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Electron Paramagnetic ResonancenounMWEmicrowave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnetverified
Electron Spin ResonancenounMWEmicrowave spectroscopy in which there is resonant absorption of radiation by a paramagnetverified
Electron TubenounMWEelectronic device consisting of a system of electrodes arranged in an evacuated glass or metal envelopeverified
Electron VoltnounMWEa unit of energy equal to the work done by an electron accelerated through a potential difference of 1 voltverified
electronic accessnounMWEThe right or opportunity to use or retrieve something or enter a place through electronic means.verified
electronic access controlnounMWEA cyber asset that performs electronic access control of the Electronic Security Perimeter(s) or BES Cyber Systems.verified
Electronic Access PointnounMWEA Cyber Asset interface on an Electronic Security Perimeter that allows routable communication between Cyber Assets outside an Electronic Security Perimeter and Cyber Assets inside an Electronic Security Perimeter.verified
Electronic AuthenticationnounMWEThe process of establishing confidence in user identities electronically presented to an information system.verified
Electronic BalancenounMWEa balance that generates a current proportional to the displacement of the panverified
Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT)nounMWEA type of EFT system involving the transfer of public entitlement payments, such as welfare or food stamps, through direct deposit or point-of-sale technology (see POS). The recipient can be given an identification card, similar to a benefit card, and a PIN allowing access to the benefits through an electronic network.verified
Electronic bill presentment and payment (EBPP)nounMWEAn electronic alternative to traditional bill payment, allowing a merchant or utility to present its customers with an electronic bill and the payer to pay the bill electronically. EBPP systems usually fall within two models: direct and consolidation-aggregation. In the direct model, the merchant or utility generates an electronic version of the consumer's billing information, and notifies the consumer of a pending bill, generally via e-mail. The consumer can initiate payment of the electronically presented bill using a variety of payment mechanisms, typically a credit card. In the consolidation-aggregation model, the consumer's bills are consolidated by a consolidator acting on behalf of merchants and utilities (or aggregated on behalf of the consumer), combining data from multiple bills and presenting a single source for the consumer to initiate payment. Some consolidators present bills at their own web sites, typically most support the aggregation of bills by consumer service providers such an Internet portals, financial institutions, and brokerage web sites.verified
Electronic Bulletin BoardnounMWEa computer that is running software that allows users to leave messages and access information of general interestverified
Electronic check conversionnounMWEThe process by which a check is used as a source of information for the check number, the customer's account number, and the number that identifies the financial institution. The information is used to make a one-time electronic payment from the customer's account -- an electronic fund transfer. The check itself is not the method of payment.verified
Electronic check presentment (ECP)nounMWECheck truncation methodology in which the paper check's MICR line information is captured and stored electronically for presentment. The physical checks may or may not be presented after the electronic files are delivered, depending on the type of ECP service that is used.verified
Electronic commerce (E-Commerce)nounMWEA broad term encompassing the remote procurement and payment by businesses or consumers of goods and services through electronic systems such as the Internet.verified
Electronic ConverternounMWE(telecommunication) converter for converting a signal from one frequency to anotherverified
Electronic Counter-CountermeasuresnounMWEelectronic warfare undertaken to insure effective friendly use of the electromagnetic spectrum in spite of the enemy's use of electronic warfareverified
Electronic CountermeasuresnounMWEelectronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrumverified
Electronic CredentialsnounMWEDigital documents used in authentication that bind an identity or an attribute to a subscriber's token.verified
Electronic data capture (EDC)nounMWEProcess used for capturing and transferring the encoded information on the magnetic strip from a bankcard or debit card at the point-of-sale to the processor's database.verified
Electronic Data ProcessingnounMWEautomatic data processing by electronic means without the use of tabulating cards or punched tapesverified
Electronic DeceptionnounMWEthe deliberate use of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading informationverified
Electronic EquipmentnounMWEequipment that involves the controlled conduction of electrons (especially in a gas or vacuum or semiconductor)verified
Electronic EvidencenounMWEInformation and data of investigative value that is stored on or transmitted by an electronic device.verified
Electronic Fetal MonitornounMWEan electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirthverified
Electronic Foetal MonitornounMWEan electronic monitor that monitors fetal heartbeat and the mother's uterine contractions during childbirthverified
electronic funds transfernounMWEThe use of telecommunications networks to transfer funds from one financial institution, as a bank, to another, or to withdraw funds from one's own account to deposit in a creditor's.verified
Electronic funds transfer (EFT)nounMWEA generic term describing any transfer of funds between parties or depository institutions through electronic data systems.verified
Electronic Funds Transfer Act (EFTA)nounMWEThe Electronic Funds Transfer Act and Regulation E are designed to ensure adequate disclosure of basic terms, costs, and rights relating to electronic fund transfer (EFT) services provided to consumers. Institutions offering EFT services must disclose to consumers certain information, including: initial and updated EFT terms, transaction information, periodic statements of activity, the consumer's potential liability for unauthorized transfers, and error resolution rights and procedures. EFT services include automated teller machines, telephone bill payment, point-of-sale transfers in retail stores, fund transfers initiated through the Internet, and pre-authorized transfers to or from a consumer's account.verified
electronic funds transfer activitynounMWEAny transfer of funds which is initiated through an electronic terminal, telephonic instrument, computer, or magnetic tape so as to order, instruct, or authorize a financial institution to debit or credit an account. ... These are normally considered retail funds transfer systems.verified
