Office Talk Dictionary – U



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Umbrella – Everything contained under one collection.  E.g.  “This falls under the umbrella of the support team.”

Under Pinning – Support.  E.g.  “We can’t do this without any under pinning.”

Unit – Something small, usually a small subset of the whole.  E.g.  “Are we ready for unit testing yet?”

Unplug – To turn off electronic devices.  E.g.  “We should unplug for a few hours and come up with some new solutions”

User Acceptance – Getting approval from the people who will be utilizing something.  E.g.  “Before we can move forward, we need user acceptance”

Utility – A tool.  E.g.  “The vendor has given me a utility to fix the problem.”

Utility (of something) – Usefulness.  E.g.  “I’m starting to question the utility of starting training at this point.”


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