ExpertGlossary terms starting with E

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emission Electromagnetic energy propagated from a source by radiation or conduction. Note: The emission may be either desired or undesired and may occur anywhere…
Emission Control (EMCON) The selective and controlled use of electromagnetic, acoustic, or other emitters to optimize command and control capabilities while minimizing: a)…
Emission Control Technologies Equipment used in diesel-powered vehicles to reduce exhaust emissions, such as particulate matter and nitrogen oxides.
Emission Factor A measure of the average amount of a specified pollutant or material emitted for a specific type of fuel or process.
Emission inventory A list of air pollutants emitted into a community's, state's, nation's, or the Earth's atmosphere in amounts per some unit time (e.g.
Emission offset A reduction in the air pollution emissions of existing sources to compensate for emissions from new sources.
emission security Protection resulting from measures taken to deny unauthorized persons information derived from intercept and analysis of compromising emanations from…
emission spectrum Of a radio emission, the distribution of power or energy as a function of frequency.
emission wavelength The specific wavelength of light emitted by a fluorescent molecule, such as a labelled probe, upon absorption of light at the (higher) excitation…
Emission(s) A substance(s) or pollutant emitted as a result of a process.
Emissions Waste substances released into the air or water.
Emissions coefficient/factor A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity (e.g.
Emissions Factor A unique value for scaling emissions to activity data in terms of a standard rate of emissions per unit of activity (e.g.
emissions security See emission security.
Emissivity The ratio of the radiant energy (heat) leaving (being emitted by) a surface to that of a black body at the same temperature and with the same area…
emitefur An anticancer drug that belongs to the family of drugs called antimetabolites.
emittance The rate at which a black body radiates energy across all wavelengths.
EML Elevated Mixed Layer
emodin A substance found in certain plants, including rhubarb. It belongs to a family of compounds called anthraquinones, which have shown anti-inflammatory and…
emoticon Abbreviation for emotion icon. In electronic communication, a multi-character symbol, created with ASCII characters, to express emotions and physical…
EMP Electromagnetic Pulse.
Emphasis An HTML tag used to emphasize text. Please note that it is more important that copy reads well to humans than any boost you may think you will get by…
emphysema Pulmonary emphysema is a disorder affecting the alveoli (tiny air sacs) of the lungs.
Employ American Workers Act (EAWA) Employ American Workers Act is at section 1611 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 at page 191 of 407.
Employed, employed by the employer, or employment relationship Employed, employed by the employer, or employment relationship means the employment relationship as determined under the common law, under which the key…
employee Works for an employer. Employers can control when, where, and how the employee performs the work.
Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) This comprehensive law, best known by the acronym ERISA, governs qualified retirement plans, including most private-company defined benefit and defined…
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a comprehensive and complex statute that federalizes the law of employee benefits.
Employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) An ESOP is a trust to which a company contributes shares of newly issued stock, shares the company has held in reserve, or the cash to buy shares on the…
Employee/Official Number A number assigned by a service provider for its own internal business purposes. See "Administrative Numbers" definition.
Employer Employer means a person, firm, corporation, contractor, or other association or organization in the United States which has an employment relationship…
Employer Choice, Employee Choice Employer choice allows small employers to select one insurance company and allow employees to choose from any plans offered by that company across all…
Employer Contribution Employer contribution is the amount or percentage of health care premiums contributed by employers for employees’ health insurance.
Employer contributions for employee pension and insurance funds Contributions consisting of employer payments (including payments-in-kind) to private pension and profit-sharing plans, publicly administered government…
Employer or Union Retiree Plans Plans that provide health and/or drug coverage to former employees or members, and, in some cases, their families.
Employer Shared Responsibility Payment (ESRP) The Affordable Care Act requires certain employers with at least 50 full-time employees (or equivalents) to offer health insurance coverage to its…
Employer sponsored retirement plan Employers may offer their employees either defined benefit or defined contribution retirement plans, or they may make both types of plans available.
Employer-Assisted Housing A program in which companies assist their employees in purchasing homes by providing assistance with the down payment, closing costs, or monthly payments.
Employment and Training Administration (ETA) Employment and Training Administration (ETA) is the agency within the U.S. Department of Labor which includes the Office of Foreign Labor Certification…
Employment Authorization Document (EAD) Employment Authorization Document (EAD) is issued by USCIS as evidence that a worker who is not a citizen or a lawful permanent resident is permitted to…
Employment-based Visa Category Visa cases under these categories are processed based on an approved Form I-140 visa petition.
EMPSKD Employment Scheduling (USN term).
empty subclass test The notion that an empty "derived class" should behave exactly like its "base class".
empty tag A tag that does not enclose any content.
EMR Electromagnetic Radiation.
EMR hazards Abbreviation for electromagnetic radiation hazards.
EMRL (Embedded RAID Logic) Adaptec EMRL allows Zero-Channel RAID controllers to have exclusive access to the motherboard on the I/O device.
EMRLD Excimer Moderate Power Raman-Shifted Laser Device.
EMS Event Management System. A subsystem that controls the generation and propagation of events in the Data ONTAP kernel.
