Computer Science

E-Commerce
The buying and selling of products and services by businesses and consumers over the Internet. Also known as electronic commerce.

EGA
Enhanced Graphics Adapter

EIDE
Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics

EISA
Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture

EISA Bus
Extended Industry Standard Architecture is a PC bus that converts the PC bus from 16-bits to 32-bits.

Electronic Data Interchange (EDI)
The exchange of business data using a standard data format. The Data Interchange Standards Association developed the ANSI X12 standard. The International standard is EDIFACT.

Email
Electronic Mail - The transmission of messages by computer from one person to another usually via the Internet.

EMI
Electro Magnetic Interface

EMS
Expanded Memory System

Enterprise
In the computer industry, an organization that uses computers.

ESD
Electro Static Discharge

ESDI
Enhanced Small Device Interface

E-Tailing
Selling retail goods over the Internet.

Ethernet
A local area network (LAN) recognized as the industry standard.

Ethernet
A type of local area network where communication takes place by means of radio frequency signals carried by a coaxial cable.

EtherTalk
A way to run AppleTalk on coaxial cable using a EtherTalk NB NIC.

Event Viewer
A Windows NT utility that will allow you to log any events and errors.

Expansion Buses
Supports any add-ons via the expansion slots.

Expansion Slots
Specialized sockets, which allow additional devices (circuit boards) to be attached to the motherboard. These are used to expand or customize a computer. They are an extension of the computer's bus system.

External Data Bus
The primary bus for handling the flow of data. All devices that require the handling of data are connected to the external data bus.