When you double-click a file to open it, Windows examines the filename extension. If Windows recognizes the filename extension, it opens the file in the program that is associated with that filename extension. When Windows does not recognize a filename extension, you receive the following message: Details of the .mdb file extension.
Retention is the percentage of people who were on staff and remained there from the start to the end of a time period, say, a year's first quarter. Employers can track the workers in this group and extract such information as occupation, rank or age.
Also called retention ratio or retained surplus, it is the percentage of net earnings not paid out as dividends but retained by the company to be reinvested in its core business or to pay debt. It is recorded under shareholders' equity on the balance sheet.