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Execution and Generation

noun

  • Putting a condemned person to death.
  • The act of performing; of doing something successfully; using knowledge as distinguished from merely possessing it.
    • usage: "they criticised his performance as mayor"; "experience generally improves performance"
  • Computer science. ( the process of carrying out an instruction by a computer)
  • Law) the completion of a legal instrument (such as a contract or deed) by signing it (and perhaps sealing and delivering it. ( so that it becomes legally binding and enforceable)
  • A routine court order that attempts to enforce the judgment that has been granted to a plaintiff by authorizing a sheriff to carry it out.
  • The act of accomplishing some aim or executing some order.
    • usage: "the agency was created for the implementation of the policy"
  • Unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.

Execution is the process of completing an order to buy or sell securities. Once a trade is executed, it is reported by a Confirmation Report; settlement (payment and transfer of ownership) occurs in the U. S. Between one (mutual funds) and three (stocks) days after an order is executed. The time varies greatly across countries. In France, for example settlements are only once per month.

noun

  • All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
  • Group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
  • The normal time between successive generations.
    • usage: "they had to wait a generation for that prejudice to fade"
  • A stage of technological development or innovation.
    • usage: "the third generation of computers"
  • A coming into being.
  • The production of heat or electricity.
    • usage: "dams were built for the generation of electricity"
  • The act of producing offspring or multiplying by such production.

GENERATION is the process of producing electric energy by transforming other forms of energy. The amount of energy produced is expressed in watt-hours.