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Easter egg ---
EcP
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Easter egg ---A
hidden suprise in a program or on a Web site (like this one! - hint! ). A special feature which is not otherwise
madeobvious but when "discovered" or clicked on offers something special. This could be in the form of
an extra game level or secret area or an animation or a message of some kind. Programmers often "bury"
easter eggs in their programs to add a certain extra depth to their program or Website and to challenge users to
find it.
Ecash --- Developed
by DigiCash and the Mark Twain Bank ecash is the abilty to use real money in a electronic purchasing system over
the World Wide Web. The process involves you sending a check to Mark Twain Bank which in turn sends you software
which gives you access to the Ecash Mint where you draw funds to your hard drive for use when purchasing goods
and services on the Internet. SEE ALSO: digital cash.
Echoing keystrokes --- In a communications program, you may type information at your terminal. If the receiving
system doesn't "echo" your keystroke back to your terminal, then you can't see what you type. By setting
your own system to echo keystrokes, you can see what you have typed. Systems that echo your keystrokes for you
are termed "full duplex"; systems that do not echo your keystrokes are termed "half duplex".
Eckert, John Presper --- As a grad student studying at the Moore School in 1943, John Eckert met John Mauchly,
who spoke about the idea of an electronic version of the Ganged Calculator. Mauchley needed someone tooversee the
design and construction of the ENIAC computer, and it was J. Presper Eckert who rose to the challenge.
They completed the first general purpose digital computer in 1946. Later that year, Eckert and Mauchly started
a business partnership that become the Eckert-Mauchly Corp. Eckert died on June 3, 1995, from complications relating
to leukemia. He was 76. To read an interview with Eckert from Feb 1988, click on the more button below.
Ecitor --- A
program used to write and edit HTML code.
EcP --- An ECP is an Excessively Cross-Posted ad, ie SPAM that is cross-posted to a lot of
USENET newsgroups.
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Editable fax
--- EMAC
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Editable fax ---
An editable fax is, essentially, a file transfer between computers, with the addition of a cover page
optionally. Once received, the "editable fax" can be edited in the application that created it--or another
application capable of reading that file type. For example, if you send a document created in Microsoft Word for
Windows, which is a .DOC file, the recipient can open it in Word, WordPad, AmiPro, or WordPerfect, using import
filters if necessary.
E-journal ---
An electronic publication, similar to an e-zine or zine. An e-journal, however, is typically found in
academic circles and is a regularly published journal either published solely in electronic form or made available
in electronic form.
Electronic mall ---
A virtual shopping mall where you can browse and buy products and services online.
EMAC --- Editing
MACroS - The ne plus ultra of hacker editors, a programmable text editor with an entire LISP system inside it.
It was originally written by Richard Stallman in TECO under ITS at the MIT AI lab; AI Memo 554 described it as
"an advanced, self-documenting, customizable, extensible real-time display editor". It has since been
reimplemented any number of times, by various hackers, and versions exist that run under most major operating systems.
Perhaps the most widely used version, also written by Stallman and now called "GNU EMACS" or GNUMACS,
runs principally under UNIX. It includes facilities to run compilation subprocesses and send and receive mail;
many hackers spend up to 80% of their tube time inside it. Other variants include GOSMACS, CCA EMACS, UniPress
EMACS, Montgomery EMACS, jove, epsilon, and MicroEMACS.
Some EMACS versions running under window managers iconify as an overflowing kitchen sink, perhaps to suggest the
one feature the editor does not (yet) include. Indeed, some hackers find EMACS too heavyweight and baroque for
their taste, and expand the name as `Escape Meta Alt Control Shift' to spoof its heavy reliance on keystrokes decorated
with bucky bits. Other spoof expansions include `Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping', `Eventually `malloc()'s
All Computer Storage', and `EMACS Makes A Computer Slow'. See also vi.
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EMbedded object
--- E-Mail shorthand
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EMbedded object ---
Data stored in a document that originated from another application. Differing from a linked object,
this type of object doesn't have its own file on the disk. However, it runs its source application for editing
when you double-click it. For example, a Paint drawing embedded in a Word document.
Ellipsis --- Three
dots (...). An ellipsis after a menu item or button text indicates that selecting the menu or clicking the button
will display an additional dialog box or window from which you can choose options or enter data.
E-mail --- (Electronic
Mail) -- Messages, usually text, sent from one person to another via computer. E-mail can also be sent automatically
to a large number of addresses (Mailing List).
See Also: Listserv , Maillist, E-mail shorthand
E-Mail address ---
electronic mail - Electronically transmitted messages. Linked by high speed data connections that cross
international boundaries, e-mail lets you compose messages and transmit them in seconds to one or more recipients
anywhere in the world. Some of the more popular e-mail programs are Eudora and Pegasus as well as those found with
an online service. Old fashioned regular mail is tended to be called "snail mail". SEE ALSO: e-mail address
and Hotmail.
