Earth Station

The ground equipment essential for receiving and/or transmitting satellite telecommunications signals.

ED

Electronic Data Interchange. Refers to any transmission of information without paper or human intervention between two devices or application, using a standard data format.

Email

An electronic system of transmitting messages through a computer system. Data can be transmitting to anywhere in the world for the price of a local telephone call. An email address is typically made up of a part of your name (your account name), the 'at' sign (@), and your domain name.

Ethernet

A communications protocol that utilizes various types of cable at a rate of 10 Mbps.