A phrase taken from Federal Election Commission regulations used by candidates' campaign committees to excuse their failure to provide the FEC with complete disclosure information concerning their contributors For example, when only the name and address but not the employer or occupation of a contributor is given on a campaign finance form, the words "best effort" will sometimes be written in Some states require candidates to return checks to contributors if sufficient disclosure information is not provided
A method of file transfer that sends files to recipients but does not allow the recipients to send back transfer status to the host Best effort file transfer increases the scope of the network by conserving network bandwidth, but data packets might be lost during transfer (Push)
An offering which is not underwritten and not purchased as a whole from the issuer, but is sold by securities dealers on a "sell what can be sold" basis
A quality of service (QOS) class in which no traffic parameters are specified and no guarantee given that traffic will be delivered ATM's available bit rate (ABR) and unspecified bit rate (UBR) are both best-effort services