The act of truncating, cutting short. See: Truncate.

Method of rendering the full PAN unreadable by permanently removing a segment of PAN data. Truncation relates to protection of PAN when stored in files, databases, etc. See Masking for protection of P [..]

The habit of merchants to display only some digits of a customer's credit card number on a sales draft or receipt, in order to provide better security while still enabling identification (for the cardholder) of the card used. Truncation has been required by federal law since 2006. By law, no more than the last five digits of a debit or credit [..]

early 15c., from Late Latin truncationem (nominative truncatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of truncare (see truncate).

A procedure in which a paper-based transfer order or other financial instrument is replaced, in whole or in part, by an electronic record of the content of that instrument for the purposes of further [..]

Also called catalexis, the act of dropping an unstressed syllable from a line where it would normally be expected to appear. See catalectic.

The deletion or omission of a leading or a trailing portion of a string in accordance with specified criteria.

An electronic database search strategy in which a character (determined by the database) can be substituted for various endings of the stem of a word (e.g. myth? retrieves mythology, mythological, myt [..]

In a search, a word root followed by the truncation symbol will retrieve variant endings. Truncation is useful for retrieving both the singular and the plural forms of a word at the same time. See also: Boolean searching. For example, searching for the word communicat* will retrieve communication, communicate, communicates, communicator, and commun [..]

The dropping of characters and the addition of a symbol at the end, beginning, or within a word in a keywords search to retrieve variant forms. Truncation is particularly useful in retrieving the sing [..]

In ACH it normally refers to stopping or truncating a paper check as in POS or lockbox check truncation and turning that paper check into an electronic item.

See STEMMING.

A symbol placed after the root of a word in an online search to retrieve variant endings. Frequently used symbols include *, $, ?, and !. Example: librar* will find records that mention library, libraries, librarian, librarians, etc. Useful for expanding search results.

(n) the property of being truncated or short(n) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)(n [..]

The same as apocope.

shortening by cutting off an end.

Use of the first few letters of a word as a search term in information retrieval.

A check-processing system in which the bank does not return canceled checks to the depositor with the monthly statement, thereby saving some sorting and postage costs.

The conversion of information on a check into an electronic format after the check enters the processing system. If converted to ACH, the SEC codes used are TRC and TRX.

Truncation allows you to search for a term and its variations by entering only the root of the term or phrase followed by an asterisk *. Use the truncation symbol only at the end of a term. See also wildcard (# or ?).

to shorten a word by dropping off one or more letters (usually after the root of the word) in an effort to search multiple forms of a word simultaneously.

The editing of a sample playback so that just the desired portion of the sample is played by moving the start and end point of the sample playback.

The act of truncating or shortening (in all senses) (mathematics) The removal of the least significant digits from a decimal number (geometry) The replacement of a solid angle by a plane (or a s [..]

In mathematics and computer science, truncation is limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point.

Truncation is the term used for limiting the number of digits right of the decimal point by discarding the least significant ones. Truncation may also refer to:

In geometry, a truncation is an operation in any dimension that cuts polytope vertices, creating a new facet in place of each vertex. The term originates from Kepler's names for the Archimedean solids [..]

In statistics, truncation results in values that are limited above or below, resulting in a truncated sample. A random variable y {\displaystyle y} is said t [..]