EMSEC Emanations Security.
EMSP Enhanced Modular Signal Processor.
EMT See: embryo multiplication and transfer.
EMU Environmental Monitoring Unit. A storage shelf component that is used to note disk and shelf events, including disk insertion or removal, fan faults, and…
emulate To duplicate the functions of one system with a different system, so that the second system appears to behave like the first system.
emulated filer A software copy of the failed filer that is hosted by the takeover filer. The emulated filer appears to users and administrators like a functional version…
emulation presenting a facsimile of a resource which is not present to a consumer so that it is not aware of the resources absence, allowing the consumer to exist…
EMV Electromagnetic Vulnerability.
en banc "In the bench" or "full bench." Refers to court sessions with the entire membership of a court participating rather than the usual quorum. U.S.
en passant When you change a "value" as it is being copied. [From French, "in passing", as in the exotic pawn-capturing maneuver in chess.]
En Plein French term for the Straight-up Bet.
En Prison French term for the favorable option offered at some single-zero roulette tables. The player doesn't lose his even-money bets if the zero shows.
En prison rule This is also known as the surrender rule. Mostly applicable in European roulette; in an en prison rule, when the player makes an outside bet (even money…
En Relación con una única parte Por o a instancia de una unica parte, en un juicio o procedimiento, sin la presencia de la otra parte.
en-bloc signaling Signaling in which address digits are transmitted in one or more blocks, each block containing sufficient address information to enable switching centers…
ENA Engineering: Architecture and Analysis.
Enabled When applied to privilege: a privilege that is active, i.e., has its effective flag set [POSIX.6].
Enablement Support within a disclosure of a claimed invention. Enablement occurs when a person skilled in th art to which the invention pertains is taught how to…
enabling signal A signal that permits the occurrence of an event.
enacted Once legislation has passed both chambers of Congress in identical form, been signed into law by the President, become law without his signature, or…
enalapril An antihypertensive agent that can also be used to slow or prevent the progression of heart disease in people with childhood cancer treated with drugs…
Encabezamiento El encabezamiento de una presentación (pleading) o del expediente de un juicio, indicando las partes, el tribunal, el número del caso y otros datos…
Encapsidation Process by which a virus' nucleic acid is enclosed in a capsid. See Coat protein.
encapsulated (en-KAP-soo-lay-ted) Confined to a specific, localized area and surrounded by a thin layer of tissue.
encapsulating agents Anything which forms a shell around an enzyme or bacterium, common agents being polysaccharides such as alginate or agar.
encapsulation Any method packaging an enzyme or bacterium and maintaining its normal functions. Used to immobilize cells in a bioreactor.
ENCATT Engineer CATT (US Army term).
encephalopathy A disorder of the brain that can be caused by disease, injury, drugs, or chemicals.
enchondroma (en-kon-DRO-ma) A benign (noncancerous) growth of cartilage in bones or in other areas where cartilage is not normally found.
encipher [To] Convert plain text into an unintelligible form by means of a cipher. [NIS] 2.
Encipherment The cryptographic transformation of data (see cryptography) to produce ciphertext [7498-2].
Enclave Isolated resource an SDS asset that has lost connectivity with other SDS assets with which it normally has connectivity, but is still capable of…
Enclosure That portion of an elevated building below the lowest elevated floor that is either partially or fully shut-in by rigid walls.
encode The gene product specified by a particular nucleic acid sequence. See: genetic code.
encoder See analog-to-digital converter.
Encoding The process used to imprint or inscribe MICR characters on checks, deposits, and other financial instruments.
encoding law A law defining the relative values of the quantum steps used in quantizing and encoding signals.
Encroachment The intrusion onto another's property without right or permission.
Encroachments A structure that extends over the legal property line on to another individual's property.
encrypt To programmatically disguise content to hide its substance.
Encrypted Key A cryptographic key that has been encrypted using an Approved security function with a key encrypting key, a PIN, or a password in order to disguise the…
Encrypted Network A network on which messages are encrypted (e.g. using DES, AES, or other appropriate algorithms) to prevent reading by unauthorized parties.
Encrypting File System A Microsoft file-based encryption technology that enables users to encrypt files and folders on NTFS volumes.
Encryption A procedure that renders the contents of a message or file unintelligible to anyone not authorized to read it.
encryption algorithm In cryptography, a set of mathematically expressed processes for rendering information into apparently meaningless form by developing a series of…
Encryption Certificate A certificate containing a public key that is used to encrypt electronic messages, files, documents, or data transmissions, or to establish or exchange a…
encryption element A group of contiguous characters to be encrypted. [After X9.23]
encryption key A data value that is used to encrypt and decrypt data. The number of bits in the encryption key is a rough measure of the encryption strength; generally…
encryption, 128-bit High level of encryption. Uses a 128-bit key to scramble the contents of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key.
encryption, 40-bit Low level of encryption. Uses a 40-bit key to scramble the contents of a file or data packet to make the data unreadable without the decryption key.
Encumbrance Any claim on a property, such as a lien, mortgage or easement.