broking

Noun

broking (uncountable)

1. The craft or profession of a broker; mediation in a sale or transaction.
   • The order is executed automatically and the required amount is transferred to the broking account.2004, K. L. James, The Internet: A User′s Guide, page 293
   • From the firm′s perspective, if the online brokerage is managed correctly, it can provide leads for the advisory or discretionary broking service.2007, Alexander Davidson, The Complete Guide to Online Stock Market Investing: The Definitive 20-Day Guide, page 24
2. The action of a broker agent; exchange of messages or transactions involving a software agent.
   • The UPnP architecture provides features for connectivity layer and resource layer that are defined in general grid computing architecture. Unfortunately, collective layer mechanisms, such as co-allocation, directory service, broking, work load management, community account and payment, are not...2004, Min Li, Xiaobo Wu, Menglian Zhao Hui Wang, Xiaolang Yan, Heterogeneous Grid Computing for Energy Constrained Mobile Device, Laurence Tianruo Yang, et al. (editors), Embedded and Ubiquitous...
   • Currently there are two brokers involved used by the portal: the LCG-2 broker and GTbroker. The GTbroker interact with the Globus resources to perform job submission. The static and dynamic information of grid resources are collected by GTbroker to achieve scheduling activities. The LCG-2 broking...2009, Frédéric Magoulès, Fundamentals of Grid Computing: Theory, Algorithms and Technologies, page 20