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- E Commerce
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Electronic Commerce Server
This file server software was developed to help organizations conduct electronic commerce activities over the Internet.
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- E-book
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Refers to both the electronic version of a text that can be purchased as a CD or downloaded from the Internet and the electronic device that can be used to display such texts.
The latter is, however, properly called an “e-book reader”.
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- E-ddress
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An e-mail address.
This term was first provided to Rainwater Press by Scott O’Neill of Accuracy First Printing in Denver, CO.
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- e-mail
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Electronic Mail
A store and forward method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems.
The term “e-mail” (as a noun or verb) applies both to the Internet e-mail system based on the Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) and to intranet systems allowing users within one organization to e-mail each other.
Often these workgroup collaboration organizations may use the Internet protocols for internal e-mail service.
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- E-Payment System
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A system in which purchases and payments are processed electronically using the Internet. Such systems often employ trust centers and digital signatures in order to prevent theft and misuse of data and information. E-payment systems generally require a complex IT infrastructure.
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- E-Procurement
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The business-to-business purchase and sale of supplies and services over the Internet. Also referred to as web-enabled electronic purchasing. It automates the traditional manual and paper-based procurement process, thus resulting in reduced maverick buying, lower transaction costs, lower cycle times, and increased efficiency.
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- E-scale
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A clear plastic scale containing capital E’’s in different point sizes.
It is used to determine the point size of type.
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- E-Zine
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Stands for electronic magazine and is a name for a web site which is either (a) modeled after a print magazine or (b) a magazine that is only available online or through email.
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- E.C.H. Will Sheeter
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Continuous automatic cut-size sheeter, ream wrapper, ream labeler, ream accumulator, case packer, lidder, bander and palletizer.
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- EAN
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European Article Numbering System
The standard bar code for retail food products that is used internationally.
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- Earned Rate
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The actual cost of advertising based on volume and frequency of advertising.
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- EAS
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Electronic Article Surveillance
An EAS device is attached and/or adhered to assets or merchandise which will alarm when passed through an EAS detection device in an active state.
Multiple types of EAS labels exist; the three most common types are AM (Acousto-Magnetic), EM (electro-magnetic), and RF (Radio-Frequency).
The three different types work only within their respective detection units.
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- EAS Label
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A device, applied to a product, which will set off an alarm system if the it has not been properly deactivated. There are several types of EAS labels. The most common types are AM (Acousto-Magnetic), EM (Electro-magnetic) and RF (Radio Frequency). Each has its own detection system.
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- Easel
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A device to hold photographic paper flat during exposure, usually equipped with an adjustable metal mask for framing.
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- EB Ink
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Electron Beam Color
A printing ink that is dried with the use of electron beams. Similar to UV inks, which are cured by ultraviolet light, EB inks are cured by means of polymerization, which is made possible by the direct effect of the electrons on polymerizable substances.
Unlike UV inks, special initiators are not required for EB inks and as a result EB inks are easier to store. The special advantage of EB inks is, however, the thickness of the layers that can be applied, as the electron beams penetrate deeply.
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- EBXML
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E-Business Extensible Markup Language
A language developed to standardize the use of XML language for general electronic business integration so that organizations around the world could collaborate and conduct business within any single marketplace.
It was created to provide a means for interoperability amongst and between business partners using XML in order to increase integration efficiencies and results.
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- ECF
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Elemental Chlorine Free
Pulp bleached without the use of elemental chlorine. Generally this is virgin fiber bleached with chlorine dioxide.
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- ECG Technology Enhanced Cubic Grain
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A technology that provides amplified sharpness in Kodak Advantix 100-speed film.
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- ECL
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Extended Content Labels
The ECL label is used to add content to a label. The limited space on a standard label makes it difficult to display all of the content that is required on some labels. Because reducing the type size affects the readability, some companies have started to use an extended content label (ECL) to satisfy their content needs. Some ECL labels are printed on the back side of the label and some have extra folded pieces attached that are unfolded to reveal the additional content.
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- Edge Curl
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- Edge Gluing
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Unit sets manufactured without a stub to bind them together can be attached to each other by being glued along one of the edges with a fugitive glue that allows the parts to be easily torn apart.
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- Edge Lift
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When the edge of a label lifts off the surface that it is applied to. This condition is affected by the adhesive’’s bond strength, the flexibility of the facestock. It is most commonly seen on surfaces that have a small diameter curve to them.
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- Edge Preparation
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The treatment of a sheet of paper to create a stronger bind.
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- Edge Sealant
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A sealing agent placed at the leading and trailing edges of the plate to secure the laydown of the plate to the plate cylinder for press runs.
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- Edges
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- Edges Gilt
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The edges of the pages of a book after they have been cut smooth and colored, usually with gold paint.
See also all Gilt Edges.
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- Edgeworn
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- EDI
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Electronic Data Interchange
EDI is a set of standards for structuring information to be electronically exchanged between and within businesses, organizations, government entities and other groups.
The standards describe structures that emulate documents, for example purchase orders to automate purchasing.
The term EDI is also used to refer to the implementation and operation of systems and processes for creating, transmitting, and receiving EDI documents.
Despite being relatively unheralded, in this era of technologies such as XML services, the Internet and the World Wide Web, EDI is still the data format used by the vast majority of electronic commerce transactions in the world.
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- Edit
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To modify and correct a manuscript to conform to the publisher’s standards.
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- Edited
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