glossary — E
Ego Wall
A wall, usually in a professional's office, covered with an inordinate number of framed diplomas, certificates, and other tokens of academic achievement. The sheer number of items implicitly speaks to the superior skill or intelligence of the professional who earned them. This outward display mirrors and reinforces the professional’s perception of self, or ego.
Em
A typographic unit of measure whose dimensions have no fixed value but instead are relative to and equal to the square of any size of a typeface. Therefore, in 10-point type, the em measures 10 points high by 10 points wide. In 100 point type, the em measures 100 points by 100 points. In general for most typefaces, the em equals the size of the lowercase letter "m."
Em Space
At any given type point size, the em space equals the measure of the "em" at that size.
Synonym: Em quad — In composition with metal type, the em quad is a block of type that is not as high as the type around it, so that it would not print. Sometimes called "mutton" or "molly" to distinguish it from the en quad.
E-Mail / Electronic Mail
The exchange of messages and computer files over a communications network, such as a local area network or the Internet, usually between computers or terminals.
Email addresses
Since email has to get to the right person, every email address must be
unique. You can only have one johndoe@yahoo.com. This is why you often
see email addresses like johndoe2@yahoo.com and johndoe234@yahoo.com.
If
you get your email through a service like Yahoo or Earthlink, the second
half of your email address picks up the location of that provider, such
as: myname@earthlink.com or myname@yahoo.com.
Most people who have a Web
site, also set up at least one email address with that same domain name.
This means the second half of that email address will pick up their domain
name, such as myname@mycompany.com. The user makes the address unique by
providing the beginning.
There is no reason a person cannot have email
addresses from many providers since the address structure makes them all
unique and the retrieving, reassembling and reading of messages is handled
through the user's local email client software, all of which allow for
multiple email accounts to be managed.
Emboss
Verb: To press a pattern, image or shape into the underside of a sheet of paper with a metal or plastic die. This creates an area that is raised above the normal level of the material adding dimension and creating a visual and tactile effect like that of bas relief (sculptural relief where forms extend only slightly from the background such as on a coin).
Noun: A raised design or pattern pressed into a page using a die during embossing.
Antonym: Deboss — The opposite effect where the pattern is depressed into the paper rather that raised up from the paper.
Blind emboss: an embossed image that has no additional ink or foil.
En
A relative typographic unit of measure with no fixed value that equals one-half the width of the em in any type size. In general for most typefaces, the em equals the size of the lowercase letter "n."
En Space
At any given type point size, the en space equals the measure of the "en" at that size.
Synonym: En quad — In composition with metal type, the en quad is a block of type that is not as high as the type around it, so that it would not print. Sometimes called "nut" to distinguish it from the em quad.
Encryption
Protecting data with a secret code so that it cannot be accessed except
by authorized users.
Cryptographic process of converting data
into a form that conceals the data from anyone except holders of a specific
cryptographic key, to prevent unauthorized access to the data. Its strength
is measured by the number of possible combination of keys elements.
EPS / Encapsulated PostScript
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS) is a standard file format for importing and exporting PostScript files. It is usually a single page PostScript program that describes an illustration or entire page. Encapsulated PostScript or EPS files contain structured PostScript code, comments and a screen display image for high-resolution graphics. The purpose of an EPS file is to allow the document to be included in other pages. Fonts and images do not need to be loaded into a printer since they are "encapsulated" in the EPS code. See PostScript.
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Sources:
Microsoft Press Computer Dictionary, Third Edition; Microsoft Encarta College
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