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EMM

Entitlement Management Message

EMMA

Extensible MultiModal Annotation Language

emoticon

Abbreviation for emotion icon. In electronic communication, a multi-character symbol, created with ASCII characters, to express emotions and physical characteristics that would normally be communicated by body language and facial expressions in face-to-face communication.
Note: Emoticons are most often used in informal e-mail messages and newsgroup postings and are usually designed to be viewed sideways. Some examples of emoticons are:… (Read More →)

emphasis

In FM transmission, the intentional alteration of the amplitude-vs. -frequency characteristics of the signal to reduce adverse effects of noise in a communication system.
Note: The high-frequency signal components are emphasized to produce a more equal modulation index for the transmitted frequency spectrum, and therefore a better signal-to-noise ratio for the entire frequency range.

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