| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Expressions | Domain | Definition | |
| Electronic data interchange | Business | Transmission of information between computers using highly standardized electronic versions of common business documents. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange | Computing | (EDI) The exchange of standardised document forms between computer systems for business use. EDI is part of electronic commerce. EDI is most often used between different companies ("trading partners") and uses some variation of the ANSI X12 standard (USA) or EDIFACT (UN sponsored global standard). [Electronic Commerce Dictionary]. (1995-10-06). Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing.. | |
| Electronic data interchange | Computing | Interchange of documents stored in electronic form at the recipient and further processable for various purposes. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange | Economics | Electronic transmission of data and information according to particular protocols. (EDI). (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange | Health | Refers to the exchange of routine business transactions from one computer to another in a standard format, using standard communications protocols. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange | Post & Telecom | Electronic method for transmitting quantitative information that relies on information being put in strictly formatted fashion: orders, statements, invoices, etc. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Business | 1: A technique for electronically transferring and storing formatted information between computers utilizing established and published formats and codes, as authorized by the applicable Federal Information Processing Standards. (references) | |
| 2: Computer to computer exchange of routine business information in a standard format. The standard formats are developed and maintained by the Accredited Standards Committee (ASC) of the American National Standards Institute. ASC X12 is the committee that oversees EDI. (references) | |||
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Environment | The communication or transmission of data as electronic messages according to established rules and formats in order to transact business. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Law | The transfer of information from one company to another using a network. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Military | A specialized application of electronic mail referring to the transfer of customized business forms such as invoices, purchase orders, and shipping notices. EDI usually requires special protocol conversions and a prearranged business agreement between trading partners. In a general electronic mail environment, by contrast, each user receives a mailbox that can accept unstructured mail from anyone on the system. EDI systems are also capable of verifying authorization on orders and connecting orders with invoices. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Physics | Online exchange of standardized structured data between application systems (not persons), used in particular for business data. If point-to-point connections between a specified number of business partners are used, this is a closed edi system (vs. open EDI system). (Hornung). (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange (EDI) | Telecommunications | The exchange of information between computers by cooperating entities without human intervention. EDI will be used in the future to submit wireless radio license applications to the FCC and to provide the applicant with the status of the application received. Applicants will also use EDI to pay the FCC for these applications. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange for administration, commerce, and transportation (EDIFACT) | Regulation | A United Nations sponsored initiative to develop international electronic messages including electronic invoices. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange for administration,commerce and transport | Computing | Protocol for the interchange of messages in an open environment in the field of administration, commerce and transport; EDIFACT is character-string based. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Electronic data interchange format | Electrical Engineering | Non-proprietary interchange format for IC and PC design data, such as cell libraries, net lists, mask layouts, test and simulation data and documentation. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Forms electronic data interchange | Computing | A screen presenting to a user the contents of an EDI message in a manner that is easy to use and interpret. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Web electronic data interchange | Computing | The techniques used to facilitate EDI via the internet which may include forms EDI via a web server. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Workgroup for electronic data interchange | Health | A health care industry group that has a formal consultative role under the HIPAA legislation (also sponsors SNIP). (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
Topics by Level of Interest: ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Electronic Data Interchange | 30 | Electronic Data Interchange | 30 | |
| Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange | 14 | Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier | 4 | |
| Electronic Data Interchange Personal Identifier | 4 | Workgroup for Electronic Data Interchange | 14 | |
Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
