Kiosk
ki·osk
n.
1. A small open gazebo or pavilion.
2. A small structure, often open on one or more sides, used as a newsstand or booth.
3. A cylindrical structure on which advertisements are posted.

Modern definition
The more modern definition of kiosk refers to public terminals that offer anything from Internet access to travel information to ATM services. Electronic kiosks require a simple user interface and rugged hardware. Touchscreens enable a user to enter and display information without the need
for a mouse or keyboard. Alternative input methods must be considered, however, for those who can’t use touchscreens, such as people with physical disabilities.

Kiosk Browser
A kiosk browser is a more secure and customizable Internet web browser. Kiosk browsers are of use to public Internet access sites such as schools, libraries, or even retail stores and Internet cafes.

The kiosk browser easy allows an administrator to configure restricted access Web sites, limit or disallow file downloads, customize the toolbar with company logos, and additional features. Many kiosk browsers also allow you to deny access to the desktop of a public computer, and include an integrated e-mail client. For Internet cafes and other pay per usage terminals, a kiosk browser may also include a time logger that will automatically limit the amount of time a user can spend online, determined by the amount they have pre-paid to use the system.

Kiosk Integrators
Kiosk Integrators are businesses who assemble a kiosk based upon the requirements of the deployer for various types of installations for hotels, casinos, offices, banks and other retail spaces.

Kiosk Keyboard
A keyboard designed to withstand liquid spills and dust specifically in public areas. Kiosk keyboards are more robust than standard computer keyboards and often have buttons removed for security reasons.

Master Card (MC)
is very much like VISA. There are some differences that are important to those in the industry, but from the consumers standpoint they operate pretty much the same.

Merchant Acquiring
The process and the management of the risk associated with getting higher turnover but lower risk merchants on to a credit card processor’s network. The credit card Processor (the banking entity responsible for processing the payment) may not be the same entity as the Acquirer (of risk).

Merchant Boarding
Indicates the paperwork required to ‘board a merchant’ onto a credit card processor network, simply for the merchant (a retail store for example) to sign up with a processor’s network for processing card payments.

The paperwork is an important part of the management of merchant risk. The Merchant obtains the Merchant Account from a Sponsoring Bank or an Acquiring Bank (aka Merchant Banks) through an ISO. Merchant banks ‘sponsor’ the merchant as a business qualified to accept credit cards.

Merchant Fraud
There are many urban rumors of merchants imprinting a card multiple times while the cardholder isn't looking, and then running through a bunch of charges after the cardholder leaves. I don't know of any case where this is an official policy of a merchant, but this is certainly one technique a dishonest cashier could use.

The cashier can then take home a bunch of merchandise charged to your account. Although some people are afraid of this happening in a restaurant, where a waiter takes your card away for a while, it's actually less likely there, since there isn't anything the waiter can charge against your card and take home.

A merchant could also make copies of charge slips, to sell the PANs to other crooks. (See above for use of PANs.) Most credit card investigation departments are sensitive to this possibility, and catch on real fast if it's happening just by looking at usage history of cards with fraudulent charges.

A merchant is also in a position to create many false charges against bogus numbers, to attempt to defraud the acquirer or issuer. These schemes are usually not too effective, since acquirers generally respond very quickly to an unusual number of fraudulent transactions by tightening restrictions on the merchant.

Money Order
A money order is a payment order for a pre-specified amount of money. It is a more trusted method of payment than a personal check, because funds have to be prepaid for the amount shown on it. Merchants (who usually have no recourse in the event that a personal check may bounce) welcome the extra security that money order provides. The US post office issues money
orders however money orders have an upper limit. A similar product with no upper limit is a certified check (or bank draft) that is issued by a bank on behalf of an account holder.

Money Transfer
May be referred to as wire transfer or telegraphic transfer (TT), essentially means either the bank to bank transfer of funds or using Western Union’s network. It is the fastest way to transfer funds internationally between bank accounts.

Monitoring
Without careful management, most enterprise monitoring systems tend to become less efficient. Monitoring a network that includes a diverse set of devices such as ATMs, POS, thinclients and their backend infrastructures often requires extensive, costly and time-consuming development and
customization. This does not include subsequent maintenance and upgrade costs. The cost structures for operating large networks of financial service devices can become prohibitive.

MonitorNox™ from Infonox remotely manages and heals devices and is ideally suited for creating highly available self-service systems.