(Finans) A financial entity that purchases mortgage-backed securities from a third party to resell to investors with new terms that will make the sale profitable for the issuing entity. The conduit will usually pool enough funds from the mortgage-back securities before reissuing the funds to another party. A conduit may be used if a borrower is unable to meet the requirements of the original lender
A pipe, usually metal, that runs underground, from floor to floor, or along a floor or ceiling to protect cables In the riser backbone subsystem when riser telecommunications closets are not aligned, conduit is used to protect cable and to provide the means for pulling cable from floor to floor In the horizontal subsystem, conduit may be used between a telecommunications closet and an information outlet in an office or other room Conduit is also used for campus distribution, where it is run between buildings and intermediate manholes and is made of PVC occasionally encased in concrete Multiduct conduit may also be used
A small piece of software stored on your PC and accessible through the Palm HotSync Manager A conduit is used to HotSync data from applications on your Palm with either an application on your PC or the web
A raceway of circular cross-section of the type permitted under the appropriate electrical code
A rigid or flexible metallic or nonmetallic raceway of circular cross section in which cables are housed for protection and to prevent burning cable from spreading flames or smoke in the event of a fire
A conduit is a small tunnel, pipe, or channel through which water or electrical wires go
A cylindrical structure, usually of steel of polyvinyl chloride, which provides protection for communication cable
Usually the thin-walled metal tubing used for electrical circuits and raceways Sized to accommodate a specific number of wires, the electrical conduit itself is sometimes used as a ground conductor itself When a special hazard or hard use is anticipated, the conduit will resemble galvanized threaded piping Installation of conduit for electrical purposes is closely regulated by the National Electric Code
A person, group, or organization that forwards others' contributions to candidates, a legal activity under federal law Such contributions always count against the federal contribution limit for the donors, and sometimes against the limit for the conduit as well (in cases in which the conduit exercises "direction and control")
Conduits are software objects that exchange and synchronize data between an application running on a desktop computer and a handheld
-A channel for holding and protecting conductors and cables, made of metal or an insulating material, usually circular in cross section like a pipe Also referred to as Duct
A natural or artificial channel usually carrying fluids, such as a water pipe, canal, or aqueduct (3)
A tube of metal or plastic through which wire or cable can be run Used to protect the wire or cable and, in the case of metal conduit, make it fireproof
for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is "picked up" by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive
for light railways, in which the actuating current passes along a wire or rail laid in an underground conduit, from which the current is "picked up" by a plow or other device fixed to the car or electric locomotive