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Text blocks: Late 1970s - Present: Fourth Generation ... 1800 - 1900 A.D. Pressures and Attacks against ... Another Question of Security An Economic and therefore Governmental ... Economic structure; introduction   Index cards Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) National Science Foundation (NSF)

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Economic structure; introduction Economic structure; transparent customers Economic structure; digital euphoria  INDEX CARD     RESEARCH MATRIX  Electronic Data Interchange (EDI) EDI is an international standard relating to the exchange of trade goods and services. It enables trading partners to conduct routine business transactions, such as purchase orders, invoices and shipping notices independent of the computer platform used by the trading partners. Standardization by EDI translation software assures the correct interpretation of data. EDI might become increasingly important to electronic commerce.