Piggybacking

Piggybacking

Piggybacking may refer to:

  • Piggy-back (transportation), something that is riding on the back of something else
  • Piggybacking (security), when an authorized person allows (intentionally or unintentionally) others to pass through a secure door
  • Splash cymbal piggybacking, mounting a cymbal on top of an already stand-mounted cymbal
  • Piggybacking, a practice in which a person with bad credit uses the seasoned trade line of credit of someone else
  • Piggyback plant, Tolmiea menziesii
  • Piggy-back (law), shareholder selling rights
  • A technique used in astrophotography

Telecommunications

Other

  • Piggyback circuit breaker, a double-switch that fits in a single slot in a breaker panel. This is only if they are side-by-side in the same unit — it does not count single half-height units which share a slot. Both are used when a panel has run out of slots, but can still accept the current. The piggyback breaker has two separate outputs, one for each circuit
  • Piggybacked contact lens, using a smaller, rigid contact lens on top of a larger, soft contact lens for clinical reasons
  • Piggybacking (intravenous therapy), a second infusion set onto the same line
  • Piggyback marketing, used to reduce risk, and more established companies can leverage the brand and market reach of a partner to help them very quickly pick up the credibility and awareness needed in new market segments
  • Piggyback registration, when owners of restricted stock in a public company are allowed to participate in a public offering underwritten by another party
  • "Piggyback", a 2010 TV commercial for T-Mobile USA

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  • Piggybacking — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Piggybacking es una técnica de transmisión de datos bidireccional en la Capa de red (Modelo OSI). Con esta técnica, en vez de enviar ACK en un paquete individual, éste es incluido dentro del próximo paquete a enviar …   Wikipedia Español

  • piggybacking —  Practice of one firm marketing another firm’s products; making use of existing efforts. In stock markets, when a broker buys or sells based on the actions of a client it is considered illegal piggybacking.  ► “The new service piggybacks onto… …   American business jargon

  • Piggybacking (internet access) — Piggybacking is a term used to refer to access of a wireless internet connection by bringing one s own computer within the range of another s wireless connection, and using that service without the subscriber s explicit permission or knowledge.… …   Wikipedia

  • Piggybacking (data transmission) — Piggybacking is a bi directional data transmission technique in the network layer (OSI model). It makes the most of the sent data frames from receiver to emitter, adding the confirmation that the data frame sent by the sender was received… …   Wikipedia

  • Piggybacking (security) — In security, piggybacking refers to when a person tags along with another person who is authorized to gain entry into a restricted area, or pass a certain checkpoint [ [http://www.newtonsecurityinc.com/HWpr.htm Honeywell Press release ] ] . The… …   Wikipedia

  • piggybacking — A broker who trading stocks, bonds or commodities ( commodity) in a personal account following a trade just made for a customer. The broker assumes that the customer is making the trade on valuable inside information. Bloomberg Financial… …   Financial and business terms

  • Piggybacking — Huckepackverschickung bei Datenprotokollen …   Acronyms

  • Piggybacking — Huckepackverschickung bei Datenprotokollen …   Acronyms von A bis Z

  • piggybacking — pɪgɪbæk adv. atop the shoulders, on the back v. add cargo wagons to a train …   English contemporary dictionary

  • piggybacking — /ˈpɪgibækɪŋ/ (say pigeebaking) noun the transporting of loaded lorry trailers, especially on flat railway trucks …  

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