e- ~ Electronic ~ Electronic or online (for instance an e-zine is an online

magazine
published only in an electronic form).
E Phone ~ Emergency Phones. ~ telecom slang.
E&M ~ recEive and transMit (or ear and mouth) ~ Trunking arrangement generally used
for two-way switch-to-switch or switch-to- network connections. Cisco�s analog E&M
interface is an RJ-48 connector that allows connections to PBX trunk lines (tie
lines).
E&M also is available on E1 and T1 digital interfaces.
E_D_TOV ~ error detect timeout value ~ The time that a switch waits for an expected
response before declaring an error condition. This value is adjustable in 1
microsecond
increments from 2 - 10 seconds.
E1 ~ ~ A European digital communications line with a transmission speed of 2.048
Mbps,
as defined under the E-carrier system. For DS1, 32 digital voice channels are
multiplexed
onto one E1 channel
E2 ~ ~ A digital telecommunications connection category defined under the European
Ecarrier system. An E2 line has an aggregate capacity of 8.448 megabits per second.
E2E ~ End-to-End ~ Also known as �soup-to-nuts� it is an acronym for a sector of
the
industry that specializes in providing end-to-end solutions.
E3 ~ Electronic Entertainment Expo ~ The annual video game conference and show at
the
Los Angeles Convention center.www.e3expo.com
E3 ~ ~ A European digital telecommunications facility with a transmission speed of
34.368 Mbps. For DS3, 32 voice channels are multiplexed onto one E3 channel.
EA ~ Electronic Arts ~ EA (NASDAQ: ERTS) is a major American developer, marketer,
publisher and distributor of video games.
EA ~ Enterprise Agreement ~ EA is a Microsoft volume software agreement.
EAB ~ Enterprise Address Book ~ A collection of information about people,
departments,
and locations in an enterprise. Information about people may include telephone
numbers,
mailing addresses, and the department in which a person works.
EAI ~ Enterprise application integration ~ EAI is a business computing term for the
plans,
methods, and tools aimed at modernizing, consolidating, and coordinating the
computer
applications in an enterprise.
EAL ~ Evaluation Assurance Level ~ 4 Common Criteria certification of Watchguard
firewall
EAM ~ Event Aggregation Module ~ Tivoli Security Operations Manager module
EAP ~ Extensible Authentication Protocol ~ a protocol for wireless networks that
expands
on authentication methods used by the PPP, a protocol often used when connecting a
computer to the Internet.
EAR ~ Emergency Assistance Request ~ usually an internal request within a company
for
technical assistance by their own support staff to assist with an end-user problem.
Most of
these problems are termed as BUGS by users and by the programmers as undocumented
features.
EARL ~ Enhanced Address Recognition Logic ~ a custom Catalyst 5000 family switch
component similar to the learning bridge or content-addressable memory (CAM) of
other
types of network switches and routers
EAS ~ enterprise application server ~ enterprise application server
EASDAQ ~ European Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations ~ An
electronic pan-European stock exchange founded by the Belgian Banking and Finance
Commission, closely modeled on the� NASDAQ� exchange in the United States. In
2001, NASDAQ acquired a 58 percent stake in EASDAQ and renamed it NASDAQ
Europe.
EAT ~ End Around Test ~ Also known as a wrap test, returns output signal to input
line
EAX ~ Environmental Audio ~ A hardware and software audio standard developed by
Creative Labs. It was originally used in SoundBlaster sound boards, and is
supported by
other companies as well now.
EB ~ Exabyte ~ This is 2^60 bytes or 1024 petabytes.
EBCDIC ~ Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code ~ It is also called the
Extended ASCII Code. This is a common asynchronous code used by IBM. It is
pronounced �ehb-suh-dik�. Many corporation that have legacy applications and
databases
in IBM�s OS/390 operating system use this code for the text files. The 8 bit
character code
is used to represent 256 different bit patterns.
EBIF ~ Enhanced TV Binary Interchange Format ~ standard under the SelecTV brand
announced in early 2010
EBML ~ Extensible Binary Meta Language ~ Simple, XML-like binary language for
describing data in structured style. Seehttp://ebml.sourceforge.net/
EBPP ~ Electronic Bill Presentation and Payment ~ An acronym that implies using the
Internet to send, receive, and pay bills, this is considered by some people to be
the next
step in online banking.
