Term for the scroll of prices on the electronic board; it comes from the time when it was printed on paper
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Understanding The Ticker Tape | Investopedia  Sep 13, 2014 ... You've seen them on business programs or financial news networks: a flashing ... It wasn't until 1996 that a real-time electronic ticker was launched. ... while the actual tape has been done away with, it has retained the name. ... what all those numbers and symbols scrolling across your screen really mean.
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Teleprompter - Wikipedia  A teleprompter is a display device that prompts the person speaking with an electronic visual ... The word TelePrompTer, with internal capitalization, originated as a trade ... in inch-high letters, was printed by a special electric typewriter on a paper scroll, ... countries); electronic speech notes; cueing device; idiot board (slang)...
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Ticker tape - Wikipedia  Ticker tape was the earliest digital electronic communications medium, transmitting stock price information over telegraph lines, in use between around 1870 through 1970. It consisted of a paper strip that ran through a machine called a stock ticker, which printed ... The concept of the stock ticker lives on, however, in the scrolling electronic...
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Book - Wikipedia  A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, fastened together to hinge at one side. A single sheet within a book is a leaf, and each side of a leaf is a page. A set of text-filled or illustrated pages produced in electronic format is known ... The word book comes from Old English "bc", which in turn comes from the...
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Stock Ticker Displays | Rise Display  LED Stock Tickers are an important tool to display real-time market information to help ... A ticker tape was the earliest electronic format for transmitting stock prices across telegraph ... company symbols followed by the latest price and volume on a thin paper strip. The term ticker came from the sound as the prices printed.
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An Extremely Brief History of Women on U.S. Paper Currency - The ...  Jun 19, 2015 ... An Extremely Brief History of Women on U.S. Paper Currency ... Atlantic's Politics & Policy Daily, a roundup of ideas and events in American politics. ... Antique Money advises being discerning in evaluating the bills: "At first glance, a lot of .... at least testify to the fact that she presaged a shift in public tastes.
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The Big Board financial definition of The Big Board  ... York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Also known as The Exchange. ... The Big Board is the nickname of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), the oldest stock exchange in the United States and the one with the largest trading floor. Common and...
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British Money - British currency system, old British money, and slang ...  Since 1971, the monetary system of Great Britain is based on the decimal system. ... The smallest unit of currency was a penny, the plural of which was pence (or pennies). ... The pound came in the form of a paper bill, called a note, or a gold coin, ... One shilling is now equal to five (new) pence making a guinea worth one...
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Word processor - Wikipedia  A word processor is an electronic device or computer software application, that performs the ... In its simplest form, a word processor is like an Expensive Typewriter or .... In 1969, two software based text editing products (Astrotype and Astrocomp) were ... IBM defined the term in a broad and vague way as "the combination of...
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Monopoly (game) - Wikipedia  Monopoly is a board game that originated in the United States in 1903 as a way to demonstrate ... After Darrow brought his own Monopoly game out, the Todds never spoke to ... There have been some changes to the board since the original. ...... card "From sale of stock you get $45" is removed from play when using these...
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History of paper - Wikipedia  Paper is a writing material that was first invented in ancient China. Although contemporary .... In Muslim countries they made books lightersewn with silk and bound with leather-covered paste boards; they had a flap that wrapped the book up...
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Pre-decimal Sterling - Edkins Family Index Page  One pound seven shillings and sixpence would be 1/7/6, and would be called 'One ... They were mostly were phased out around decimalisation in 1971. .... Men often refused to use purses (receptacles for coins in Britain) and kept their ... gold, which was replaced by a ten shilling (or ten bob) note early twentieth century.
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On The Road Scroll - DHARMA beat - A Jack Kerouac Website  Aug 16, 2007 ... The mythical scroll that Jack Kerouac typed in a non-stop 3 week writing ... found itself being sold on May 22, 2001 to Jim Irsay for $2.2 million (plus ... of the book, using the real names as it was written in the scroll. ... and the author's own ink-covered fingerprints, the scroll rolls over nearly 120 feet of paper.
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Glossary of Book Terms - Alibris  The first half of the glossary contains terms A-Z and is followed by two book ... outer edges of the pages of the book have been trimmed smooth and coated ... broadside - A sheet of paper, usually of a larger size, that is printed on one side only. ... cocked - Refers to the condition of a book; the spine is no longer straight and...
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newsprint - Dictionary Definition : Vocabulary.com  Newsprint is the inexpensive paper that's used to print newspapers and ads. Magazines ... Newsprint was invented in the mid-1800s, from wood pulp. It comes...
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Understanding old British money - pounds, shillings and pence  The money used in our village was:- farthing, Ha'penny, penny, thrupenny bit, ... The pre-decimalisation British system of coinage was introduced by King Henry II. ... its name became attached to other things like guinea fowl, and New Guinea. ... 10/- meaning ten shillings. ... (pronounced 'hay-p'ny'), =  of a penny (1/2d)...
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Scrip | Definition of Scrip by Merriam-Webster  See words that rhyme with scrip ... First Known Use: 13th century ... an allotment of land)b : paper currency or a token issued for temporary use in an emergency...
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Special Purpose Office Typewriters - Early Office Museum  37) that another stenograph machine that printed on paper tape was ... The machine used 16 letters to spell words phonetically with one word per line on a roll of .... The image top right shows a row of tabulator keys (mounted horizontally) along the ... By 1904, the Elliott-Fisher Co. produced Billing and Adding Machines that...
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Gouged out - definition of gouged out by The Free Dictionary  To force out the eye of (a person) with one's thumb. ... Slang To swindle. ... (usually foll by out) to scoop or force (something) out of its position, esp with the .... fleece, gazump, overcharge, plume, rob, soak, surcharge, hook, pluck - rip off; ask ... bleed - get or extort (money or other possessions) from someone; "They bled me...
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Definition of 'Mark Up' - The Economic Times  Definition: Mark up refers to the value that a player adds to the cost price of a product. ... The amount of markup allowed to the retailer determines the money he ... The price that the market can bear usually determines the selling price, or in ... They are not just consumers of the product, but play a major role in its promotion.
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Cash is King: Proverbs about money | OUPblog  Nov 25, 2009 ... Bad money drives out good. ... value being hoarded; English proverb, early 20th century; known as 'Gresham's law' from Thomas Gresham (d.