Definitions beginning with V

See speaker recognition.
NSTC Subcommittee on Biometrics - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Face Recognition, Hand Geometry Recognition, Infrared, Iris Recognition, IrisCode©, Keystroke Dynamics, Modality, Palm Print Recognition, Recognition, Speaker Recognition, Speech Recognition

voice vote - permalink - collapse

All > Law > US Legislature

A vote in which the Presiding Officer states the question, then asks those in favor and against to say "Yea" or "Nay," respectively, and announces the result according to his or her judgment. The names or numbers of Senators voting on each side are not recorded.
United States Senate - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: quorum, quorum call, roll call vote, vote, yeas and nays

void - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Common Legal Terms

Invalid; a void agreement is one for which there is no remedy.
US District Court - Northern District of NY - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Absence d'esprit, Agreement, Arguendo, Consent, Mutual assent, Quasi

All > Science > Water

Space in a soil or rock mass not occupied by solid mineral matter. This space may be occupied by air, water, or other gaseous or liquid material.
Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Air slaking, Interstice, Pore, Pore spaces, Slaking

All > Technology > Programming > Java

A Java keyword used in method declarations to specify that the method does not return any value. void can also be used as a nonfunctional statement.
Sun Microsystems - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: carriage return, method result, return, return statement, return value

A computer device that converts between circuit switch telephony protocols and VoIP protocols. [Exchange 2007]
Microsoft - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: GUID (globally unique identifier), IP gateway, Replication ID

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) - permalink - collapse

All > Law > E-Discovery

Telephonic capability across an IP connection; increasingly used in place of standard telephone systems.
AmDoc - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Address, FTP (File Transfer Protocol), Internet, Internet Assigned Numbers Authority, IPX/SPX, Packet, Serial Line Internet Protocol (SLIP), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), Spoofing, TCP/IP, Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)

VoIP (Voice over IP) - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > E-mail > Microsoft Email > Microsoft Exchange > Microsoft Exchange 2007

The practice of using an IP data network to transmit voice calls. [Exchange 2007]
Microsoft - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Microsoft Exchange Unified Messaging service, Outlook features for Exchange Unified Messaging, Outlook Voice Access, Play on Phone, TUI (Telephone User Interface), Unified Messaging, Unified Messaging server role, voice mail, VUI (Voice User Interface)

Voir dire - permalink - collapse

All > Law > Common Legal Terms

The process by which judges and lawyers select a trial jury from among those eligible to serve, by questioning them to make certain that they would fairly decide the case. "Voir dire" is a phrase meaning "to speak the truth."
Administrative Office of the United States Courts - Cite This Source - This Definition
The preliminary examination made in court of a witness or juror to determine his/her competency or interest in a matter. Literally, to speak the truth.
US District Court - Northern District of NY - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: BAR, Challenge, Challenge for cause, Chambers, hearing, In camera, Peremptory challenge, Preliminary hearing, pretrial conference, prosecute, Sidebar

All > Law > Criminal Law

The part of the jury selection process during which prospective jurors are asked questions bearing on their ability to decide the case before them fairly and impartially.
USDC Massachusetts - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Alternate juror, Challenge for cause, Jury, Jury selection, Peremptory challenge

Voisins du zero - permalink - collapse

All > Recreation > Games > Roulette

French term for when a player bets on a group of numbers on the roulette wheel which are close to the 0
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French phrase. Common in European casinos. It's a bet on a specific group of numbers on a section of the roulette wheel neighbouring the zero.
il dado - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: American roulette, American Wheel, Call bets, Double zero or 00, European roulette, European Wheel, Five number bet, French Wheel, Single, Single zero roulette

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All > Technology > Programming > Java

A Java keyword used in variable declarations that specifies that the variable is modified asynchronously by concurrently running threads.
Sun Microsystems - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: char, Double, enum, Float, Generic, INT, JSP declaration, long, NEW, private, protected, public, short

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Climate Change

Organic compounds that evaporate readily into the atmosphere at normal temperatures. VOCs contribute significantly to photochemical smog production and certain health problems. See non-methane volatile organic compounds.
EPA - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Atoms, Black Carbon, Chemical reaction, Compound, element, inorganic compound, Light-duty vehicles, molecule, Non-Methane Volatile Organic Compounds (NMVOCs), Organic compound, Oxidize

volatile storage - permalink - collapse

All > Technology > Telecommunications

A storage device in which the contents are lost when power is removed.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: continuity check, low-power FM radio (LPFM), power budget, power circuit breaker (PCB), power margin, real power, system budget

Volatility - permalink - collapse

All > Business > Finance > Personal Finance

The term volatility indicates how much and how quickly the value of an investment, market, or market sector changes.
For example, because the stock prices of small, newer companies tend to rise and fall more sharply over short periods of time than stock of established, blue-chip companies, small caps are described as more volatile.
The volatility of a stock relative to the overall market is known as its beta, and the volatility triggered by internal factors, regardless of the market, is known as a stock's alpha.

Yahoo Finance - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Benchmark, Beta, Correction, correlation, Efficient market theory, R-squared, Sector, Secular market

All > Business > Finance > Personal Finance > Retirement

The relative rate at which the price of a security moves up and down.
South Carolina Retirement Systems - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Annuity, FICA, Fixed Income, Guaranteed investment contract (GIC), Income, Interest, prospectus

All > Technology > Telecommunications

See data volatility.
ATIS - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: compact, compaction, technical control hubbing repeater

volatilization - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Biotechnology and Genetics > Food Biotechnology

The conversion of a solid or liquid into a gas or vapour.
UN Food and Agriculture Organization - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: autoclave, exude, filtration, fog, imbibition, infiltrate, liquid membrane, liquid nitrogen, Steward bottle, Supernatant

Volcanic Ash - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Weather

Fine particles of mineral matter from a volcanic eruption which can be dispersed long distances by winds aloft. The chemical composition and abrasiveness of the particles can seriously affect aircraft and also machinery on the ground. If it is blown into the stratosphere and it is thick enough, it can decrease the global temperature.
NOAA National Weather Service - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: CFC, Chlorofluorocarbons, XBT

Volcanic rock - permalink - collapse

All > Science > Water

Rock that forms from the solidification of molten rock or magma at the earth's surface (extrusive igneous rock).
Bureau of Reclamation - Cite This Source - This Definition
Browse Related Terms: Igneous, Lava, Magma, Tuff, Vesicular (vesicles), Weld

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VoIP gateway - permalink - collapse

VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) - permalink - collapse

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Voir dire - permalink - collapse

Voisins du zero - permalink - collapse

volatile - permalink - collapse

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) - permalink - collapse

volatile storage - permalink - collapse

Volatility - permalink - collapse

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