EBS ~ E-Business Suite ~ Oracle�s order management hubs
EC2 ~ Elastic Compute Cloud ~ Amazon EC2 allows customers to rent computers on
which to run their own computer applications. EC2 allows scalable deployment of
applications by providing a web services interface through which a customer can
create
virtual machines, i.e. server instances, on which the customer can load any
software of
their choice.
ECB ~ electronic code book ~ A method of enciphering and deciphering data in
address
spaces or data spaces. Each 64-bit block of plaintext is separately enciphered and
each
block of the ciphertext is separately deciphered.
ECB ~ Event Control Block ~ A data structure used to control sending and receiving
of
packets in a Novell Network
ECC ~ elliptic curve cryptography ~ Approach to public-key cryptography based on
elliptic curves over finite fields.
ECC ~ Error Checking and Correction ~ A method of detecting and correcting system
memory errors by adding additional bits and using a special algorithm.
ECEM ~ enterprise carbon and energy management ~ A corporatewide system of record
for monitoring, managing, and reporting energy use and carbon emissions. ECEM is a
Forrester term, which we feel best describes the systems� functionality and
customer
requirements.
ECHS ~ Extended Cylinders, Heads, Sectors ~ Enables use of hard drives up to 8.4 GB
in
size
eCI ~ eCommerce integrator ~ A service provider that offers strategy, marketing,
design,
and technical services for eBusiness. Technical services are custom development,
commerce package implementation, and application integration, not hosting or
network
services.
ECM ~ Enterprise content management ~ a set of tools and methods that obtain,
organize,
store and deliver information crucial to its operation. The fundamental objectives
of ECM
are to streamline access, eliminate bottlenecks, optimize security, maintain
integrity and
minimize overhead.
ECMA ~ European Computer Manufacturers Association ~ An industry trade group
headquartered in Geneva. The ECMA has developed more than 200 computer standards.
ECMP ~ Equal Cost Multipath Routing ~ distributes traffic across multiple
highbandwidth links to increase performance. One company�s OSPF implementation
supports
multiple equal-cost paths between points and divides traffic evenly among the
available
paths.
ECO ~ Engineering Change Order ~ Hardware minor revisions, usually in the days of
minicomputers, where a change wasn�t made to the PCB layout (which would probably
carry the major revision number/letter)
ECP ~ electronic check presentment ~ The electronic presentation of check data to
processing banks. In the first ECP phase, one bank presents a second bank with
electronic
check information based on the check�s� MICR� line, which states the correct
customer
account and the amount of the payment.
ECS ~ Extended Character Set ~ An industry acronym for a specialized ASCII
character
set. The main differences are in the control characters and the decimal character
representations of decimal 128-255.
ECTF ~ Enterprise Computer Telephony Forum ~ Brings together the best industry
thinkers on the planet to deliver on a shared vision in the computer telephony
industry to
allow for open access to a diversity of communications products and services. See
also� http://www.ectf.org/
ED2K ~ eDonkey2000 ~ a decentralized, mostly server-based, peer-to-peer file
sharing
network best suited to share big files among users, and to provide long term
availability of
said files.
EDA ~ event-driven architecture ~ EDA is a software architecture pattern that
orchestrates
behavior around the production, detection and consumption of events as well as the
responses they evoke.
EDC ~ electronic dispersion compensation ~ EDC technology is supported by the
Optical
Internetworking Forum (OIF) - a group currently defining a 10 Gbps interoperability
specification targeting optical links. The transmission distance of this
specification
supports up to 120 km (2400 ps/nm)
EDC ~ Electronic Data Capture ~ EDC system is a computerized system designed for
the
collection of clinical data in electronic format
EDGE ~ Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution ~ A radio interface technology with
enhanced modulation designed to provide� GSM� and time division multiple access
(TDMA) networks with the capacity to rival third-generation (3G) cellular networks.
EDI ~ electronic data interchange ~ The exchange of structured electronic data
between
computer systems according to predefined message standards.
