| program trading | a trading technique involving large blocks of stock with trades triggered by computer programs |
program
programme | a performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation, the program lasted more than two hours |
| analysis | an investigation of the component parts of a whole and their relations in making up the whole |
| market analysis | marketing research that yields information about the marketplace |
chemical analysis
qualitative analysis | the act of decomposing a substance into its constituent elements |
quantitative analysis
quantitative chemical analysis | chemical analysis to determine the amounts of each element in the substance |
colorimetry
colorimetric analysis | quantitative chemical analysis by color using a colorimeter |
| volumetric analysis | quantitative analysis by the use of definite volumes of standard solutions or reagents |
| volumetric analysis | determination of the volume of gases (or changes in their volume) during combination |
| gravimetric analysis | quantitative analysis by weight |
| cost analysis | breaking down the costs of some operation and reporting on each factor separately |
fundamental analysis
fundamentals analysis | (stock exchange) the use of fundamentals as an investment strategy |
technical analysis
technical analysis of stock trends | (stock exchange) analysis of past price changes in the hope of forecasting future price changes |
spectroscopy
spectrometry
spectroscopic analysis
spectrum analysis
spectrographic analysis | the use of spectroscopes to analyze spectra |
psychoanalysis
analysis depth psychology | a set of techniques for exploring underlying motives and a method of treating various mental disorders, based on the theories of Sigmund Freud, his physician recommended psychoanalysis |
| self-analysis | the application of psychotherapeutic principles to the analysis of your own personality |
pilot project
pilot program | activity planned as a test or trial, they funded a pilot project in six states |
| work-study program | an educational plan in which students alternate between paid employment and formal study |
water development
water project
water program | making an area of water more useful |
critical appraisal
critical analysis | an appraisal based on careful analytical evaluation |
analysis
analytic thinking | the abstract separation of a whole into its constituent parts in order to study the parts and their relations |
| cost-benefit analysis | an analysis of the cost effectiveness of different alternatives in order to see whether the benefits outweigh the costs |
| systems analysis | analysis of all aspects of a project along with ways to collect information about the operation of its parts |
| trend analysis | analysis of changes over time |
soul-searching
self-analysis | a penetrating examination of your own beliefs and motives |
algorithm
algorithmic rule
algorithmic program | a precise rule (or set of rules) specifying how to solve some problem |
heuristic
heuristic rule
heuristic program | a commonsense rule (or set of rules) intended to increase the probability of solving some problem |
audit program
audit programme | a listing of audit procedures to be performed in completing an audit |
plan
program
programme | a series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished, they drew up a six-step plan, they discussed plans for a new bond issue |
| program programme | a system of projects or services intended to meet a public need, he proposed an elaborate program of public works, working mothers rely on the day care program |
| Apollo program | a program of space flights undertaken by US to land a man on the Moon, the first lunar landing was achieved by the Apollo program on July , |
| Gemini program | a program of space flights undertaken by US in and , under the Gemini program each crew had two astronauts |
| Mercury program | a program of rocket-powered flights undertaken by US between and with the goal of putting a man in orbit around the earth, under the Mercury program each flight had one astronaut |
defense program
defense policy
defence program
defence policy | a program for defending a country against its enemies |
| educational program | a program for providing education |
| rehabilitation program | a program for restoring someone to good health |
| space program | a technological program intended to explore outer space |
Superfund program
Superfund | the federal government's program to locate and investigate and clean up the worst uncontrolled and abandoned toxic waste sites nationwide, administered by the Environmental Protection Agency, some have intimated that the Superfund's money may have turned into a political slush fund |
| vocational rehabilitation program | a program of rehabilitation through job training with an eye to gainful employment |
tax program
tax policy | a program for setting taxes |
| academic program | (education) a program of education in liberal arts and sciences (usually in preparation for higher education) |
| training program | a program designed for training in specific skills |
| preemployment training program | a training program to prepare you for employment |
| vocational program | a program of vocational education |
| works program | a program to provide jobs on public works paid for by government funds |
pension plan
pension account
retirement plan
retirement savings plan
retirement savings account
retirement account
retirement program | a plan for setting aside money to be spent after retirement |
| numerical analysis | (mathematics) the branch of mathematics that studies algorithms for approximating solutions to problems in the infinitesimal calculus |
| analysis | a branch of mathematics involving calculus and the theory of limits, sequences and series and integration and differentiation |
Fourier analysis
harmonic analysis | analysis of a periodic function into a sum of simple sinusoidal components |
topology
analysis situs | the branch of pure mathematics that deals only with the properties of a figure X that hold for every figure into which X can be transformed with a one-to-one correspondence that is continuous in both directions |