All visitors are logged and counted. Click on this icon to view the visitor-statistics. The grand encyclopedia of computer terminology This encyclopedia is compiled by produkties.uithuizen.net This explains the most common computerterms which you can encounter. This list was compiled from several sources. It does not explain HTML commands in detail because for this purpose another encyclopedia is available.The most recent update of this document can be found at: http://www.uithuizen.net/encyclopedia/terms.php Choose a list of terms you want to see .A-.Z   0-9   A   B   C   D   E   F   G   H   I   J   K   L    M   N   O   P   Q   R   S   T   U   V   W   X   Y   Z Type a term you want to search for: and You want more information? Well click on these links: Random House Personal Computer Dictionary e       E2Give   Ezula TopText 110 items available in this category E2Give Known spyware or adware. E-cash See cybercash. E-mail Electronic maildelivery via networks. E-mail address A personal addresscode used for the delivery of E-mail. E-money See cybercash. E-zine Electronic MagaZINE. eAcceleration Known spyware or adware. EAnthology Known spyware or adware. EARN European Academic Research Network. A network used by European universities to exchange scientific information. EasyBar Known spyware or adware. EasyBar/Toolbarcash Known spyware or adware. EasySearch Known spyware or adware. EASYSERV Known spyware or adware. EasyWWW Known spyware or adware. Ebates MoneyMaker Known spyware or adware. eBay Toolbar Known spyware or adware. EBCDIC Extended Binary Coded Decimal Interchange Code. A character representation used in IBM mainframes. It is not compatible with ASCII. EBlaster Known spyware or adware. eBoom Search Bar Known spyware or adware. EC Error Control. ECB Event Control Block. ECC 1) Error Check Code. 2) Error Checking and Correction. 3) Error-Correction Code. ECD Enhanced Color Display. Echomail The name for E-mail in a BBS or a network of BBSes like Fidonet eClickz toolbar Known spyware or adware. EDC 1) Enhanced Data Correction. 2) Error Detection and Correction. EDI 1) Electronic Data Interchange. These systems allow corporations and government agencies to exchange electronic documents and make financial transactions without the need for paper or human interactions. 2) Electronic Document Interchange. editor Wordprocessor for purposes like: writing of E-mail, textfiles or programs etc. EDLIN EDitor LINe text. An old editor used in MS-DOS based computers. EDO Extended Data Out. EDODRAM Extended Data Out Dynamic Random Access Memory. EDORAM Acronym for: Extended Data Out Random-Access Memory; This type of RAM can send longer data to the processor. This enhances multi-tasking. EDOSRAM Extended Data Out Static Random Access Memory. See also SRAM EDOVRAM Extended Data Out Video Random Access Memory. See also VRAM EDP Electronic Data Processing. EDRAM Enhanced Dynamic Random Access Memory. EEC Extended Error Correction. EEMS Enhanced Expanded Memory Specification. An extension of the EMS standard for expanding memory that allows the CPU to execute programs directly out of the memory; adopted in 1987 by Lotus, Intel and Microsoft, hence also called LIM 4.0 EMS. See EMS. EEPROM Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory. EG Envelope Generator. A module in an analog synthesizer that creates a changing control voltage. This voltage determines the frequency, amplitude or timbre of each note played by the synthesizer. EGA Acronym for: Enhanced Graphics Adapter; IBM´s second color video board for the IBM PC family, capable of a maximum resolution of 640x350 pixels in 16 simultaneous colors of a total of 64 possible colors. EGP Exterior Gateway protocol. A protocol used in relation to large Internetworks that comprise multiple smaller Internetworks interconnected together. The interconnection devices used are known as exterior gateways and the EGP is the protocol they use to advertise the IP addresses of the networks present in each of the smaller Internetworks. EGroup Known spyware or adware. EIA Electronic Industries Association. It defines electronic standards in the U.S. See also DIN. EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics. EISA Acronym for: Extended Industry Standard Architecture; A 32-bit superset of the IBM AT´s expansion bus (which is now known as the ISA or Industry-Standard Architecture bus). See ISA. ELECTRON Known spyware or adware. ELEM Known spyware or adware. ELF Extremely Low Frequency. Elf Known spyware or adware. EliteBar - Internet Explorer Toolbar Known spyware or adware. Elk Cloner First virus that appeared ever. It was found in 1982 on Apple Computers. ELM ELectronic Mail. EM 1) EMphasized. 2) Expanded Memory. EMAIL Electronic MAIL system. EMB Extended Memory Block. EMI Electromagnetic Interference. EMM 1) Extended Memory Manager. 2) Expanded Memory Manager; a computerprogram which simulates expanded memory (EMS) out of extended memory (XMS). It gives access to EMS and UMB´s. emoticon Possibility to express feelings or emotions in E-mail messages or chat. Examples: , , but also these: ;-), :-( etc. EMR Electro-Magnetic Radiation. EMS 1) Expanded Memory Specification; A specification for expanded memory introduced by Lotus, Intel and Microsoft (LIM); also called LIM 3.2 EMS. The EMS controller maps the addresses within a window (an unused block of memory addresses) into addresses in its own (EMS) address space. Using memory banking, the EMS card can map the same block of physical addresses into different blocks of EMS memory. 