traceability.(Test & Measurement)
The OS950 Series from Omega Engineering is said to be an entirely different type of instrument than conventional temperature measuring devices. Designed specifically for the highest possible accuracy, it is the only infrared instrument that is certif The OS950 Series from Omega Engineering is said to...
Tags: NIST, scanner
Research articles 2004-04-01
Guarantor Instrument
This is a template for guarantor instrument. Use can make changes in it as per their requirement.
Tools & templates 2007-12-01
AMETEK acquires Rochester Instrument Systems.(Brief Article)
AMETEK Inc. has acquired Rochester Instrument Systems. The Pennsylvania-based AMETEK, a ... AMETEK Inc. has acquired Rochester Instrument Systems. The Pennsylvania-based AMETEK, a manufacturer of electronic instruments, purchased the company's assets for approximately $19 million.
Research articles 2000-10-05
FRP instrument panel parts.(Applications)
A 20% long glass fibre reinforced PP is being used in the instrument panel retainer and structural part for the Volkswagen Golf automobile. The instrument panel is produced both in-house by Volkswagen AG, Germany, and at automotive components maker F A 20% long glass fibre reinforced...
Tags: Volkswagen AG
Research articles 2004-03-01
NIWeek rings in fast, high-performance modular instruments and software tools. (leading edge).(National Instruments)
IF THE SOFTWARE were really the instrument, as National Instruments' slogan proclaims, the company wouldn't need to do one of the things it does so often: introduce new instrument hardware. A visit to steamy Austin, TX, last month for the 2002 edit IF THE...
Tags: hardware, high-performance, National Instruments Corp., slogan, software, tool
Research articles 2002-09-19
Lenox Instrument Co.(GSA Contracts)(Brief Article)
Lenox Instrument Co. has been awarded a Federal Supply Multiple Schedule MAS contract for ... Lenox Instrument Co. has been awarded a Federal Supply Multiple Schedule MAS contract for borescopes, videoscopes, and other visual inspection equipment. Look for contract number GS24F0073N.
Tags: U.S. General Services Administration
Research articles 2004-02-01
Social Accountancy (Accountability): Social Balance as a (no) Instrument of Ethic Corporative Action
This paper describes the recent historical events, especially the violent reactions of minorities against American hegemony, increased the academic debate on the social role of the organizations in building the so-called sustainable development. In this context, social accounting is seen as an instrument of management information that intends to guide...
Tags: Instrument, Accountability, Real Estate, Business Operations, Accountancy
White papers 2004-10-22
Data Translation Announces the First Graphical Test and Measurement Software Application for LXI Instruments
MARLBORO, Mass. -- Data Translation today announced the release of the new Instrument Pak for Measure Foundry. Instrument Pak provides the first drag and drop graphical software for LXI test and measurement applications. Users can now easily and quickly configure applications with newer LXI instrument capabilities using IVI-COM drivers along...
Tags: software
Research articles 2007-07-17
Granular Synthesis: Experiments in Live Performance
This paper gives an overview of the making of a real-time granular synthesis instrument that can be used for live performances and improvisation with other instruments including traditional acoustic instruments. It outlines the design and performance of a musical instrument based upon this Synthesis method. The instrument, design, process, and...
Tags: Performance, Instrument, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management
White papers 2002-06-21
MIDI Versus Alternative: The Future of Music Instrument Control
The musical digital interface MIDI is a widely used standard for remotely controlling musical devices and other performance equipment, having established the market dominance within the electronic instrument-sector for over two decades. This paper considers the inherent limitations of the MIDI protocol and seeks to reveal its current status through...
Tags: MIDI
White papers 2004-08-01
Hughes Weather Instrument Praised By NASA
LOS ANGELES--BUSINESS WIRE--May 28, 1998--A weather instrument designed by Hughes Space and Communications Co. received praise from NASA last week.
Tags: NASA
Research articles 1998-05-28
Lawson's New Receiving and Delivery and Upgraded Surgical Instrument Management Software Generally Available
ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Survey Shows Hospitals Struggle with Inaccurate Receipt of Supplies, Lost Packages and High Surgical Instrument Costs; New Lawson Products Address Respondents' Top Issues
Tags: Lawson Software Inc., software
Research articles 2004-10-19
US FAA. (North America report).(Wide Area Augmentation System for instrument use)(Brief Article)
US FAA commissioned the Wide Area Augmentation System for instrument use, marking the first step ... US FAA commissioned the Wide Area Augmentation System for instrument use, marking the first step toward opening access to more than 500 published satellite runway procedures at more...
Tags: FAA
Research articles 2003-08-01
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