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E-commerce (electronic commerce) Business conducted online, primarily over the Internet.
E-mail See electronic mail.
E-mail server A host or network that services e-mail.
E-time See execution time.
EBCDIC [Extended Binary Coded DecimalInterchange Code] An 8-bit encoding system.
EchoA host computer's retransmission of characters back to the sending device.
Enhanced Data Output (EDO) DRAM Dynamic RAM which is up to 50 percent faster than conventional DRAM.
Education coordinatorThe person within an organization who coordinates all computer-related educational activities.
Edutainment software Software that combines education and entertainment.
EFT[Electronic Funds Transfer] A computer-based system allowing electronic transfer of money from one account to another.
EGA[Enhanced Graphics Adapter] A circuit board that enables the interfacing of high-resolution monitors to microcomputers.
Electronic commerce See e-commerce.
Electronic data interchange (EDI) The use of computers and data communications to transmit data electronically between.
Electronic dictionary A disk-based dictionary used in conjunction with a spelling-checker program to verify the spelling of words in a word processing document.
Electronic document Seeonline document.
Electronic funds transfer See EFT.
Electronic mail A computer application whereby messages are transmitted via data communications to "electronic mailboxes" (also called E-mail). (Contrast with voice message switching.)
Electronic messaging A workgroup computing application that enables electronic mail to be associated with other workgroup applications.
Electronic money (e-money) A payment system in which all monetary transactions are handled electronic.
EncodeTo apply the rules of a code. (Contrast with decode.)
Encoding system A system that permits alphanumeric characters and symbols to be coded in terms of bits.
Encryption/decryptionThe encoding of data for security purposes. Encoded data must be decoded or deciphered to be used.
Enterprise-wide information system Information systems which provide information and processing capabilities to workers throughout a given organization.
Ergonomics The study of the relationships between people and machines.
Exception report A report that has been filtered to highlight critical information.
Executable program file A file that contains programs that can be executed run.
Execution time The elapsed time it takes to execute a computer instruction and store the results (also called E-time).
Executive information system (EIS) A system designed specifically to support decision making at the executive levels of management, primarily the tactical and strategic levels.
Exit routine A software procedure that returns you to a GUI, an operating system prompt, or a higher-level applications program.
Expansion boardThese add-on circuit boards contain the electronic circuitry for many supplemental capabilities, such as a fax modem, and are made to fit a particular type of bus. (Also called expansion cards.)
Expansion bus An extension of the common electrical bus which accepts the expansion boards that control the video display, disks, and other peripherals. (See also bus.)
Expansion cardSee expansion board.
Expansion slots Slots within the processing component of a microcomputer into which optional add-on circuit boards may be inserted.
Expert system An interactive knowledge-based system that responds to questions, asks for clarification, makes recommendations, and generally helps users make complex decisions. (See also assistant system.)
Expert system shell The software that enables the development of expert systems.
ExportThe process of converting a file in the format of the current program to a format that can be used by another program. (Contrast with import.)
Extended ASCIIAn 8-bit extension of the ASCII encoding system that includes 128 non-standard ASCII symbols.