Acronym  's
Choice: E or EI
ECA - Electronic Components, Assemblies
& Materials Association - association representing the electronics
industry sector comprised of manufacturers and suppliers of passive
and active electronic components, component arrays and assemblies,
and commercial electronic equipment and supplies. www.ec-central.org
EDA - Electronic Design Automation -
using the computer to design and simulate the performance of electronic
circuits on a chip
EDACS - Enhanced Digital Access Communications
System - a private radio or specialized mobile radio network designed
by Ericsson
EDGAR - Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis
and Retrieval - reporting system that public companies must use
to send financial data to the Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) - www.edgar-online.com
EDGE - Enhanced Data Rates for GSM Evolution
- a faster version of GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) that will
be used in the United States as a 2.5G upgrade to 3G
EDI - Electronic Data Interchange - computer-to-computer
tranfer of information in a structured, predetermined format
EIA - Electronics Industry Association
- federation of associations operating in the high technology market
that offers a cross sector alliance for companies in the electronics
industry and provides help in shaping public policy. www.eia.org
EIF - Electronics Industries Foundation
- group established to address the development of a skilled workforce.
www.eiafoundation.org
EMD - Electronic Media Distribution -
an open platform standard that will let content providers send music
files integrated with video, graphics and web hyperlinks securely
with copyrighted protection
ERP - Enterprise Resource Planning -
integrated information system that serves all departments within
an enterprise. Evolving out of the manufacturing industry, ERP implies
the use of packaged software rather than proprietary software written
by or for one customer
ESMR - Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio
- digital SMR networks, usually referring to Nextel Communications,
which provide dispatch, voice, messaging and data services
ESN - Electronic Serial Number - a unique
identification number embedded in a wireless phone by the manufacturers
to prevent fraud. ESN differs from the mobile identification number,
which is the wireless carrier's identifier for a phone in the network.
ETSI - European Technical Standards Institute
- a group working on UMTS. www.etsi.org
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