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A hidden portion of a software program that performs a function other than the publicized purpose of the software, usually to give credit to the program creators, or for merely entertainment purposes. They exist in virtually all computer programs, including most Microsoft applications.
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EDI - Electronic Data Interchange
EDI system allows linked computers to conduct business transactions such as ordering and invoicing over telecommunications networks.
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Email - electronic mail
Message, usually text, transmitted over the Internet and sent from one person to another (although you can also send email to a large number of email addresses (mailing list)).
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Email address
An electronic mail address. Email addresses are in the form of: user@domain (for example: emma@hotmail.com).
Most local ISPs offer you an email address - this is called a POP account.
A POP account requires a username and password to access your email. You have to configure your email software to retrieve the email from your POP account. See also email alias.
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Email alias
Additional email address that points to another email address (normally your current email address with your local ISP). All messages sent to an email alias, are automatically and immediately redirected (forwarded) to the specified "real" email address, so you don't have to configure your email software to retrieve email sent to your email alias. See also email address.
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Emoticon
Name for those little sideways smiling (and not-smiling!) faces in email messages and other postings, also known as "smileys". For example: "I'm happy" represented by ;-) and "I'm sad" represented by :-(
If you don't get it, turn your head sideways and look again.
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Encryption
Procedure that scrambles the contents of a file before sending it over the Internet. The recipient must have software to "decrypt" this file. If you want to transmit "hot stuff" like credit card information or a password, you have to use some form of encryption. PGP is a commonly-used encryption program.
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Ethernet
Standard method of connecting computers to a LAN. Ethernet can handle about 10,000,000 bits-per-second and can be used with almost any computer.
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Excite
Search engine at http://www.excite.com
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.exe
The file extension that denotes a computer file as "executable." Usually, this extension means that the file is a program.
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E-ZINE - Electronic magaZINE
A web site that is an online magazine, or in magazine format. It is usually updated at least monthly.
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