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DAB
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Digital Audio Broadcasting
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DECT
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Digital Enhanced Cordless Telecommunications
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Dial-up
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The process of establishing a temporary connection (to the internet) via the switched telephone network (PSTN).
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DNS
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Domain Name System
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DS
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Direct Sequence
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DSL
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Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology works on the existing copper telephone line already in a home, also known as a “twisted pair”. It uses sophisticated digital coding to utilize more of the existing space on the wire, without interfering with the normal phone conversations. It is extremely fast. With Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line (ADSL) download speed at up to 8 Mbit/s, it is 200 times faster than traditional analog modems. DSL technology comes in different flavors, with ADSL and Very high speed Digital Subscriber Line (VDSL) the best known.
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DTI
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Department of Trade and Industry
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DVB
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Digital Video Broadcasting
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DVB-RCS
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Digital Video Broadcast Return Channel by Satellite. International standard for two-way broadband IP communication by satellite.
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E-business
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Electronic business. The e-Business W@tch uses the term "e-business" in the broad sense, relating both to external and to company internal processes. This includes external communication and transaction functions, but also ICT supported flows of information within the company, for example, between departments, subsidiaries and branches.
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ECML
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Electronic Commerce Modeling Language
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e-Commerce
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e-Commerce, electronic commerce, refers to the online buying and selling of products and services. e-Commerce also includes the selling and buying of products and services offline. e-Commerce is a component of e-Business. It is defined as transactions that take place on-line where the buyer and seller are remote from each other.
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EDGE
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Enhanced Data rates for GSM Evolution. Enhancement to the GSM and the US TDMA wireless communication standards hat increases data rates up to 473 Kbit/s. EDGE is a full part of the family of third generation (3G) standards that will enable voice, video and multimedia transmissions. The first generation of mobile communications systems was analog. First used for voice, it was launched in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Introduced in the 1990s, second-generation (2G) systems use digital encoding and include GSM, US TDMA and CDMA. These second-generation systems
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EDI
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Electronic Data Interchange. A way for unaffiliated companies to use networks to link their businesses by using a common technical standard for exchanging business data. While electronic mail between companies is common, electronic data interchange passes bigger bundles that replace large paper documents, such as bills and contracts. Besides saving paper, computers could save time by taking over transactions, such as regular purchase orders that now require human intervention.
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EFTPOS
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The Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
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EMS
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Enhanced Messaging Service
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EPR
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Enterprise Resource Planning
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E-readiness
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Readiness for e-business is defined as the capability to engage in electronic transactions. This comprises appropriate network access (including sufficient bandwidth), internal hardware and software solutions, as well as the procedural and managerial readiness to deal with online transactions from simple web presence through to fulfillment of customer orders and related after sales services.
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ERM
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Enterprise Resource Management
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ERO
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European Radio-communications Office
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ERP
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Enterprise Resource Planning. A software system that helps to integrate and cover all major business activities within a company, including product planning, parts purchasing, inventory management, order tracking, human resources, projects management, and finance.
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ETSI
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European Telecommunications Standards Institute
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Extranet
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A network using internet protocols that allows external organizations (for example customers or suppliers) access to selected internal data. Essentially, it is an intranet, which gives external users restricted access (often password protected) to information through the firewall.
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