What is budget: Definition and 70 Discussions

A budget is a financial plan for a defined period, often one year. It may also include planned sales volumes and revenues, resource quantities, costs and expenses, assets, liabilities and cash flows. Companies, governments, families, and other organizations use it to express strategic plans of activities or events in measurable terms.A budget is the sum of finances allocated for a particular purpose and the summary of intended expenditures along with proposals for how to meet them. It may include a budget surplus, providing money for use at a future time, or a deficit in which expenses exceed income.

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    How to find G/T of antenna if everything else is provided - Link budget

    Hello guys, i got a task to design the ground station antenna. I need atleast to figure out G/T of the station. I looked at different link budget analysis, but could not find out how to calclate G/T of the antenna, or atleast how to assume this value. Usually G/T is given, but i got inverse...
  2. Mk

    Is Blah Blah Land's Switch to Solar Power Increasing Its Heat Budget?

    Let's say you are the Good King of Blah Blah Land, a cloudless tropical nation populated by honest-working and Earth-loving people. Your beautiful country is powered by a highly efficient and clean combined cycle natural gas power plant (60% efficiency). The aged power plant is very good but you...
  3. edward

    News Iraq Budget Surplus: U.S. Auditors Report on Oil Revenues

    I am a bit surprised at this. We need to get a handle on where all of this money is going. They certainly won't spend their money on rebuilding infrastructure as long as we keep spending ours. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23578542/
  4. ZapperZ

    Proposed US Budget A Major Blow to High Energy Physics

    If you haven't noticed it yet, the budget that was approved by the US House of Representative, and which President Bush intended to sign after it makes its way through the Senate, is a severe blow to several areas of physics, especially in High Energy Physics. This includes a severe cut to the...
  5. Z

    Gaming Notebooks on a Budget - What Solution Should I Look At?

    I'm searching for some notebooks which I can probably Play Games on. My budget is still unknown, my real question here is, what type of Gaming solution I should be looking at. Will the Ati X1700 do me any good for running some games ? I'm really not interested in running games at 1280x1024...
  6. E

    Solve Link Budget: EIRP 100000 W, -75 dBm Receiver Sensitivity

    I think I've done this right, but I'm looking for some reassurance because I often make stupid mistakes when converting from dB to watts and back again. Thank you in advance! I'm about to graduate in 2 weeks, and this forum has been AWESOME throughout my college career. Kudos to everyone who...
  7. wolram

    Finding the Right Camera for a Computer on a Budget

    I know nothing about cameras, i think i had a box brownie or some such when i was a kid, so what camera can i buy that will work with a computer and does not cost mega bucks?
  8. J

    News Emergency Spending in Budget Deficit?

    Can anyone tell me whether or not Emergency Spending bills, like the 109 Billion dollar bill currently in Congress, are included in the CBO (Congressional Budget OFfice) figures for annual US deficit? "...On May 4, the Congressional Budget Office revised its estimate of the deficit for the...
  9. W

    NASA How to colonize the Moon without busting NASA’s budget

    Simple, we take the project away from NASA and give it to the Air Force instead. According long established international law, an imperial power first plants it’s flag on a newly discovered land, thereby claiming it as sovereign territory belonging to the power that first explored it. The task...
  10. C

    Best Video Card Under $100 for Modern Games

    Hi everyone. I need a new video card. I'm currently running on a 64mb Geforce 4 MX 440. I know, it's archaic, but come on, I'm 18 and on a serious budget. So my question is this: what's a great budget video card that will match up with the demands of some of the modern games (call of duty 2 in...
  11. Astronuc

    NASA NASA's FY07 budget and Strategic Plan 2006

    http://www.nasa.gov/about/budget/index.html - General budget information http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/142458main_FY07_budget_full.pdf - FY07 budget. NASA's 2006 Strategic Plan :rolleyes: http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/142302main_2006_NASA_Strategic_Plan.pdf (1.5 Mb - for low bandwidth, use 'save...
  12. T

    Finding the Right Laptop for College: 2-3.5k Budget

    I am going to be getting a laptop for when I go off to college... probably going to spend around 2-3.5k on it. I am thinking that i want to get a tablet, it seems like for me going into engineering that it would be nice to be able to quickly draw something and have it stored int the comp rather...
  13. N

    Choosing a Laptop: Advice Needed ($1500 Budget)

    i am thinking of buying a new laptop ... and since i don't no much about computers ... i would like to have ur advice about the best laptops ( a friend recommended hp )... the budget is around $ 1500 ... any advice would be highly appreciated ... cheeeeeerz
  14. Jameson

    Upgrade Your RAM on a Budget - Advice for Finding the Best Deals

    So I've heard that adding RAM is one of the best ways to see a noticeable change in the CPU's performance. I've done some searching and have found deals on Ebay that just seem to good to be true. Offers such as 512 MB RAM for only $30 and such. I know that their are different kinds of RAM, low...
  15. B

    Control Electric Motor Velocity on a Budget

    Hello, Can anyone tell me what is the simpliest and cheapest method to control of velocity of an electric motor? or what kind of motor to use to reach such a control?
  16. Saint

    Budget PC for Kids: Finding the Perfect Option for Your 5-Year-Old

    My old PC which is for my son to play educational CD, hit by lightning and gone! For a child of 5 year-old, what budget pc is suitable for him? AMD semtron ok?
  17. C

    Max Area Rectangle Plot: $1000 Budget

    What are the dimensions of a rectangular plot with maxium area if the north and south sides cost twice as much to fence as the east and west sides and if you have $1000 to spend? East and west sides cost $10 per meter to fence.
  18. R

    Gear Reduction Help for Kinetic Sculptor w/ Small Budget

    I am a kinetic sculptor in need of some gear reduction help. I have a 2250 rpm .5 hp electric motor. i need to reduce the rpms to less than 5. the gear drive will turn a 30" plywood wheel, and it must turn slowly. the electric motor is the only one I have, so i must use it. I have a small...
  19. T

    Creating a Balanced Budget"Creating a Balanced Budget

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  20. M

    News The US Defence Budget: A Misallocation of Resources?

    i read somewhere that the US defence budget is over three times that of the next highest nation and that we spend about 400 billion dollars annually on it. i can't help but think what would happen if we cut the budget by just a fraction and moved it into say education. we would have some of the...
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