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Sanctions

Restrictions imposed by one government on dealings with another state, entity or individual. They work through banks and…

Circuit breaker

An automatic pause in trading triggered by a sharp move. The aim is to let information spread and…

On the record

Everything a source says may be published and attributed to them by name. This is the default any…

Ransomware

Malicious software that encrypts an organisation's files and demands payment to release them. Paying does not reliably restore…

Open source

Software published under a licence that lets anyone inspect, modify and redistribute it. In AI the label is…

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