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What does ECB mean?

ECB stands for European Central Bank

The ECB is the central bank for the European single currency, the euro. The main objective of the ECB is to maintain the purchasing power of the euro and thus price stability in the euro area. The euro area comprises the 16 European Union countries that have introduced the euro since 1999.

ECB Propaganda movie on price stability

What does TNSDC mean?

TNSDC means The Not So Daily Crap and is a website with links to funny, new, interesting websites. In 1997 It started as an ' e-mail newsletter ' and later became an online magazine. Currently it is more of a link dump site, with little text, but nice links, games, gadgets, news, and also some NSFW material. More information can be read here, or go here to the website.

What does P2P mean?

P2P comes from the English peer to peer, in which peer stands for pair, equal. Which could be translated as communication between equals. It is a way for distributing files over the Internet by sharing them with other users. With P2P, the downloader is also the uploader, all the files that they have in whole or in part, are shared with the other users alike. Read More

What does TBS mean?

TBS means posting

TBS is the abbreviation of posting (previously this was TBR: provision of government). TBS is a measure that the court can impose on a suspect of a crime, which has a minimum of four years ' imprisonment or some specifically mentioned offences (for example, threat and stalking). The condition is that the judge is convinced that the defendant was suffering from a lack of development or morbid impairment of the mind at the time of the offence. Read More

What does social network mean?

Social network means a network of people

A social network, is a network of people or groups of people. For example, a collection of people who know each other, or companies that often work together. Therefore, a corporate network can also be seen as a form of social network. A social networking site is a website that lets users create a profile, which they can then link to the profiles of others within their social network. Read More

What does SKO mean?

SKO Means Research Foundation

The SKO deals with the monitoring and reporting of the ratings and is also responsible for adjustments in the method of the research. The SKO lets MediaXim and Intomark GFK carry out the actual research among approximately 2800 persons. These persons are equipped with equipment that keeps track of what is being looked at. The equipment keeps track of the start and end times, what the title is and information about the advertisements. There is also image and audio control on the advertisements, in order to be able to check if the planning of the advertisements is also correct with what has actually been broadcast. All this is linked in the morning, so that most of the information is already available on the SKO website and on Teletext the next morning.

What does COPD mean?

COPD means ' chronic Obstructive Pulmonary disease ' (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease). In COPD, the respiratory tract is narrowed by inflammation and in severe form the lungs are damaged. Smoking is often the main cause of this damage. Chronic bronchitis occurs only in adults. When children have ' bronchitis ', this is usually due to a virus infection.

In the Netherlands, 2% of all people diagnosed with COPD. The disease is particularly common in the elderly (17% of people over 80 years of age have COPD). In the Netherlands, just like in the rest of the world, people with COPD are becoming involved. These disorders used to coincide with asthma under the name CARA, but this term is no longer officially used.

Understanding Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

What does Euribor mean?

The Euribortarief (Euro Interbank sacrificed rate) is the average interest rate at which euro area banks are prepared to provide each other with loans in euros. The determination of Euribor is based on banks with a very good credit rating. The Euribor has been in existence since 1999, at the start of the use of the euro. The Euribor is supported by the FBE, the Federation of European Banks