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• Gatekeeper

  A professional advisor or intermediary operating in the private equity market on behalf of clients, such as institutional investors

• Gearing, Debt/equity Ratio Or Leverage

  The total borrowings of a company expressed as a percentage of shareholders’ funds

• Government/State Fund

  A government-owned private equity fund, usually organized through a national or state agency.

• Google AdWords

  An advertising service which places relevant advertisements on search results pages and other content. When a user searches for keywords using Google, AdWords advertisements related to those keywords are displayed on the right, top and/or bottom of the search results pages alongside the organic search results.

• Geotagging

  Geotagging is the process of adding location-based metadata to media such as photos, video or online maps. Geotagging can help users find a wide variety of businesses and services based on location.

• Government 2.0

  Government 2.0 is the term for attempts to apply the social networking and integration advantages of Web 2.0 to the practice of government.

• GPL

  GPL is short for GNU General Public License, often used with the release of open source software. An example of a copyleft license, it requires derived works to be made available under the same license.

• GPS

  GPS is shorthand for Global Positioning System, a global navigation satellite system. GPS-enabled devices — most commonly mobile handhelds or a car’s navigation system — enable precise pinpointing of the location of people, buildings and objects.