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Term	Definition
Samples	Papers given to a carrier or motor route driver for “sample” purposes.
SBS	A general ledger software program, at one time sold by PBS as Financial Management. Most general ledgers records are transferred from Circulation to SBS automatically.
SCF	Acronym for Sectional Center Facility. This is a postal building where postal employees collect and sort mail for distribution to other post offices. A post office may also be designated as a Sectional Center Facility.
Search	A series of windows and strip menus that are displayed (as an extension of a lookup) to help you find and select an appropriate entry for an entry field. See Lookup.
Service	Papers given to a carrier or motor route driver for “service” purposes, such as to replace damaged papers.
Setup	The process of configuring Circulation for your company’s specific needs. See the Setup Manual.
Shopper	A publication containing only advertising. It is usually delivered by the carrier to the same route as the paper. The carrier may be paid to deliver shoppers with or without papers, on a variety of payment plans.
Short Name	An abbreviated company name used by banks.
Shortage	An error that gives a carrier too few (or too many) papers on a given day. Shortages can be recorded for audit and report purposes.
Shrink Copies	Papers unaccounted for by a single copy outlet, due to theft, damage, lost copies, or other reasons. The total draw minus copies sold equals the shrink.
Sign-on Screen	A preliminary screen that may appear after the selection of a program from a full menu but before the appearance of the main program screen. It solicits default data for use by the program during this session.
Single Copy Outlet	A route that sells newspapers from dealers, racks, newsstands, office and bulk. See Route.
Single Copy Type	A user-defined classification of single copy outlets that describes how they are delivered; for example, “dealer” and “rack”.
Software	A computer program or set of programs. See Program.
Sold Copies	Copies sold by a dealer or other single copy outlet (see also, Shrink).
Source Code	Indicates the where the information is coming from (e.g., the subscriber, customer service operator, etc.)
Special Address	An address that does not contain standard address elements (e.g., a military address).
Stacker	A machine that stacks newspapers into bundles for distribution.
Start	A transaction that starts a subscription to a publication.
Start Date	The beginning date of a period.
Start-and-bill	A subscription that has been started by the customer with the request that a bill be sent to him or her for payment at a later date.
Stop	A transaction that stops (either temporarily or permanently) a subscription to a publication.
Strip Menu	A horizontal list of options from which one option may be selected.
Subscription Payment Adjust Code	Used for any non-subscription payment.
Suffix	One or two directional letters (NE, E, W, etc.) that go after the street type on some addresses, such as the “N” in “244 8th Ave N.”
System	The combination of hardware and software that functions together to perform activities. Also, a combination of application programs and system administration programs that have been integrated and sold to function as a unit.