ECS-Enhanced Chip Set. The second design for the Amiga custom chips. A major redesign of the OCS chipset. It is found in most 16 bit Amigas, including the A500+, A600, and A3000.

ED- The standard text editor supplied with all Amigas, located in the C: directory. It is quite old and archaic.

EDIT- Another text editor supplied with all Amigas. Like ED, it is located in the C: directory. It can only handle one line at a time and manages to invalidate my hard drive every time I use it. Horrible.

EDUTAINMENT- An annoying phrase used to describe software that EDUcates and enterTAINs.

EGA- Enhanced Graphics Adapter. An old PC graphics card standard, capable of displaying 16 colours on screen at a 640x350 resolution.

EGS- Enhanced Graphic System. A retargetable graphics system created by Viona Development for graphic cards. The EGS system is an alternative to Intuition providing support for 24-bit graphics. In the last few years, it has been superseded by CyberGraphX and Picasso 96.

EHB- Extra Half-Brite. A screen mode used in graphics software. It allows 64 colours per line on an ECS machine.

EISA- Enhanced Industry Standard Architecture. A standard PC slot expansion. It can also be found on many Amiga DIY towers and big box machines.

E-MAIL- Electronic Mail. A system of sending messages by the computer to other computers.

EMULATOR- A program that allows you to run programs designed for a different computer. A spectrum Emulator would allow you to run Spectrum games.

EPS- Encapsulated PostScript. A file format for saving graphics.

EPSON- On of the leading printer suppliers. The Epson drivers are a standard compatible with most printers.

EXEC- The main part of the Amiga OS that controls task switching and low level functions.

EXECUTE- To carry out a series of instructions in a program or script.

EXPANDED MEMORY (EMS)- All memory above the 640K conventional memory limit is called Expanded memory.

EXPANSION- A drawer found in the main directory of Workbench. It was originally to store drivers but has not been used for years.

EXTENDED MEMORY (XMS)- A means of installing extra memory in 286/386 machines.

EXTENDED SELECTION- The ability to select more than one icon at a time. Hold down SHIFT and drag the mouse over the files you wish to be copied.

EXTRA HALFBRIGHT- An old custom graphics mode found in ECS Amigas that allowed 64 colours to be shown on screen by creating a second palette of the 32 colours but with half intensity. There is absolutely no use for this screenmode in this day and age.

EXTRANET- A closed network using the HTML standards to link an external company to your Intranet.

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