E-Commerce

- the buying and selling of good and services over the internet.

edu

- the part of an internet address used by US schools and universities.

E-mail

- electronic mail. Messages ( sometimes with attachments ) sent over the internet from one e-mail address to another.

Emoticon

- faces made up of text. e.g. winking ;-) or smiling :-) can be used to say "don't take that last comment seriously".

Encryption

- encoding used to stop people opening your private information when it is sent over the internet.

Error message

- a 'complaint' by the computer that something has gone wrong. There will often be some type of jargon heavy explanation, maybe including an 'error code'.

Executables

- a file containing a program, for example, files that end in the file extension '.exe' . These files have rights to access important parts of your computer in order to run.

Extranet

- a company website that employees and business partners can access from inside and outside the company. It is not available to the general public.

EZine

- electronic magazine. Magazines on the web or sent by e-mail.