audit

Definitions

General English

  • noun an official check of a company’s accounts
  • noun a careful examination of an organisation or a set of procedures to see how good they are.

General Science

  • noun an act of noting tasks carried out by a computer

Accounting

  • noun the examination of the books and accounts of a company

Banking

  • noun a detailed examination of something in order to assess it

Computing

  • noun the process of noting tasks carried out by a computer
  • verb to examine the state of a system and check that it is still secure or working properly

Construction

  • The examination of records, documents, and other evidence for the purpose of determining the propriety of transactions and assessing fiscal compliance with relevant cost and accounting requirements.

Electronics

  • An assessment of the hardware, software, procedures, and records of a computer or system, to determine proper compliance with established parameters and procedures. It may be followed by recommendations for improvement. Used, for instance, to assess data security and to locate problems.

Information & Library Science

  • verb to examine something officially to make sure it is correct

Medical

  • noun a check on figures, scientific data or procedures
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