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- Ed (biblical reference)Ed (biblical reference)Witness is the name of an altar in . The name appears in this form in the New King James Version, the English Standard Version and the New Living Translation...
, an altar or related place in some English translations of the Bible - ed (text editor)Ed (text editor)ed is a line editor for the Unix operating system. It was one of the first end-user programs hosted on the system and has been standard in Unix-based systems ever since. ed was originally written in PDP-11/20 assembler by Ken Thompson in 1971...
, a UNIX text editor - EditionEditionIn printmaking, an edition is a number of prints struck from one plate, usually at the same time. This is the meaning covered by this article...
- EditorEditorThe term editor may refer to:As a person who does editing:* Editor in chief, having final responsibility for a publication's operations and policies* Copy editing, making formatting changes and other improvements to text...
- EducationEducationEducation in its broadest, general sense is the means through which the aims and habits of a group of people lives on from one generation to the next. Generally, it occurs through any experience that has a formative effect on the way one thinks, feels, or acts...
, as in "tech ed" (technical education) or "phys ed" (physical education) - EpicDuel, a computer game by Artix Entertainment; see Artix Entertainment: EpicDuel
Given names
- EddieEddieEddie or Eddy may refer to:*Eddy *Eddie *Eddy -In music:*Eddie from Ohio, an American folk band*Eddie the Head, the mascot for the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden-Other:...
- EdgarEdgarEdgar is a common name from Old English words ead + gar . Literally meaning "prosperity-spear" or "prosperous spearman." It may refer to:-Historical:...
- EdmondEdmondEdmond may refer to:People* Edmond de Goncourt* Edmond James de Rothschild* Edmond O'BrienPlacesIn the United States:* Edmond, Kansas* Edmond, Oklahoma* Edmonds, WashingtonOther uses* Edmond , a 1982 play by David Mamet...
- Edmund (given name)Edmund (given name)Edmund is a masculine given name in the English language. The name is derived from the Old English elements ēad, meaning "prosperity", "riches"; and mund, meaning "protector".-List of people with the given name:...
- EduardEduardEduard Model Accessories is a Czech manufacturer of plastic models and finescale model accessories.Formed in 1989 in the city of Most, Eduard began in a rented cellar as a manufacturer of photoetched brass model components. Following the success of their early products, the company branched off...
- EduardoEduardoEduardo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the male given name Edward. It may refer to:In association football:* Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian football who currently plays for Shakhtar Donetsk....
- EdwardEdwardEdward is an English given name. It is derived from Old English words ead and weard...
- EdwinEdwinThe name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" and "wine" . The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadwine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures.Edwin may refer to:People...
Film and television
- Ed209 Enforcement Droid from RoboCop
- Ed (TV series)Ed (TV series)Ed is an NBC television program co-produced by David Letterman's Worldwide Pants Incorporated, NBC Productions, and Viacom Productions that aired from 2000 to 2004....
, a TV series than ran from 2000 to 2004 - Ed (film)Ed (film)Ed is a 1996 comedy film starring Matt LeBlanc. LeBlanc plays Jack "Deuce" Cooper, a talented baseball pitcher. Deuce also finds a friend in a talented ball-playing chimpanzee, who was originally his team's mascot.-Reception:...
, a 1996 film starring Matt LeBlanc as a baseball pitcher who befriends the chimp mascot of his team - Ed's Night PartyEd's Night PartyEd & Red's Night Party is a former Canadian talk variety show. It was hosted by Steven Joel Kerzner as Ed the Sock and Kerzner's real-life wife Liana K...
, a Canadian talk show - Ed (Fullmetal Alchemist) or Edward Elric, a character in Fullmetal Alchemist media
- Edward Wong Hau Pepelu Tivrusky IV from the anime Cowboy Bebop
- Ed (The Lion King), a hyena in The Lion King
- The character Ed in the animated television series Ed, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n EddyEd, Edd n Eddy is an original animated television series created by Danny Antonucci and produced by Canadian-based a.k.a. Cartoon. It premiered on Cartoon Network on January 4, 1999. Ed, Edd n Eddy was one of Cartoon Network's longest running and most successful franchises and the longest-running...
