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E-commerceE-commerce (electronic-commerce) refers to business over the Internet. Web sites...
E-mailIt's hard to remember what our lives were like without e-mail. Ranking up there...
E-mail BankruptcyIn this day and age, most of us receive several e-mails a day. Depending on your...
ECCStands for "Error Correction Code." ECC is used to verify data transmissions by...
EDIStands for "Electronic Data Interchange." EDI is a standardized method for...
EdutainmentEdutainment is one of those combo words, like "guesstimate," that combines two...
EIDEEIDE is short for "Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics" and is an improved...
EmoticonThese are the little text-based faces and objects that you often see in e-mail and...
EmulationThe term "emulation" comes from the verb "emulate," which means to imitate or...
EncryptionEncryption is the coding or scrambling of information so that it can only be...
End UserAn end user is the person that a software program or hardware device is designed...
EPSStands for "Encapsulated PostScript." EPS is a PostScript image file format that...
EthernetJust to be clear, the first syllable is pronounced "eath" as in "Heath Bar," not...
EUPStands for "Enterprise Unified Process." EUP is a software development methodology...
ExabyteAn exabyte is 2 to the 60th power, or 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes. It can be...
ExbibyteA exbibyte is a unit of data storage that equals 2 to the 60th power, or...
ExcelMicrosoft Excel is a spreadsheet program for Windows and Macintosh computers. It...
Expansion CardAn expansion card is a printed circuit board that can be installed in computer to...
External Hard DriveNearly all personal computers come with an internal hard drive. This drive stores...
ExtranetIf you know the difference between the Internet and an intranet, you have an above...

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