EDI Glossary : H
Hardware: The physical parts of a computer system, such as the central processing unit, tape drives, disk drives, modem, etc.
Header: The specific segment that, in simplest terms, tells the receiving computer where an individual EDI message starts.
HIPPA: Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, established by the U.S Congress in 1996
HL7: A standard for the healthcare industry.
HTTP: HyperText Transfer Protocol. A protocol used to request and transmit files, especially web pages and web page components, over the internet or other computer network.
HTTPS: HyperText Transfer Protocol Secure is a combination of the Hypertext Transfer Protocol with the SSL/TLS protocol to provide encryption and secure identification of the server.
Hub: EDI term for a company that initiates a B2B program with its business partners, usually a buyer. See also Spoke.
