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Description
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E-zine
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Electronic Magazines are short online journals
written for the Internet that take advantage of the low publishing cost of
the World Wide Web.
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Easter Egg
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Programmers sometimes put pieces of code into an
application that produce unexpected surprises. Users usually won't see them
unless they press a certain key combination. They're usually found by word of
mouth and rarely by accident.
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Edge Connector
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Found along one side of an expansion card, the
little metal connectors that transmit data and other signals to your computer
through the bus slot that it fits into.
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EDO RAM
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Extended Data Out RAM. A type of DRAM that can be
10% to 20% faster than normal DRAM if no external cache is used. EDO keeps
its chip output buffer open longer and can begin to access more data even
before its done reading the previous data. Not much of a speed increase is
noticed over Fast Page Mode RAM if an external cache of 256K is present.
Controller must be compatible or it will act like normal DRAM.
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EEPROM
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Electronically Erasable Programmable Read Only
Memory. A type of ROM chip that can be electronically erased and reprogrammed
in circuit using software. The introduction of EEPROM allowed expansion
devices to be configured using software instead of jumpers and DIP switches.
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EGA
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Enhanced Graphics Adapter. A high resolution
video card that came out after CGA. It was manufactured by IBM and could
produce a resolution of 640 X 350 pixels and display 16 colors out of a
palette of 64.
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EIDE
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Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronics. Improved
version of the IDE interface for hard drives and CD-ROMs. EIDE uses Logical
Block Addressing which allows for HD capacities over 528 MB. It makes use of
Direct Memory Access and can address up to four devices. Also called Fast
ATA.
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EISA
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Extended Industry Standard Architecture. The
standard for an IBM compatible computer data bus that can transfer 32 bits of
data at a time. Extended ISA was developed in response to IBM's proprietary
Micro Channel Architecture bus (MCA). Unlike MCA, it was backwards compatible
with the older 16 bit ISA bus.
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Electrostatic Discharge
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See ESD.
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EMM386.EXE
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A DOS Extended Memory Manager utility that
provides access to upper memory blocks and can use Extended Memory to emulate
Expanded Memory for the older DOS programs that require it.
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Energy Star Systems
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Systems that satisfy the EPA requirements to
decrease the overall consumption of electricity. "Green Systems".
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Enhanced BIOS
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A newer BIOS that has been written to accommodate
larger-capacity (gigabyte) drives.
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Enhanced Graphics Adapter
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See EGA.
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EPROM
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Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory. A type of
PROM chip that can be removed from the circuit and erased using ultraviolet
light. The chip can then be re-programmed using an EPROM burner.
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ESD
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Electrostatic Discharge is the discharge of built
up static electricity. You may not even feel the discharge but ESD can damage
chips and ruin motherboards, rendering your computer useless.
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Expansion Card
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An electronic circuit board that fits into a slot
on your motherboard expanding the capabilities of your computer.
i.e.:
video card, internal modem, sound card.
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Expansion Slot
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A connector or slot on your computers motherboard
that allows for the insertion of an expansion card, connecting it to the
systems bus or electronic pathways.
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Extended Data Out RAM
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See EDO RAM.
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Extended Graphics Array
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See XGA.
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Extended Memory
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See XMS.
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Extended Technology
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See XT.
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