EDI ~ Electronic Data Interchange ~ The process of automating the exchange of
business
information such as purchase orders, delivery notes and invoices over a data
network.
EDIFACT ~ Electronic Data Interchange For Administration, Commerce and Transport ~
international EDI standard developed under the United Nation, also named UN/EDIFACT
e-discovery ~ Electronic discovery ~ the collection, processing and review of large
amounts of ESI within an enterprise to meet the mandates imposed by common law
requirements for discovery. These demands may be due to civil or criminal
litigation,
regulatory oversight, or administrative proceedings. An independent group of
consultants,
legal scholars and vendors have created and put into the public domain an �E-
Discovery
Reference Model� ([EDRM];� www.edrm.net� )
EDM ~ Electronic Document Management ~ A system that manages different kinds of
documents, using computer programs and storage. An EDM system allows a company and
its users to create a document or capture the hard copy of a file in electronic
form.
EDM ~ EMC Data Manager ~ A centralized, high-performance backup and restore system
optimized for large enterprise database environments, from storage vendor� EMC.
EDO ~ Extended Data Output ~ a type of dynamic random access memory. EDO memory
is much faster than DRAM because it can access more than one block of information
at a
time. EDO memory accesses a block of memory and as it is sending the information
from
one block it starts accessing another block to fetch information.
edress ~ e-mail address ~ e-mail address
EDS ~ Electronic Data Systems ~ A multibillion-dollar system integration and IT
services
firm, founded in 1962 and headquartered in Plano, Texas. Acquired by HP.
EDW ~ enterprise data warehouse ~ enterprise data warehouse
EEPROM /EPROM ~ Electrical Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory ~ This
type of memory can be reprogrammed and erased electronically repeatedly by using a
device programmer which provides an electric surge.
EF ~ Expedited Forwarding ~ A Per-Hop Behavior in the Differentiated Service
standard,
used to create a virtual leased line service
EFI ~ Extensible Firmware Interface ~ Software that runs automatically when an
Intelbased Macintosh first starts up. It determines the computers hardware
configuration and
starts the system software.
EFM ~ Enterprise fraud and misuse management ~ saves users money by enabling
operational efficiencies, and by stopping fraud and misuse that occur across
multiple
channels, accounts or products
EFS ~ Encrypting File System ~ An encryption method based on digital certificates,
which allows users to protect the confidentiality of their data on a per-file or
per-folder
basis.
EFS ~ Error Free Seconds ~ A unit used to specify the error performance of T
carrier
systems, usually expressed as EFS per hour, day, or week. This method gives a
better
indication of the distribution of bit errors than a simple� BER.
EFT ~ Electronic Funds Transfer ~ A system where money is transferred
electronically
from one bank account to another, without the need for any paper work such as the
traditional cheque.
EGA ~ Enhanced Graphics Adapter ~ A computer display standard that provides a
resolution of 640 by 350 pixels, a palette of 64 colors, and the ability to display
as many
as 16 colors at one time.
EGL ~ Enterprise Generation Language ~ A high-level language that allows developers
to
focus on business logic as they create complex business applications for deployment
in
any of several environments, including the Web.
EGNOS ~ European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service ~ a satellite based
augmentation system developed by the European Space Agency.
EGP ~ Exterior Gateway Protocol ~ A reachability routing protocol used by gateways
in a
two-level internet. EGP is used in the Internet core system.
EH&S ~ Environmental, Health and� Safety ~ EH&S compliance systems capture
product or process data according to a regulatory� authority�s standards
EHA ~ Ethernet Hardware Address (MAC address) ~ Link layer - IEEE Std 802 IEEE
OUI Assignments
EHA ~ Ethernet Hardware Address ~ MAC address, a� unique identifier� assigned
to� network interfaces� for communications on the physical network segment.
EHR ~ Electronic Health Record ~ n electronic record of health-related information
on an
individual that conforms to nationally recognized interoperability standards and
that can
be created, managed, and consulted by authorized clinicians and staff across more
than
one health care organization.
