A high-end computer processor, with related peripheral devices, capable of supporting large volumes of batch processing, high performance on-line transaction processing systems, and extensive data storage and retrieval.

An insurance policy designed to cover transportation of items to and from an electronic data processing center, the cost of reconstruction and the tracing of lost items. Coverage is usually extended to transportation and dishonesty or collusion by delivery employees.

Equipment used to imprint machine readable code. Generally, financial institutions use this equipment to prepare paper data for processing, encoding (imprinting) items such as routing and transit numbers, account numbers and dollar amounts.

In a government environment, the mission is the organization’s reason for existing.

Any measure taken to reduce or eliminate the exposure of assets or resources to long-term risk caused by natural, man-made, or technological hazards. Any measures taken to reduce frequency, magnitude, and intensity of exposure to risk or to minimize the potential impact of a threat.

A large trailer containing backup equipment and peripheral devices delivered to the scene of the disaster. It is then hooked up to existing communication lines.

The activation of the recovery organization in response to an emergency or disaster declaration.

Device that converts data from analog to digital and back again.