Definitions for "E-Rate"
A discount provided by the federal government and funded by telecommunications providers that helps to supply schools and libraries with telecommunications services.
(the Schools and Libraries program) provides subsidies, payable to providers of telecommunications products and services, so that schools, libraries, and health-care facilities, particularly in rural areas, pay much less than the going rate for eligible products and services.
A federally funded program to provide subsidies to schools and libraries in economically depressed and rural areas. Subsidies are used to help pay for the development of information technology-related services (including ISP subscription, the development of Local Area Networks, the provision of broadband connections, etc.) for qualified entities. E-rate subsidies are limited to use specifically for network connection and development needs (they cannot, for example, be used to purchase computers) and can provide between 20 and 90 percent of the total cost of obtaining such commercial services. E-rate subsidies are administered by the Universal Service Administrative Company.
Discharge or charge power, in watts, expressed as a multiple of the rated capacity of a cell or battery which is expressed in watt-hours. For example, the E/10 rate for a cell or battery rated at 17.3 watt-hours is 1.73 watts. (This is similar to the method for calculating C-Rate.)