EBCDIC
Abbreviation of Extended Binary-Coded Decimal Interchange Code. Pronounced eb-sih-dik, EBCDIC is an IBM code for representing characters as numbers. Although it is widely used on large IBM computers, most other computers, including PCs and Macintoshes, use ASCIIcodes.
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- EBPP
Short for electronic bill presentment and payment, the process by which companies bill customers and receive payments electronically over the Internet. There are two types of presentment models: direct model: a biller delivers the bill to customers via its own Web site, or via a third-party’s site. consolidator model: bills from multiple billers are delivered […]
- EBX
Short for Electronic Book Exchange, a DRM standard for protecting copyright in electronic books and for distributing electronic books among publishers, distributors, retailers, libraries, and consumers. The standard was proposed by the Open EBook Forum, adopted by Glassbook (and thence Adobe), and subsequently abandoned.
- ECCMA
Short for the Electronic Commerce Code Management Association, ECCMA is an international association of industry and government master data managers. ECCMA’s goal is to increase the quality and lower the cost of descriptions of individuals, organizations, goods and services through developing and promoting International Standards for Master Data Quality.
- ECCST
In data storage technology, ECCST is short for Enhanced Capacity Cartridge System Tape. It is a double length tape cartridge with a nominal uncompressed capacity of approximately 800 Mbytes.
- ECC Constraint Length
The number of sectors that are interleaved to combat burst-like error characteristics of discs. Sixteen sectors are interleaved in DVD. Interleaving takes advantage of typical disc defects such as scratch marks by spreading the error over a larger data area, thereby increasing the chance that the ECCs can conceal the error. [Source: Roxio]