2) Extended Messaging Services. An API that makes it possible to add extra functionality to mailing programs by means of plug-ins. so far it is not supported by many mailing programs. emulation Technique combining software and hardware that allows programs written for one computer to run on another. encoding 1) Converting data to digital form, particularly in full-motion video. 2) Converting data to a secondary form that allows it to be reconverted to its original form; used in encryption. encryption the art/science of "encoding" data so that it cannot be interpreted by anybody or any machine that does not have the key. Also called scrambling. There are two kinds of encryption: software, which is readily available and easy to install; and microchip, which is faster and more difficult to crack than software. The Data Encryption Standard (DES) and Rivest-Shamir-Adleman (RSA) are leading encryption tools used internationally. Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) is a popular encryption tool that can be found on networks as freeware. EnergyPlugin Known spyware or adware. ENIAC Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator. One of the first operational electronic digital computers. It was built in 1946 at the University of Pennsylvania. EOF End Of file. Marker that indicates the end of a file. EOI End of Interrupt. A particular command sent to the interrupt controller to indicate that the interrupt has been handled by software and that new interrupts of the same or lower priority may now be signaled by the interrupt controller. EOL End Of Line. EOM End Of Message. EOR Exclusive OR. Also XOR. See also Boolean operator EOT End Of Tape marker. EPA Environment Protection Agency. An U.S. organisation that has set the standard of how many power a PC may use in its sleep state. EPlugin Known spyware or adware. EPON Known spyware or adware. EPROM Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory; a ROM that a technician can program using special laboratory equipment and later reprogram by first erasing its contents using strong ultraviolet light. EReg Known spyware or adware. EROM Erasable Read Only Memory. ERR ERRor. ESC ESCape character. eScorcher Known spyware or adware. ESD Technologies/Adblaster adware Known spyware or adware. ESSID Acronym for Extended Service Set ID, which is the name of a wireless network. It is also known as SSID. eStart Known spyware or adware. ESTRELLA Known spyware or adware. Ethernet A very common method of networking computers in a LAN. Jointly developed in the early 1970s by Xerox PARC, Intel, and DEC and originally known as Alto Aloha Network. It was subsequently adopted by the IEEE as a standard (called Ethernet/802.3 or Ethernet/IEEE). Ethernet will handle about 10,000,000 bits-per-second and can be used with almost any kind of computer. the first network to provide Carrier Sense Multiple Access/Collision Detection (CSMA/CD). Ethernet systems will not allow two computers to send data at the same time. This technique avoids the network collisions caused by simultaneous transmissions. See also Ethernet II. Ethernet adapter Ethernet adapter is a term used to describe an Ethernet network card used to connect a desktop computer to a network. Ethernet II Ethernet II is a revised version of Ethernet rewritten by Digital Equipment Corp, Intel and Xerox. Ethernet II, is also known as DIX, (Digital, Intel, and Xerox) and 802.3. Ethernet SNAP Ethernet SNAP is short for Ethernet SubNetwork Access Protocol. Ethernet SubNetwork Access Protocol A type of Ethernet protocol that enabled old and new protocols to be encapsulated in a LLC. eUniverse Known spyware or adware. eUniverse SirSearch Known spyware or adware. EVILBOT.B Known spyware or adware. EVILBOT.C Known spyware or adware. Exact Searchbar Known spyware or adware. eXactSearchbar / Aornum / RedV Protector Suite Known spyware or adware. Excite Search bar Known spyware or adware. EXP EXPonent. Expext Known spyware or adware. ExPup Known spyware or adware. EXT EXTernal. extension The last part of a filename. (examples: .BAT .COM .DLL .EXE .FIL .HLP .OVL .SYS .TXT etc.). eyeball tracking Tracking the movement of a human eye by an infrared or video device. It is one of many methods being developed to try to establish a natural interface with the computer. Eyeball tracking has been used in Air Force weapons deployment. A fighter pilot can direct his guns at a target simply by looking at the object. An eye tracker calculates what the pilot is looking at, and feeds coordinates to the guiding mechanism of the weapon. See for additional information virtual EZCybersearch Known spyware or adware. EzCybersearch variant Known spyware or adware. EZCybersearch/Surebar Known spyware or adware. EZSearch Known spyware or adware. ezSearching Known spyware or adware. Ezula Known spyware or adware. Ezula TopText Known spyware or adware. This encyclopedia is for informational purposes only. All (registered) trademarks mentioned are property of their respective owners. No infringement of third party rights intended. The author cannot garantuee that the information presented is complete or that it contains no errors.