#Cryptocurrency Terminologies Explained

Accumulation/Distribution Indicator :The accumulation/distribution indicator determines the supply and demand level of a stock/asset/cryptocurrency by multiplying the closing price of a specific period with volume.

Acid Test Ratio : An acid test ratio is a tool that gives an understanding of a company's ability to pay off its current liabilities.

Acquisition: An acquisition is buying out another company by purchasing a controlling stake

Acquisition Cost: Acquisition cost is generally the total cost to be paid for a company’s property, equipment or other assets after adjusting for incentives, discounts, closing costs and other necessary expenditures but before the sales taxes.

Acquisition Premium: refers to the price difference between the price paid for a company and its assessed market value.

Active Management: requires a manager, or a team of managers, to actively manage a portfolio.

Activist Investor: is an individual or institution seeking to gain a controlling stake in a company to instigate changes.

Adam Back: Adam Back is a world-renowned British cryptographer, cypherpunk and crypto industry figure from the United Kingdom.

Adaptive State Sharding: Used by Elrond, Adaptive State Sharding is an approach that combines all types of sharding into one to improve communication and performance.

Address: A place where cryptocurrency can be sent to and from, in the form of a string of letters and numbers.

Administrative Expenses: Administrative expenses are costs incurred by an organization that includes, but are not limited to, benefits and salaries for administrative staff, rent and managerial compensation.

Adoption Curve: indicates the pace of adoption of a new technology by people. It may also involve segregation of the target audience to understand the market's willingness.

Advance/Decline Line (A/D Line): is a technical indicator that plots the difference between the advancing and declining issues in the stock market on a daily basis

Source : https://coinmarketcap.com/alexandria/glossary