! A B C of Personal Computing Terms: "E"

COMPUTING ACRONYMS & TERMS' SMORGASBORD

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E A	Enterprise Architecture (technology integration compliance framework with information security, information management, and information technology demands)
E ASI	Equal Access to Software and Information (serving software users with disabilities); www.rit.edu/~easi/law.html or www.rit.edu/~easi/workshops.html; (Also see WAI [Web Accessibility Initiative] pronounced 'way')
EC	(1) Electronic Commerce (2) Error-Control Protocol (modem)
ECC	Error Correcting Code or Error Checking and Correcting (feature with EDO RAM [Extended Data Output])
ECI	(1) Extended Call Interface (2) External Cell Interface
ECM	Computerized Engine Control Module (micro chip that maximizes fuel efficiency while maintaining power)
Econo- mode	Laser printer feature that saves up to 50% of toner cost by reducing toner amount during the printing process.
ECP	Extended Capabilities Port (mode available with SPP [Standard Parallel Port]; also see EPP [Enhanced mode Parallel Port])
ECPA	Electronic Communications Privacy Act (act that limits what an employer may log of employee communications unless the employee is explicitly informed of this practice and the nature of the business justifies such actions)
EDC	Error Detection and Correction (as in EDC RAM for Multi-processing).
EDGAR	Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis & Retrieval (digital data search engine)
EDGE	Enhanced Data rates for Global Evolution
EDI	Electronic Data Interchange (standard for electronic test score reporting)
EDO	Extended Data Output (high speed DRAM [Dynamic Random-Access Memory] memory). Early during its introduction, EDO was labeled by some power users as E.D.O.T (Idiot) memory since it would have made more sense to invest in a faster CPU rather than in EDO memory. EDO memory was since replaced by newer technology.
EDUCOM	Educational Communications (Software developer for information technology in education; also see EUIT)
Edu- tainment Software	Software for children that combines educational elements with entertaining activities, such as games.
EEPROM	Electronic Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory
EET	Edge-Enhancement Technology by Panasonic (printers)
EFF	Electronic Frontier Foundation (organization for the protection of privacy rights on the Internet; for more information see: http://www.eff.org .
EGA	Enhanced Graphics Adapter (adapter for monitor/screen)
EIA	Electronics Industries Association (controls U.S. industry standards for electronics manufacturers).
EISA	Extended ISA [Industry Standard Architecture, 32-bit bus].
Electronic Shared Whiteboard	a combination of digital black board and slide projector for on-line data sharing or instruction.
ELF	Potentially harmful Extremely Low Frequency monitor emissions (also see VLF [Very Low Frequency]).
ELVIS	Well and very much alive on the Net in his new incarnation as Eli Lilly Virtual Information Service (Ali Lilly & Company, a provider of pharmaceutical products and health care solutions)
*e-mail*	Electronic Mail (communications between PC users that are connected to the Internet)
EMI	Electro-Magnetic Interference (e.g., Electrical noise that distorts TV reception)
EMM	Extended Memory Manager (e.g., DOS EMM386 provides access to UMB [Upper Memory Blocks] and uses EM [Extended Memory] to simulate EMS [Expanded Memory]).
*Emoticons*	Type set icons that express a range of human emotion, e.g., , , [.7.], {-}, etc.
EMPs	Excessive Multiple Posts (Netiquette violation of posting too many topics in a discussion group on the Net).
EMS	Expanded Memory Specification (DOS driven memory that created a number of memory buffers for DOS programs' use); also known as LIM [Lotus, Intel, Microsoft] EMS.
*End User*	In a network system the end user is the individual working on one of the network stations (also see Network Supervisor/Administrator and EULA [End-User License Agreement])
ENIAC	Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer (a 30--ton computer that required a 30 by 50 foot space)
ENT	Enterprise Networking and Telecom
EPI	External Presentation Interface
EPIC	Electronic Privacy Information Center (privacy rights group; check http://www.epic.org and also see PRC [Privacy Rights Clearinghouse] http://www.acusd.edu/~prc.
EPP	Enhanced Parallel Port (increases data transfer rates in Notebooks to up to 1MB/sec).
EPROM	Erasable PROM (Programmable Read-Only Memory)
EPS	Encapsulated PostScript--files that contain PS-language drawing instructions (Vector-based images; require PostScript printers)
.eps	Encapsulated PostScript graphics file extension.
E-R	graphical Entity-Relationship
ERD	Emergency Repair Disk
ESD	Electrostatic Discharge (ESD can damage devices such as, modem, hard drive, sound card, graphics accelerator card etc...Thus, it is very important to remember to ground yourself when working inside a PC).
ESDI	Enhanced Small Device Interface
ESI	EDUCOM [Educational Communications] Software Initiative
ESM	Enterprise Systems Management
ESRB	Entertainment Software Ratings Board (software ratings of computer games, for example, that indicate the presence of adult content, foul language, and excessive violence for retailers' and parents' discression; also see RSAC [Recreational Software Advisory Council]).
ESRI	Environmental Systems Research Inc. (one of the largest GIS [Geographical Information System] developers).
ESS	Electronic Switching System Enterprise Servers and Storage
ET	Enhancement Technology (previously known as Extra Terrestrial)
ETB	End of Transmission Block
*Ethernet*	"Lightning fast" Internet protocol (jointly developed by Xerox, Intel, and DEC) that can be connected to a PC through an Ethernet expansion card.
ETOM	Electron-Trapping Optical Memory
EUCLC	End User Common Line Charge or SLC [Subscriber Line Charge] (also see CALC [Customer Access Line Charge]).
*Eudora Pro*	Internet e-mail software that supports user defined message filtering, MAPI [Messaging Application Programming Interface], MIME [Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions] and spell checking.
EUI	End-User Interface (also see GUI [Graphic User Interface] and VUI [Visual User Interface])
EUIT	Educational Uses of Information Technology (program developed by EDUCOM [Educational Communications])
EULA	End-User License Agreement (legal agreement between an owner of a software package and the company that holds the rights to that product)
EUV Lithography	Extreme Ultra Violet Lithography (utilization of X-rays in lieu of light to decrease line width on silicon chips to an amazing 0.1 microns. Top-of-the line Intel chips use .35 micron lines).
EV	Exposure Value (digital camera)
EVF	Electronic View Finder (digital cameras)
*Exabyte*	One ExB equals 1,000 Petabytes or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes ( one Petabyte equals 1,000 Terabytes and one Terabyte is 1,000 Gigabytes ; the library of Congress which includes 42+ million volumes can be stored in its entirety on 10 terabytes)
.EXE	MS-DOS & MS-Windows Executable files' extensions

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