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.

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    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]

  • ECC memory

    Short for Error-Correcting Code memory, a type of memory that includes special circuitry for testing the accuracy of data as it passes in and out of memory.

  • ECD

    Short for the European Copyright Directive of 2001, the implementation of the WIPO Treaties for the European Union; similar to the DMCA in the U.S. Also referred to as the EUCD (European Union Copyright Directive).


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