Employee stock options are similar to exchange traded call options issued by a company with respect to its own stock. At any time before exercise, employee stock options can be said to have two components: time value and intrinsic value. Any remaining time value component is forfeited back to the company when early exercises are made.
An arithmetic logic unit (ALU) is a digital circuit used to perform arithmetic and logic operations. It represents the fundamental building block of the central processing unit (CPU) of a computer. Modern CPUs contain very powerful and complex ALUs. In addition to ALUs, modern CPUs contain a control unit (CU).
Australian Catholic University: ACU: Abilene Christian University (formerly Abilene Christian College; Abilene, TX, USA) ACU: Army Combat Uniform: ACU: Association of Commonwealth Universities (UK) ACU: American Conservative Union: ACU: Array Configuration Utility: ACU: Association of Clinicians for the Underserved: ACU: Assault Craft Unit: ACU: Antenna Control Unit: ACU