Internal & external audits: first-, second-, and third-party audits. 1  A first-party audit is performed within an organization to measure its strengths and weaknesses against its own procedures or methods and/or against external standards adopted by (voluntary) or imposed on (mandatory) the organization.
Precursor (chemistry) In chemistry, a precursor is a compound that participates in a chemical reaction that produces another compound. In biochemistry, the term precursor often refers more specifically to a chemical compound preceding another in a metabolic pathway, such as a protein precursor. 1 Illicit drug precursors.
(moÊld) n. 1. a hollow form for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state. 2. the shape imparted by a mold. 3. something formed in or on a mold: a mold of jelly. 4. a frame on which something is formed or made. 5. shape; form. 6. prototype; precursor.