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e- e- also E- prefix COMPUTING

electronic; used before another word to mean something that is sent between computers or is done using information sent between computers, especially over the Internet:

• Schwab was the dominant e-broker last year, conducting 65% of its trades on-line (= by computer ) .

• Hard copy (= documents on paper ) has some functions which e-documents can never replace.

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e- UK US (also E-) /iː-/ prefix

► IT, MARKETING ABBREVIATION for ELECTRONIC(Cf. ↑electronic): »

Some businesses are using the internet to reach new markets; others hardly use e-commerce at all.

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e-commerce/e-banking/e-transaction/