Glossary of Terms

Unpaid Time: The percentage of a full-time appointment not covered by the employee's employment agreement with the University.
UReport: A confidential reporting service administered by the Office of Institutional Compliance for the purpose of receiving reports of potential law or policy violations through a toll free number (1-866-294-8680) or Web site (www.Ureport.ethicspoint.com).
Use Agreement: A contract which provides for real estate owned by one party to be used by another party, typically for short term uses such as conferences and events.
Useful Life: The length of time that a depreciable asset is expected to be useable as defined by the Controller's Office following Generally Accepted Accounting Principals.
User Level Account: An account or logon ID on a computer that can run programs and applications and use the computer but can’t install programs or change system configuration options.
Vendor: A business that provides computer-based payment card services to customers over a network that is not controlled by the University that could impact the security of cardholder data. Examples include payment gateways, and on-line providers that store, process, and/or transmit payment card data.
Vendor Check: A check from a vendor that compensates the University for an erroneous expense or duplicate payment.
Verification: The process of examining information contained in an account, report or system to ensure that it is accurate and complete.
Victim: One who incurs loss or harm as a result of a crime. The term 'victim' does not include the person charged with or alleged to have committed the crime.
Voluntary: Investigator-driven, i.e., cost sharing or matching/in-kinds funds not required by the sponsor as a condition for proposal submission.
Voluntary Cost Sharing: Investigator-driven, i.e., cost sharing funds are not required by the sponsor as a condition for proposal submission.
Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC): The MPCA Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup (VIC) Program provides technical assistance and administrative or legal assurances for individuals or businesses seeking to investigate or cleanup contaminated property.
Volunteer: Individual who performs uncompensated services for the University under the direction and control of a University supervisor.
Web Sites Tracking Visitor Actions: Any web sites that use "cookies" or other technical means to store information about the visitors or visitors actions. This definition includes either the routine information stored in server security logs (date and time of visit, internet address of the referring site, domain name and IP address) by almost all web sites.
Wireless Network Devices: The University's wireless network is composed of components, which include but are not limited to controllers, access points, and servers that manage the system.
Women Minority Disabled Business Enterprise (WMDBE): Businesses (not necessarily small businesses according to Minnesota definition) certified by agencies other than the State of Minnesota and approved by the EOAA office. WMDBE includes Targeted Group Businesses, which are the focus of this program. However, incidental purchases from WMDBEs will be counted towards the overall goal since departments often purchase from these businesses. Reports will show breakdown between Targeted Group Businesses and WMDBEs. Often large contractors located outside of Minnesota will do second tier contracting with WMDBEs in their own areas.
Wordmark: The logo that consists of “UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA” as a distinctive graphic design that is unique to the University and may not be replicated in type.
Work: A work protected under the United States copyright law. Board of Regents Policy: Copyright, §II, subd. 4.
Federal law provides that "copyright protection subsists . . . in original works of authorship fixed in any tangible medium of expression, now known or later developed, from which they can be perceived, reproduced or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device." United States Code, Chapter 17, §102.
Work Day: The employee's typical scheduled time to work.
Work Off-Campus: A work location off of the University campus that is not part of the work space assigned to the employee during the academic year. Off-campus locations rented, leased or owned by the University and routinely used by the University employee to conduct University business purposes are considered on-campus for the purposes of this definition. Examples of off-campus work locations include but are not limited to the researcher's home(s) or hotels, recreational vehicles, or boats.
Work Study: A Financial Aid program in which the state or federal government pays a percentage of a student's wages.
Work-Related Injury or Disease: Any injury or illness that arises out of and in the course and scope of employment for which compensation is payable under Minnesota Workers Compensation statute.
Workforce: All employees, volunteers, trainees and other persons whose conduct, in the performance of work for the University, is under the direct control of the University, whether or not they are paid by the University.
Write-off: The actual removal of an amount from the accounts receivable subledger once it has been determined that the customer will not pay an amount owed.
X.500 Directory: The University's central electronic directory, which allows members of the University community to access the University's electronic information, including e-mail, other systems, and certain reports. Every student, faculty member, staff person, and affiliate of the University who is entered into the X.500 directory is given a unique X.500 user name/account called an "Internet ID". The X.500 Directory is the source for the Student-Staff Directory and on-line look up services.