Abbreviation for emergency response link.

1. To obliterate information from a storage medium, such as to clear or to overwrite.
2. In a magnetic storage medium, to remove all stored data by (a) changing the medium to an unmagnetized state or (b) changing the medium to a predetermined magnetized state.
3. In paper tape and punched card storage, to punch a hole at every punch… (Read More →)

[A] process intended to render magnetically stored information irretrievable by normal means. [INFOSEC-99]

In frequency-division multiplexing, a position of a translated channel in which an increase signal frequency in the untranslated channel causes an increase signal frequency in the translated channel. Synonym upright position.

Emergency Response Location

A dimensionless unit of the average traffic intensity (occupancy) of a facility during a period of time, usually a busy hour.
Note 1: Erlangs, a number between 0 and 1, inclusive, is expressed as the ratio of (a) the time during which a facility is continuously or cumulatively occupied to (b) the time that the facility is available for occupancy.… (Read More →)

1. Effective Radiated Power,
2. Enterprise Resource Planning.

A block in which there are one or more erroneous bits.

1. The difference between a computed, estimated, or measured value and the true, specified, or theoretically correct value.
2. A deviation from a correct value caused by a malfunction in a system or a functional unit.
Note: An example of an error is the occurrence of a wrong bit caused by an equipment malfunction.

In video, a form of block distortion where one or more blocks in the image bear no resemblance to the current or previous scene and often contrast greatly with adjacent blocks. [After T1.80
1. 02-1996]