EIA ~ Electronics Industry Alliance ~ Organization - EIA
EIA ~ Electronic Industries Alliance ~ High-tech association that represents the
full
spectrum of U.S. electronics and high-tech industry manufacturers. See
also� http://www.eia.org
EIA ~ enterprise information architecture ~ enterprise information architecture
EIGRP ~ Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol ~ Internet Layer - Cisco Doc ID:
16406
EIGRP ~ Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol ~ Cisco proprietary routing
protocol loosely based on their original IGRP. EIGRP is an advanced distance-vector
routing protocol, with optimizations to minimize both the routing instability
incurred after
topology changes
EII ~ enterprise integration information� ~ data integration
EIM ~ Enterprise Identity Mapping ~ an open architecture from IBM for helping an
enterprise manage the multiple user registries and identities that enable a
computer user to
access multiple applications with a SSO.
EIM ~ enterprise information management ~ an integrative discipline for
structuring,
describing and governing information assets, regardless of organizational and
technological boundaries, to improve operational efficiency, promote transparency
and
enable business insight.
EIRP ~ Effective Isotropic Radiated Power ~ The effective power radiated from a
transmitting antenna when an isotropic radiator is used to determine the gain of
the
antenna
EIS ~ enterprise information system ~ In System Manager, all the resources that the
applications manage and the functions for managing them.
EIS ~ enterprise information system ~ The applications that comprise an
enterprise�s
existing system for handling companywide information.
EIST ~ Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology ~ an advanced means of enabling very
high performance while also meeting the power-conservation needs of mobile systems.
Conventional Intel SpeedStep Technology switches both voltage and frequency in
tandem
between high and low levels in response to processor load.
EJB ~ Enterprise JavaBeans ~ A component architecture defined by Sun Microsystems
for the development and deployment of object-oriented, distributed, enterprise-
level
applications
EKTS ~ electronic key telephone set ~ Any key telephone with a built-in
microprocessor
which allows access to PBX-like features as well as access to multiple CO lines and
uses
two- to four-pair wiring.
ELAN ~ Emulated Local Area Network ~ A logical network initiated by using the
mechanisms defined by LANE (LAN Emulation). This could include ATM and legacy
attached end stations.
ELM ~ Expertise location and management ~ the identification of human expertise,
determining the status of that resource and integrating that person into the
interaction
process.
ELT ~ extract, load, and transform ~ The process of extracting data from one or
more
sources, loading it directly into a relational database, and then using the
database engine to
run data transformations.
EMA ~ Enterprise Management Associates ~ leading industry analyst firm that
provides
deep insight across the full spectrum of IT and data management
technologies.� www.enterprisemanagement.com
EMC ~ Electromagnetic Compatibility ~ capability of systems or equipment to be
tested
in the intended environment at designed levels of efficiency without degradation
due to
electromagnetic interactions
EMF ~ ElectroMagnetic Field ~ These fields are produced by power lines,
transformers,
appliances and radio frequency-RF sources such as microwave ovens, cellular phones,
AM/FM/TV transmitters, radars,etc.
EMF ~ ElectroMotive Force ~ use to describe anything which behaves like an
electrical
pump. Batteries, generators, thermoelectric devices, solar cells, and piezoelectric
crystals
all do the same job in an electrical circuit.
EMI ~ Electromagnetic interference ~ An alias for this term is �RFI� or �RF� or
�induced
noise�. In sensitive and/or badly designed equipment, EMI can cause serious
malfunctions
or loss of control. EMC aims to prevent this ever happening.
EMI ~ Enhanced Multilayer Image ~ Cisco�s multicast routing implentation permits
any
host to send a packet but only members of the multicast group to receive it if
�EMI� is
enabled on the Stack Master.
EMOTICON ~ EMOTion ICON ~ A group of symbols used to indicate emotions in
email or newsgroups.
EMPI ~ Enterprise Master Patient Index ~ EMPI is a database that contains a unique
identifier for every patient in the enterprise.
EMR ~ electronic medical record ~ A system used to compile computerized patient
healthcare information. EMRs generally deal with information only in the form of
document images or text formatted for output to a printer or video display.
EMS ~ Enhanced Messaging Service ~ Messaging comprising simple pictures, sounds,
animations, and modified text.
EMS ~ enterprise messaging system ~ enterprise-grade system that enables �program-
toprogram� messaging between applications and systems throughout an enterprise.