- Ed of the "Ed and LarryEd and LarryEd and Larry are fictional characters on the television series The West Wing, played by Peter James Smith and William Duffy. They are secondary characters, both of whom work in the White House...
" duo in the television series The West Wing - Ed, the title character of the computer-animated series Get EdGet EdGet Ed is an American computer-animated television series which debuted in 2005 that aired as a part of the Jetix programming block on the United States cable television network Toon Disney until the channel closed in 2009, and also used to run on the ABC Family channel before they switched over to...
- Ed, the main character in the movie Good BurgerGood BurgerGood Burger is a 1997 American comedy film by Tollin/Robbins Productions and Nickelodeon Movies, released by Paramount Pictures, directed by Brian Robbins, and starring Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell...
- ED, short for 'Evel' Dick DonatoDick DonatoRichard Louis Donato, known as "Evel Dick" Donato , a bar manager from Los Angeles, California, is the winner of the reality game show Big Brother 8. He and his daughter, Daniele Donato, are the only family member pair to win the American Big Brother program's top two prizes in the same competition...
, winner of Big Brother 8 (US TV) - Mr. Ed, a television series about a talking horse of that name
Companies and institutions
- Consolidated EdisonConsolidated EdisonConsolidated Edison, Inc. is one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the United States, with approximately $14 billion in annual revenues and $36 billion in assets...
, from their NYSE stock symbol - United States Department of EducationUnited States Department of EducationThe United States Department of Education, also referred to as ED or the ED for Education Department, is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government...
Health
- Eating disorderEating disorderEating disorders refer to a group of conditions defined by abnormal eating habits that may involve either insufficient or excessive food intake to the detriment of an individual's physical and mental health. Bulimia nervosa, anorexia nervosa, and binge eating disorder are the most common specific...
- Effective doseEffective doseEffective dose may refer to:*Effective dose the dose of pharmacologic agent which will have a therapeutic effect in some fraction of the population receiving the drug...
, a pharmacological term referring to the amount producing an effect in 50% of the people taking it - Emergency DepartmentEmergency departmentAn emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
- Emotional disorder
- Encephalitis (or encephalomyelitis) disseminata, an alternative term for Multiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosisMultiple sclerosis is an inflammatory disease in which the fatty myelin sheaths around the axons of the brain and spinal cord are damaged, leading to demyelination and scarring as well as a broad spectrum of signs and symptoms...
- Endocrine disruptorEndocrine disruptorEndocrine disruptors are chemicals that interfere with endocrine in animals, including humans. These disruptions can cause cancerous tumors, birth defects, and other developmental disorders...
- Erectile dysfunctionErectile dysfunctionErectile dysfunction is sexual dysfunction characterized by the inability to develop or maintain an erection of the penis during sexual performance....
- Excited deliriumExcited deliriumExcited delirium is a condition that manifests as a combination of delirium, psychomotor agitation, anxiety, hallucinations, speech disturbances, disorientation, violent and bizarre behavior, insensitivity to pain, elevated body temperature, and superhuman strength...
- Explosive Diarrhea
- Ecstasy Dosage
Institutions
- Emergency departmentEmergency departmentAn emergency department , also known as accident & emergency , emergency room , emergency ward , or casualty department is a medical treatment facility specialising in acute care of patients who present without prior appointment, either by their own means or by ambulance...
- English Democrats
- Environmental DefenseEnvironmental DefenseEnvironmental Defense Fund or EDF is a United States–based nonprofit environmental advocacy group. The group is known for its work on issues including global warming, ecosystem restoration, oceans, and human health...
- European DemocratsEuropean DemocratsThe European Democrats was a loose association of conservative political parties in Europe. It is a political group in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe...
Military
- Efficiency DecorationEfficiency DecorationThe Efficiency Decoration is a defunct medal of Britain and the Commonwealth awarded for long service in the Territorial Army of the UK, the Indian Volunteer Forces and Colonial Auxiliary Forces....
