Electronic Data Interchange - EDI

Inter-company computer-to-computer communications of data that performs the function of a standard business document and is in a standard data format.  For pure EDI "computer-to-computer" means, "original-application-program to processing-application-program."  To the purist, EDI consists only of business data, not verbiage or free-form messages.  Purists also may contend that a "standard" format is one that has been approved by a national or international standards organization,