EMS ~ Expanded Memory Specification ~ a technique for utilizing more than 1MB of
main memory in DOS -based computers. The limit of 1MB is built into the DOS
operating
system.
EMV ~ Europay-MasterCard-Visa ~ An emerging general payment standard for smart
cards.
ENIW ~ Web-enabled Ethernet Networking Interface ~ module presents additional
remote
Web capabilities by providing read/write access via the Internet.
ENQ ~ Enquiry ~ A control character used in the ASCII code set to request
identification
status.
ENS ~ enterprise nervous system ~ Gartner�s term for the intelligent network that
provides unifying connectivity among people, application systems and devices in
different
locations and business units across a virtual enterprise.
ENTL ~ Electronic New Hire/Termination/Leave of Absence ~ electronic document used
to set up new staff, termination, or leave.
ENUM ~ electronic numbering / Electronic Number Mapping system ~ ENUM is an
IETF standard for mapping the public telephone number address space into the DNS.
ENX ~ European Network Exchange ~ the communications network of the European
automotive industry.� www.enxo.com
EOF ~ End Of Frame (HDLC, etc.) ~ Link layer - HDLC framing
EOF ~ end-of-file ~ On a data medium, a coded character indicating the end of the
medium.
EOF ~ end-of-file ~ A code that signals that the last record of a file has been
read end-offile delay
EOL ~ End Of Life ~ It usually refers to the time period of support for a software
product
after a new revision has been placed into use. From time to time, hardware vendors
also
use the term to describe a time period of support for a given hardware item.
EoS / EoSDH ~ Ethernet over SONET / Ethernet Over SDH ~ EoS is a set of protocols
which allow Ethernet traffic to be carried over synchronous digital hierarchy
networks in
an efficient and flexible way.Ethernet frames which are to be sent on the SDH link
are sent
through an �encapsulation� block to create a synchronous stream of data from the
asynchronous Ethernet packets..
EPABX ~ Electronic Private Automatic Branch Exchange ~ refer to� PABX
e-paper ~ Electronic paper ~ e-paper a range of display technology which are
designed to
mimic the appearance of ordinary ink on paper.
ePC ~ electronic product code ~ a vision for using next-generation technology to
supplant
the bar code based Universal Product Code (UPC) system for identifying supply chain
objects such as vehicle and pallet loads, case loads and individual articles.
EPG(s) ~ electronic program guides ~ two-way television services
EPGs ~ electronic program guides ~ two-way television services
EPIC ~ Explicitly Parallel Instruction Computing ~ designed to fully incorporate
all of
the features of the Itanium series of processors from Intel. The uniquely designed
EPIC
architecture allows the highest possible performance via new levels of parallelism
for
enterprise and technical applications.
EPL ~ Ethernet Private Line ~ A point-to-point service that employs dedicated SONET
channels over a shared SONET infrastructure
EPM ~ Enterprise Performance Management ~ Oracle Fusion release
EPN ~ Extended Port Network ~ A remote switching module of a telephone switch.
Different vendors use different names. EPN is specific to Avaya and Definity line
of
PBXs.
ePO ~ EPolicy Orchestrator ~ McAfee tool that delivers real-time information and
application integration for network, desktop, and server security
EPO ~ emergency power off ~ A means of turning off power during an emergency,
referring usually to a switch.
EPOC ~ Electronic Piece of Cheese ~ A 32-bit operating system designed by Symbian
and written in C++. It is used in mobile phones and PDAs, including PDAs
manufactured
by Psion.
EPP ~ Enhanced Parallel Port ~ An enhanced version of the parallel port
specification for
PCs.
EPP ~ Enterprise Portal Platform ~ Red Hat�s JBoss EPP is the commercial version of
the
open-source GateIn community portal.
EPR ~ Electronic Patient Record ~ designed to allow fast and easy on-line access to
each
patient�s records in all areas across the Hopkins continuum of care, thus enhancing
patient
care.
EPR ~ EndPoint Reference ~ Combination of Web services elements that define the
address for a resource in a SOAP header
EPS ~ Encapsulated PostScript ~ Adobe file format for graphics and text supported
by
several graphics drawing applications.
