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e-commerce

Abbreviation for electronic commerce. A way of doing real-time business transactions via telecommunications networks, when the customer and the merchant are in different geographical places. [Mattila]
Note: Electronic commerce is a broad concept that includes virtual browsing of goods on sale, selection of goods to buy, and payment methods. Electronic commerce operates on a bona fide basis, without prior arrangements… (Read More →)

E-LAN

Ethernet Local Area Network Service

E-LMI

Ethernet - Local Management Interface

e-mail

also E-mail, and email, Abbreviation for electronic mail. An electronic means for communication in which (a) usually text is transmitted (but sometimes also graphics and/or audio information), (b) operations include sending, storing, processing, and receiving information, (c) users are allowed to communicate under specified conditions, and (d) messages are held in storage until called for by the addressee. Some e-mail… (Read More →)

e-mail address

A character string that identifies, on a network, the point of presence of a user or account, and includes all information needed to direct a communication. An Internet e-mail address includes: (a) a user name that identifies a network account; (b) the channel operator @ (pronounced "at"); and (c) a domain name indicating the server computer. An e-mail address outside… (Read More →)

e-VCC

enhanced Voice Call Continuity

e-zine

Abbreviation for electronic magazine. A periodical publication that is stored on a file server and that may be distributed or accessed via a computer network. [After 2382-pt.35]
Note: An e-zine that is distributed primarily over the Web is also referred to as a webzine.

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