Enhanced Cooperation Program
Enhanced Communication Port
extended capabilities port — A parallel connector design that provides improved bidirectional data transmission. Similar to EPP, it uses direct memory access to transfer data and often improves performance.
This is an enhanced version of the parallel port specification for PCs. Nowadays, most parallel ports support ECP and/or EPP mode, and ECP mode has been added to offer enhanced data exchange between PC and for example printer, scanner or ZIP drive. The ECP option usually is being enabled in the PC's BIOS (usually ECP+EPP mode). See also EPP.
Abbreviation for extended capabilities port.
(Extended Capabilities Port) a kind of parallel port for PCs that allows for rapid bi-directional communications with devices such as a printer.
Extended Capabilities Port] ECP mode, while similar to EPP mode, may provide a performance enhancement to the Microsoft Windows operating system in that ECP mode can use DMA to transfer data. Also, ECP uses a FIFO buffer for sending or receiving data.
Enhanced Capabilities Port. One of the parallel port's modes. Requires the use of a DMA channel.
Enhanced Cooperation Programme
An asynchronous, 8-bit-wide parallel channel defined by IEEE 1284-1944 that provides PC-to-peripheral and peripheral-to-PC data transfers.
An acronym for Expanded Capabilities Port. A standard set by Hewlett Packard and Microsoft Corporation to expand the capabilities of the parallel port.
Refers to Extended Capabilities Port.
Parallel port mode that uses a DMA channel for increased performance.