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eBUSINESS
The term coined by IBM to describe its e-commerce solutions, now commonly in use as a generic term.
EC
European Commission
eCOMMERCE
Selling products or services to customers using the Internet as the main means for communication and accomplishing transactions.
eEUROPE
eEurope - 'An Information Society for all' - an initiative launched by the European Commission on 8 December 1999, to bring the benefits of the Information Society to all Europeans.
eGATEWAY
a project initiated be the European Commission. The main objective of e-gateway is to support small to medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to start up with and develop electronic commerce. This web site is targeting decision makers of SMEs who are less experienced in electronic commerce, but are planning to get involved with their company in this business. Due to this lack of experience a high-quality gateway to neutral electronic commerce information will be a useful key to successful project realisation.
ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE (EDI)
The transfer of structured data, by agreed message standards from computer to computer by electronic means.
ELECTRONIC DOCUMENT and RECORDS MANAGEMENT (EDRM)
A system adopted by organisations for storing all their information and documents in a source electronic form, using a developed electronic indexing and filing system which is easily searchable. EDRM does away with paper filing registries and facilitates the widest access to documents, files and information across an organisation.
ELECTRONIC FORMS
Forms available on a Web site or Intranet, which a user can complete on the screen and then either print off and post back, or submit on-line.
eGOVERNMENT
the carrying out of government business transactions electronically, usually over the Internet, but including all the related real-world processes. In our information society, customers increasingly expect government to be accessible and convenient. As customers' expectations increase, governments must adopt eGovernment strategies.
E-MAIL
Electronic mail - usually sent or received over the Internet.
ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS
In ordinary language, dealings between people and organisations (such as finding out a piece of information, filling out a form, or making a payment) that take place using Internet and the Web.
ENCRYPTION
A mechanism for coding or 'scrambling' electronic documents or messages, to enable them to travel between networks securely without risk of them being read by third parties.
ENTR
DG Enterprise, the Directorate General of the European Commission which housed the IDA programme, now known as the Directorate General for Informatics
ETHERNET
A method for connecting computers to a network using coaxial cable.
ETSI
the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
EU
The European Union.
EUROCHAMBRES
organisation which represents more than 15,000,000 enterprises in Europe, Organised in six departments, which undertake a number of projects and actions implemented by the European network of Chambers of Commerce.
EXTRANET
A system for regular communication between an organisation and its main suppliers or implementation partners. Typically extranet are closed private computer networks that function at least partially over the public connections of the Internet , using encryption to ensure privacy. They are designed to give authorised outsiders access to an organisation's Intranet from outside its network by direct telephone dial-up from PC or by coming in from the Web trough a firewall. |
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