EPS ~ Events Per Second ~ metric used in evaluating log management and related
tools. It
represents the total number of network and security events, accumulated from
various
network devices, that must be managed per second.
EPU ~ Energy Processing Unit ~ ASUS EPU utilizes innovative technology to digitally
monitor and finetune the CPU power supply with improved VR responses in heavy or
light loadings.
ERL ~ Echo Return Loss ~ A frequency-weighted measure of return loss over the
middle
of the voiceband (approximately 560 to 1965 Hz) where talker echo is most annoying.
ERMS ~ electronic records management systems ~ electronic records management
systems
ERP ~ Enterprise resource planning ~ applications represent the core business
applications of most enterprises. These applications encompass management and
administrative functions, including financial management and HR, as well as
components
for managing revenue activities and expenditures and operations.
ERP ~ error recovery procedure ~ A procedure designed to help isolate and, where
possible, to recover from errors in equipment. The procedure is often used in
conjunction
with programs that record information on machine malfunctions.
ERR ~ ERRor ~ ERRor
eRX ~ e-Prescribing ~ a type of computer technology whereby physicians use handheld
or
personal computer devices to review drug and formulary coverage and to transmit
prescriptions to a printer or to a local pharmacy.
ESA ~ Enthusiast System Architecture ~ Nvidia ESA is the industry’s first
openstandard PC monitoring and control protocol for real-time communication and
control of
system thermal, electrical, acoustic and operating
characteristics.� http://www.nvidia.com/object/nvidia_esa.html
ESB ~ enterprise service bus ~ ESB brings flow-related concepts such as
transformation
and routing to a Service-Oriented Architecture.
ESCD ~ Extended System Configuration Data ~ Setup data that is stored in a Plug-
andPlay-compatible system BIOS. It consists of the system resource requirements of
legacy
(non-PNP) devices, and the last working configuration of Plug-and-Play-compliant
devices.
ESCON ~ Enterprise Systems Connection ~ an IBM fiber optic connection technology
that interconnects S/390 mainframe computers, workstations and network-attached
storage
devices across a single channel and supports half duplex data transfers.
ESDI ~ Enhanced Small Device Interface ~ This was a popular form of hard drive and
controller interface before IDE took over the PC market.
ESE ~ Extensible Storage Engine ~ Stores all active directory objects
ESF ~ Extended Superframe Format ~ A T1 framing format that uses the framing bit to
provide mainte-nance and diagnostic functions.
ESG ~ Enterprise Strategy Group ~ an integrated, full-service IT analyst and
business
strategy firm, world-renowned for forward-looking market intelligence, analysis,
and
consulting services that deliver proven, measurable
results.� www.enterprisestrategygroup.com
ESI ~ Edge Side Include ~ A technology supporting cacheable and noncacheable Web
page components that can be gathered and assembled at the edge of a network.
ES-IS ~ End System to Intermediate System ~ The International Organization for
Standardization�s Open Systems Interconnection (OSI) protocol by which end systems
announce themselves to intermediate systems.
ESL ~ electronic shelf labels ~ programmable wireless electronic device that can
be� affixed to store shelves/shelf channels
ESM ~ Enterprise Security Manager ~ Symantec scalable security policy compliance
and
host-based vulnerability assessment tool
ESM ~ Enterprise Security Manager ~ ArcSight� ESM is the market-leading security
correlation engine
ESM ~ Enterprise Service Management ~ consists of solutions and related
professional
services in the IT management areas
ESN ~ electronic serial number ~ Unique identification number embedded in a
wireless
phone by the manufacturer to prevent fraud.
ESP ~ estimated street price ~ a manufacturer or developer�s estimated price for a
product
in a specific region or market sector.
ESP ~ Encapsulated Security Payload ~ In a VPN, a security protocol that provides
data
confidentiality and integrity.
ESPN ~ Entertainment and Sports Programming Network ~ ESPN is an American global
cable television network focusing on comprehensive sports
coverage.� http://espn.go.com/
ESRB ~ Entertainment Software Rating Board ~ a non-profit, independent organization
established in 1994 that reviews entertainment software and web sites and assigns
standardized ratings based on suitability for children.� www.esrb.org
ESS ~ Extended service set (Wi-Fi group) ~ Wireless - IEEE Std 802.11-2007
ESS ~ employee self-service ~ Once simply defined as employee access to human
resources (HR) systems, for the purpose of reviewing or updating benefits or
address
information that had previously been in an HR-staff-controlled domain.
