Reporting   The output of data--in the required format--for analysis and decision-making. ROI   Return on Investment Router   A special-purpose computer (or software package) that handles the connection between 2 or more networks. Routers spend all their time looking at the destination addresses of the packets passing through them and deciding which route to send them on. RS232   The industry standard for the transmission of data between Serial (one bit at a time) Devices. The RS stands for Recommended Standard RSA Encryption   Based on a public key system, which means that every user has 2 digital keys - one to encrypt information, and the other to decrypt. Authentication of both sender and recipient is provided with this method.