E-Mail shorthand ---
Acronyms for commonly used phrases that one would otherwise type. Some of the most popular ones are:
IMHO: In My Humble Opinion
BTW: By The Way
RTM: Read The Manual
LOL: Laughing Out Loud
FWIW: For What It's Worth
ROFL: Rolling On The Floor Laughing
Click here for a more complete list
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EMbedded hyperlink --- ENclosure
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EMbedded hyperlink ---
A hyperlink that is incorporated into a line of text.
EMissary ---
An Internet suite from Attachmate which incorporates some of the latest technology into a Web browser,
FTP, e-mail , and newsreader program. Emissary also features an exclusive "drag and drop" capability
allowing users to download a file into any directory of their choosing. There is also an e-mail and newsgroup encoding
and decoding of documents.
EMotags --- Mock
HTML tags, such as <smile>, <smirk> used in WWW-related e-mail and
newsgroups in place of
ASCII emoticons. For example: "<flame>Someone tell that jerk to shut up, I'm sick of his vapid
whining!</flame>."
EMoticon ---
A symbol to compensate for the absence of nonverbal clues when communicating on the Internet. For example
<g> signifies a "grin", :} or :-} a "smile", when
inserted in the text of an e-mail message and alerts the reader not to take it seriously. SEE ALSO: e-mail
shorthand
ENcapsulated PostScript (EPS)
file --- . A file format for storing PostScript- style images that
allow a PostScript printer or program capable of importing such files to print a file in the highest resolution
equipped by the printer.
EMP --- An
EMP is an Excessively Multi-Post ad, ie SPAM that is posted to e-mail addresses or USENET newsgroups day
after day (or even more often).
ENclosure ---
also called an enclosure (Microsoft Mail) - A file(s) that is added to an e-mail. You can attach files
through almost any popular e-mail program such as Eudora and Netscape Mail. Usually this is accomplished simply
clicking the attach file button and then browsing through your system to find and select the desired file.
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ENcryption
--- ENhanced Integrated Electronics (EIDE)
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ENcryption --- A
way of making data unreadable to everyone except the receiver. An increasingly common way of
sending credit card numbers over the Internet when conducting commercial transactions. SEE
ALSO: PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
ENhanced CU-SeeME --- is White Pine Software's desktop video conferencing program for real time person-to-person
or group conferencing. You can use CU-SeeMe over the Internet or any TCP/IP network giving you the power to communicate
globally without expensive hardware. This software only solution runs on both Windows and Macintosh computers offering
full-color video, audio, chat window, and white board communications. You can participate in 'Live over the Internet'
conferences, broadcasts or chats. CU-SeeMe can be launched directly from Web pages with your favorite Web browser.
All of this and more over your 28.8k modem, ISDN link or better. For audio-only telephony use, CU-SeeMe works effectively
over a 14.4k modem. SEE ALSO: desktop video.
ENS --- Encapsulated
Postscript - A type of graphics file written in the PostScript language.
Ethernet --- One
of the earliest and least expensive network types. Ethernet is capable of speeds of 10Mb/s, and employs Bus and
Star network types. When attempting to transmit over an Ethernet network, the transmitting workstation must "listen"
to the network line to ensure that it is clear (another workstation is not currently transmitting). If the line
is not clear, the workstation must wait until the line clears.
See Also: Bandwidth , LAN
ENhanced Integrated Electronics
(EIDE) --- A design that improves on the Drive limitations of the
IDE design. EIDE designs can use up to four devices (split into two pairs). For each pair of devices, one of the
devices is the master; the drive electronics on the master control both the master drive and (if applicable) the
secondary slave unit attached. Unlike IDE, EIDE supports devices in addition to hard drives, including CD-ROM drives
and tape drives. EIDE devices can be up to 8 gigabytes in size, improving on the 524 megabyte limit of IDE devices.
As with IDE, this type of drive is interfaced to a computer bus with an EIDE host adapter, not a controller. However,
most newer computers include an EIDE host adapter right on the motherboard.
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ENhanced Meta File (EMF) --- E-World
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ENhanced Meta File (EMF) --- The process of converting generic Spooling print instructions to the instruction
set "understood" best by a particular printer. This conversion has the capability to create faster printouts
of better quality.
Enhanced Small Device Interface
(ESDI) --- A drive controller type that utilizes a hard drive as
a slave unit. ESDI controllers generally drive only two disk drives and have an on-board processor to translate
drive geometry, manage I/O requests, and provide caching.
Europe Online --- A European on-line service.
Eudora
--- The #1 e-mail application on the Internet. It is manufactured and distributed
by Qualcomm Enterprises. The Eudora e-mail application is available for Windows, Macintosh, and Newton users. Eudora
Pro is the commercial version and includes special features that are not in Eudora Light, the freeware version.
E-World --- Former
on-line service for Mac users. Once believed to have over 100,000 members. It has it been ended, with a few services
being retained on a web-server.
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