ESS ~ Extended Service Set ~ a set of one or more interconnected BSSs and
integrated
local area networks that appear as a single BSS to the logical link control layer
at any
station associated with one of those BSSs.
ETA ~ Embedded Transport Acceleration ~ Intel ETA is the ability to deliver
highperformance server communication
ETAS ~ Encrypted Transaction Audit System ~ This technology, developed by Computer
Support Group, is used within many business websites. I-Biz and Ecommerce software
are
to enable security and special transaction auditing and tracking.
etc ~ Essential Text Configuration ~ In any unix (and variants like linux) system
the /etc
directory
ETC ~ Enhanced Throughput Cellular ~ Cellular modem protocol by AT&T
ETL ~ Extract, Transform and Load ~ Used to refer to sets of tools or processes for
extracting data from a data warehouse, transforming data in a data warehouse or
loading
data into a data warehouse.
ETN ~ electronic tandem network ~ A private telecommunications network in which
calls
are automatically switched over specific trunks.
ETRN ~ Extended Turn ~ an extension to the SMTP mail delivery protocol that allows
an
SMTP server to request from another SMTP server any e-mail messages it has for a
specific domain.
ETSI ~ European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute ~ produce
the� telecommunications standards� that will be used throughout Europe and
beyond.� European Telecommunications Standardisation Institute
ETTb/ETTh ~ Ethernet To The Business/Home ~ Telecommunications carrier service
providing Ethernet to a business subscriber (ETTb) or home subscriber (ETTh).
ETX ~ end-of-text character ~ The BSC transmission control character used to end a
logical set of records that began with the start-of-text character.
EUC ~ Extended UNIX Code ~ A protocol that can support sets of characters from 1 to
4
bytes in length. EUC is a means of specifying a collection of code pages rather
than
actually being a code page encoding scheme itself.
EUEM ~ end user experience monitoring ~ end user experience monitoring
EULA ~ End-User License Agreement ~ The standard license agreement delivered with
each copy of a Microsoft software product, describing the software rights that
pertain to
the user of that particular copy
EUP ~ Enterprise Unified Process ~ EUP is a software development methodology that
helps companies create software in an structured and organized manner. It is an
extension
of the Rational Unified Process (RUP), adding two new development phases �
Production and Retirement.
Eutelsat ~ European Telecommunications Satellite Organization ~ A Paris-based
European satellite network operator. It offers capacity on 23 satellites for
television and
radio broadcasting, data networks, Internet services and mobile communications.
EVA ~ Enterprise Virtual Array ~ enterprise storage disk array sold by Hewlett-
Packard.
EVDO ~ Evolution Data Only/Evolution Data Optimized ~ Provides fast wireless
broadband 3G internet service to your lap via pcmci slot. You can take the internet
with
you in your car, airport, train, anywhere your service provider supports in order
to surf the
web at your convenience.
EWS ~ Early Warning Status ~ System that alerts the host system if drive
performance
approaches unacceptable reliability levels
EX ~ exchange ~ A room or building equipped so that telephone lines terminating
there
may be interconnected as required. The equipment may include manual or automatic
switching equipment.
EX ~ exchange ~ A telephone switching center; an aggregate of traffic-carrying
devices,
switching stages, controlling and signaling means at a network node that enables
subscriber lines and/or other telecommunication circuits to be interconnected as
required
by individual callers.
EX ~ exchange ~ The territory served by an exchange, within which local service
rates
apply; also known as the exchange area or local service area.�
EXE ~ EXEcutable ~ common filename extension denoting an executable file (a
program)
in the DOS, OpenVMS, Microsoft Windows, Symbian, and OS/2 operating systems.
EXIF ~ EXchangeable Image File format ~ Standard for storing interchange
information
in image files, especially those using JPEG compression. Most digital cameras now
use
the EXIF format. See alsohttp://www.exif.org/