electronic funds transfer functionnounMWEAny activity that corresponds with or relates to the transfer of funds electronicallyverified
Electronic funds transfer point of sale equipmentnounMWEAny, instruments or machinery required for an electric transfer of money to take place.verified
Electronic ImagenounMWEan image represented as a two dimensional array of brightness values for pixelsverified
Electronic Imitative DeceptionnounMWEthe introduction of electromagnetic energy into enemy systems that imitates enemy emissionsverified
Electronic Information ServicenounMWE(computer science) a database that can be accessed by computersverified
Electronic JammingnounMWEdeliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systemsverified
Electronic Key EntrynounMWEThe entry of cryptographic keys into a cryptographic module using electronic methods such as a smart card or a key-loading device. (The operator of the key may have no knowledge of the value of the key being entered.)verified
Electronic Key Management SystemnounMWEInteroperable collection of systems being developed by services and agencies of the U.S. government to automate the planning, ordering, generating, distributing, storing, filling, using, and destroying of electronic key and management of other types of COMSEC material.verified
Electronic MailnounMWE(computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs inverified
Electronic Manipulative DeceptionnounMWEactions to eliminate revealing telltale indicators that could be used by the enemy (or to convey misleading indicators)verified
Electronic Messaging ServicesnounMWEServices providing interpersonal messaging capability; meeting specific functional, management, and technical requirements; and yielding a business-quality electronic mail service suitable for the conduct of official government business.verified
Electronic Musical InstrumentnounMWEa musical instrument that generates sounds electronicallyverified
Electronic ReconnaissancenounMWEthe detection and identification and evaluation and location of foreign electromagnetic radiations (other than radioactive)verified
Electronic ScannernounMWEa radio receiver that moves automatically across some selected range of frequencies looking for some signal or conditionverified
Electronic Security PerimeternounMWEThe logical border surrounding a network to which Critical Cyber Assets are connected and for which access is controlled.verified
electronic signaturenounMWEThe process of applying any mark in electronic form with the intent to sign a data object. See also Digital Signature.verified
Electronic Simulative DeceptionnounMWEactions to represent friendly notional or actual capabilities to mislead hostile forcesverified
Electronic StylusnounMWEa pointer that when pointed at a computer display senses whether or not the spot is illuminatedverified
Electronic TextnounMWEtext that is in a form that computer can store or display on a computer screenverified
Electronic vaultingnounMWEA back-up procedure that copies changed files and transmits them to an off-site location using a batch process.verified
Electronic WarfarenounMWEmilitary action involving the use of electromagnetic energy to determine or exploit or reduce or prevent hostile use of the electromagnetic spectrumverified
Electronic Warfare-Support MeasuresnounMWEelectronic warfare undertaken under direct control of an operational commander to locate sources of radiated electromagnetic energy for the purpose of immediate threat recognitionverified
Electronically Generated KeynounMWEKey generated in a COMSEC device by introducing (either mechanically or electronically) a seed key into the device and then using the seed, together with a software algorithm stored in the device, to produce the desired key.verified
Electronically-created payment ordersnounMWEThese are payment orders received by merchants from consumers, typically by telephone or the Internet. These payment orders are processed through the check processing system although they were not initiated as paper checks. These payment orders are not subject to check law and are not warranted by the Federal Reserve Banks.verified
Electronics IntelligencenounMWEintelligence derived from electromagnetic radiations from foreign sources (other than radioactive sources)verified
Electroshock TherapynounMWEthe administration of a strong electric current that passes through the brain to induce convulsions and comaverified
Electrostatic BondnounMWEa chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ionverified
Electrostatic ChargenounMWEthe electric charge at rest on the surface of an insulated body which establishes and adjacent electrostatic fieldverified
Electrostatic GeneratornounMWEelectrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricityverified
Electrostatic MachinenounMWEelectrical device that produces a high voltage by building up a charge of static electricityverified
Electrostatic PrecipitationnounMWEa process that removes suspended dust particles from a gas by applying a high voltage electrostatic charge to the particles and collecting them on charged platesverified
Electrostatic PrecipitatornounMWEremoves dust particles from gases by electrostatic precipitationverified
Electrostatic PrinternounMWEa printer that uses an electric charge to deposit toner on paperverified
Electrostatic UnitnounMWEany of various units of electricity based on forces of interaction between electric chargesverified
Electrovalent BondnounMWEa chemical bond in which one atom loses an electron to form a positive ion and the other atom gains an electron to form a negative ionverified
Elegant BrodiaeanounMWEbrodiaea having an umbel of violet or blue-violet flowers atop a leafless stalkverified
Elegant Cat's EarsnounMWEsmall plant with slender bent stems bearing branched clusters of a few white star-shaped flowers with petals shaped like cat's earsverified
Elegant HabenarianounMWEslender inland rein orchid similar to coastal rein orchid but with pale greenish-yellow flowersverified
Elementary EducationnounMWEeducation in elementary subjects (reading and writing and arithmetic) provided to young students at a grade schoolverified
Elephant SealnounMWEeither of two large northern Atlantic earless seals having snouts like trunksverified
Elephant TreenounMWEsmall tree or shrub of the southwestern United States having a spicy odor and odd-pinnate leaves and small clusters of white flowersverified
Elephant YamnounMWEputrid-smelling aroid of southeastern Asia (especially the Philippines) grown for its edible tuberverified
Elephant's EarnounMWEtropical South American tree having a wide-spreading crown of bipinnate leaves and coiled ear-shaped fruitsverified