Q&A. While we often think of expenses as salaries, advertising, rent, interest, and so on, the cost of goods sold is also an expense. The cost of goods that were sold needs to be matched with the pertinent sales on the income statement, just as commission expense must be matched with sales or other revenues.
Part of the Network security glossary: OCTAVE (Operationally Critical Threat, Asset, and Vulnerability Evaluation) is a security framework for determining risk level and planning defenses against cyber assaults.CTAVE is designed to leverage the experience and expertise of people within the organization. The first step is to construct profiles of threats based on the relative risk that they pose. The process goes on to conduct a vulnerability assessment specific to the organization.
Musical Intervals. The term musical interval refers to a step up or down in pitch which is specified by the ratio of the frequencies involved. For example, an octave is a music interval defined by the ratio 2:1 regardless of the starting frequency. From 100 Hz to 200 Hz is an octave, as is the interval from 2000 Hz to 4000 Hz. The intervals which are generally the most consonant to the human ear are intervals represented by small integer ratios.