Online transfer of text, voice, and/or video messages. Email emanates from one computer or device and arrives at another computer. Typically, in these days, this occurs over the internet.
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ELECTRONIC MAILING LIST
A list of email addresses. Retained electronically by the email user to send email to a group of users or to easily find the addresses of a selected user. Some […]
ELECTRONIC MALL (E-MALL)
One or more companies selling similar products use a Web site to display their electronic catalogs. E-mall maintenance companies often charge commission from the sales revenue generated at that site […]
ELECTRONIC MEDIA
Any type of device that stores and allows distribution or use of electronic information . This includes television, radio, Internet, fax, CDROMs, DVD, and any other electronic medium. Contrast to […]
ELECTRONIC MEETING SYSTEM (EMS)
An electronic method of conducting any and all activities that can occur in a face-to-face meeting or telephone conference call . It facilitates participation , problem-solving and decision-making. See also […]
ELECTRONIC POINT OF SALE (EPOS)
An electronic method of retail checkout. Usually self-contained. The system involved is typically capable of all tasks of a store checkout counter: payments by bank or credit cards, transactions verification […]
ELECTRONIC PORTAL
An integrated electronic interface where a sponsoring financial institution or EXCHANGE provides clients with access to a broad range of market information , research, quotes/ pricing, analytics, and/or trade execution.
ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT (E-PROCUREMENT)
Obtaining, or procuring, goods and services by internet or a company’s intranet as well as applying tighter fiscal controls over spending and product preferences. This process typically streamlines all aspects […]
ELECTRONIC PUBLISHING
Involves written information handled through digital media (diskettes, CDROMs, DVDs, portable document files (PDF)), or online over the internet or other networks. Encompasses the entire process of bringing information from […]
ELECTRONIC PURSE
Enclosed in a single card such as debit card or credit card , it is a smart card with an embedded microchip. It provides multiple uses, especially for types of […]
ELECTRONIC RECORD
A collection of data, managed and processed to become information . It is collection by electronic processes. Known also as machine readable record.
ELECTRONIC RESERVATION SERVICE PROVIDER
Airline and/or cruise line travel reservation services online. It Typically issues electronic or paper tickets. Examples are Expedia, Orbitz, and Travelocity.
ELECTRONIC RETAILING
Retailing done electronically: purchases, including grocery and supermarket items. The execution of commerce specifically for retail.
ELECTRONIC RIGHTS
Copyrighting electronically. Whether any copyright notice is given or not, any and all information generated on the internet, including personal emails, is automatically copyrighted. Initially involved published material extended to […]
ELECTRONIC SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION
Internet sale and download distribution of computer software. The buyer can download purchased software, and its associated documentation, after electronically paying through a verified bank or credit card.
ELECTRONIC TICKET
An electronically generated and communicated information
ELECTRONIC TICKET (E-TICKET)
Electronic airline, train, or any type of travel-ticket. Using personal id and ticket code, the traveler retrieves the ticket at a machine or travel service agent. Refer also to paperless […]
ELECTRONIC TRANSFER
Online process of moving any funds from any one account to any other account. It can take various forms, including a retail purchase by credit or debit card, or bill […]
ELECTRONICS
Refers to electronic devices and technologies. Typically, refers to their study.
ELECTROPLATING
The process is used by electrolysis in an electrolytic cell. It is the layering of metal as a deposit on a metal or non-metal electrode. .
ELEEMOSYNA
Possessions belonging to the church. Blount.
ELEEMOSYNA REGIS, and ELEE- MOSYNA ARATRI, or CARUCARUM
A penny which King Ethelred ordered to be paid for every plow in England towards the support of the poor. Leg. Ethel, c. 1.
ELEEMOSYNARIA
The place In a religious house where the common alms weredeposited, and thence by the almoner distributed to the poor. In old English law . The aumeric, aumbry, or ambry; […]
ELEEMOSYNARIUS
In old English law . An almoner, or chief ollicer, who received theeleemosynary rents aul gifts, and In due method distributed them to pious andcharitable uses. Cowell; Wharton.The name of […]
ELEEMOSYNARY
Relating to the distribution of alms, bounty, or charity; charitable.