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Term	Definition
Earned Revenue	Revenue that the newspaper receives from subscriptions as the newspaper is delivered. Since most subscribers pay in advance, the payment is initially unearned, and becomes earned through delivery.
eBill	A renewal notice that is sent electronically to the subscriber, via e-mail.
Editing	The process by which the operator checks online entries for accuracy against information stored on the computer disk. For example, editing might be performed by a program to determine whether a publication ID is a valid (exists in the Publication File) before recording it as an entry in the Publication field.
Edition Model	A set of alternate editions that are used on special occasions (such as a holiday).
End Date	The ending date of a period.
Enter	To type on the keyboard in response to an entry prompt and then press the Enter key (or F1) to send the entry to the system for processing. See Type.
Error Message	A message that appears, usually at the bottom of the screen, indicating that an error has occurred. Error messages may be displayed by the application program, PROGRESS™ database software, network software, or operating system software.
Expert Code	A short series of keystrokes you can enter to access another screen directly, bypassing intermediate screens.
Expired Stopped	Status of a subscription that reached the end of its grace period and payment was not received (if the credit status indicates that the subscription should be stopped instead of turned over to carrier collect).
Field	See Data Entry Field.
File	A group of records stored as a unit on a computer system. See Record, Hard Disk.
Function Keys	Special-use keyboard keys usually labeled F1, F2, etc., or PF1, PF2, etc.
Grace Owed	The amount a subscriber owes from being in grace. This amount is deducted from the next payment received from the subscriber.
Grace Paid	If a subscriber sends a payment after being in grace, the grace owed amount is deducted from the payment. This is known as “grace paid”.
Grace Period	A user-defined period of time after the expire date during which the office pay subscriber can continue to receive the paper before the subscription is stopped (or converted to carrier collect).
Grace Write-off	An activity that involves taking grace-owed amounts and transferring them to a bad debt account. This typically happens when subscribers in grace do not make a payment within a certain time frame, and the newspaper assumes they will not make the payment at all.
Hand-Tie Bundle	A bundle below minimum size.
Hard Disk	The computer’s internal disk drive where data and application programs are permanently stored. Not to be confused with memory. See Memory.
Holiday	A day on which a publication does not publish an edition.
Home Delivery Route	A route that delivers newspapers directly to subscribers via carrier or motor delivery.
Hosted Order Page	A secure web page, existing outside of Circulation and not located on the Circulation server, where credit card information can be entered.
ID	An identification code associated with a longer value. See Code.
InsertPlus	Another software program created by Newscycle Solutions. InsertPlus is used to schedule and distribute newspaper preprints (inserts).
Interface	A hardware and/or software link connecting the computer hardware and/or software with other computer hardware and/or software.
Invoice	An account (i.e., carrier) bill, or a subscriber bill that is printed when a subscriber starts (after the initial invoice, subscribers pay in advance and are sent renewal notices). Also, an invoice is an open item in a carrier’s account created at the end of account billing, if the carrier’s charges are greater than his or her credits.
ISSN Number	An International Standard Serial Number, assigned to newspapers and other documents. An ISSN uniquely identifies a title regardless of language or country, and without the burden of complex bibliographic information.
Key Bundle	A bundle of non-standard size. For example, if a route has 50 papers and the standard size is 20, there would be 2 standard bundles of 20 and one key bundle of 10.
Label Group	A group of subscribers whose mail labels are printed together. For example, mail labels from Zip code 55114 could be printed together in one label group, and labels from Zip codes 55447-55676 could be printed as another label group.
Label Job File	Parameters that are entered for mailing labels that are designed and sorted by Postalsoft Presort and Label software.
List MatchPlus	Another software program created by Newscycle Solutions. List MatchPlus allows you to import address and occupant information into Circulation from an outside source.
Lockbox Processing	The process of reading a file into Circulation that contains payments made directly to the newspaper’s bank account. This can be done for either subscriber or account payments.
Login	The process of gaining access to the operating system or application program by entering an ID code and, if required, a security password.
Lookup	A window that temporarily pops up on the screen to display valid choices for the active data entry field (the field where the data entry cursor rests). You select an option in a lookup by pressing the Enter key while the option is highlighted, or by typing the first one or several unique letters of the option name. See Search.