Acronyms Beginning With U
Sales, marketing, and technology acronyms that begin with U
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USP
A distinct feature or element that sets a product, service, or brand apart from its competitors. It focuses on a specific characteristic unique to what is being offered and resonates strongly with the target audience. The USP answers the question:…
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USP
A term often used interchangeably with Unique Selling Proposition (USP). However, USP can also refer to a list of features or benefits that make a product or service stand out. Instead of focusing on a single defining characteristic, it highlights…
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USPS
A government agency in the United States responsible for providing postal delivery and shipping services. The USPS impacts businesses through its extensive network and services, including: Affordable Shipping Solutions: The USPS offers competitive shipping rates for small businesses and online…
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USPTO
A federal agency responsible for granting U.S. patents and registering trademarks. It operates as part of the Department of Commerce and is critical in protecting intellectual property (IP) rights. By issuing patents, the USPTO gives inventors exclusive rights to their…
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USSD
A communications protocol that’s used by mobile phones to communicate with the mobile network operator’s computers. With USSD, mobile users interact directly by making selections from menus. Unlike an SMS message, a USSD message creates a real-time connection with each session,…
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UTC
The standard time reference for many applications and systems, including navigation, communication, and financial systems, as well as for civil timekeeping and legal purposes. UTC is based on International Atomic Time (TAI), which measures the average time elapsed between two…
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UTF
A family of encoding standards used to represent and store text in computer systems. UTF encodings are designed to cover the full range of Unicode characters, which includes characters from virtually every written language, as well as symbols, punctuation, and…
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UTF-8
A widely-used character encoding system designed to encode characters from the Unicode standard. It is a variable-width encoding that can represent every character in the Unicode character set. UTF-8 has become the dominant character encoding for the web and is…
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UTM
Parameters that you can add to a URL to track the performance of campaigns in Google Analytics. Here is a list of the UTM variables and explanations for campaign URLs in Google Analytics: utm_source: A required parameter that identifies the…
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UUID
A 128-bit number used to identify information in computer systems uniquely. The primary purpose of a UUID is to enable distributed systems to identify information without significant central coordination uniquely. In essence, UUIDs are designed to be unique across time…