: a defunct decoration formerly awarded by the militaries of the Commonwealth of Nations- Canadian Efficiency DecorationCanadian Efficiency DecorationThe Canadian Efficiency Decoration was a Canadian military award given to officers of the non-permanent active militia, RCAF Auxiliary and Reserve who completed twenty years of meritorious military service. Similar Efficiency Decorations were also awarded by other Commonwealth countries. A bar...
- South African Efficiency DecorationSouth African military decorationsAn overview of South African military decorations and medals, which form part of the South African honours system.-1894–1913:The colonial military forces received British military decorations in wartime. From 1894, the colonial governments awarded medals for distinguished conduct and for long...
- Canadian Efficiency Decoration
Technology
- Electron DiffractionElectron diffractionElectron diffraction refers to the wave nature of electrons. However, from a technical or practical point of view, it may be regarded as a technique used to study matter by firing electrons at a sample and observing the resulting interference pattern...
, crystal structure analysis, done with Transmission Electron Microscopy - ElectrodialysisElectrodialysisElectrodialysis is used to transport salt ions from one solution through ion-exchange membranes to another solution under the influence of an applied electric potential difference. This is done in a configuration called an electrodialysis cell...
, a method of water purification - Electronic deceptionElectronic deceptionIn telecommunication, the term electronic deception means the deliberate radiation, reradiation, alteration, suppression, absorption, denial, enhancement, or reflection of electromagnetic energy in a manner intended to convey misleading information and to deny valid information to an enemy or to...
in warfare - Elephants DreamElephants DreamElephants Dream is a computer-generated short film that was produced almost completely using the free software 3D suite Blender . It premiered on March 24, 2006, after about 8 months of work...
, an open-source computer-generated short film - Engineering drawingEngineering drawingAn engineering drawing, a type of technical drawing, is used to fully and clearly define requirements for engineered items.Engineering drawing produces engineering drawings . More than just the drawing of pictures, it is also a language—a graphical language that communicates ideas and information...
, a type of technical drawing - Enhanced-definition televisionEnhanced-definition televisionEnhanced-definition television, or extended-definition television, is a United States Consumer Electronics Association marketing shorthand term for certain digital television formats and devices...
- Extra low dispersion, an alternative term for chromatic aberrationChromatic aberrationIn optics, chromatic aberration is a type of distortion in which there is a failure of a lens to focus all colors to the same convergence point. It occurs because lenses have a different refractive index for different wavelengths of light...
, a characteristic of high quality lenses
Other
- AirblueAirblueAirblue Limited is a private airline with its head office on the 12th floor of the Islamabad Stock Exchange Towers in Islamabad, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's second largest airline with over 20% share of the domestic market...
, a private Pakistani airline, from their IATA airline code. - Early decisionEarly decisionEarly decision is a common early admission policy used in college admissions in the United States for admitting freshmen to undergraduate programs. It is used to indicate to the University or College that the candidate considers that institution to be his or her top choice...
, an admission policy used by US colleges - Eastern District of Brooklyn, now Williamsburg
- Encyclopedia DramaticaEncyclopedia DramaticaEncyclopædia Dramatica was a satirical open wiki that used MediaWiki software. Launched on December 10, 2004, it lampooned both encyclopedic topics and current events, especially those related or relevant to contemporary internet culture. It was frequently utilized by a socially fluid and dynamic...
, a satirical wiki - Euclidean domainEuclidean domainIn mathematics, more specifically in abstract algebra and ring theory, a Euclidean domain is a ring that can be endowed with a certain structure – namely a Euclidean function, to be described in detail below – which allows a suitable generalization of the Euclidean algorithm...
, in mathematics - Executive DirectorExecutive directorExecutive director is a term sometimes applied to the chief executive officer or managing director of an organization, company, or corporation. It is widely used in North American non-profit organizations, though in recent decades many U.S. nonprofits have adopted the title "President/CEO"...
, a job title - Explosive decompressionExplosive decompressionUncontrolled decompression refers to an unplanned drop in the pressure of a sealed system, such as an aircraft cabin and typically results from human error, material fatigue, engineering failure or impact causing a pressure vessel to vent into its lower-pressure surroundings or fail to pressurize...
, a rapid drop in air pressure