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An inter-company, application-to-application communication of data in standard format for business transactions. '''Electronic Data Interchange''' ('''EDI''') is a set of [[standard]]s for structuring information that is to be electronically exchanged between and within businesses, organizations, government entities and other groups. The standards describe structures that emulate documents, for example purchase orders to automate purchasing. The term EDI is also used to refer to the implementation and operation of systems and processes for creating, transmitting, and receiving EDI documents.

An inter-company, application-to-application communication of data in standard format for business transactions. '''Electronic Data Interchange''' ('''EDI''') is a set of [[standard]]s for structuring information that is to be electronically exchanged between and within businesses, organizations, government entities and other groups. The standards describe structures that emulate documents, for example purchase orders to automate purchasing. The term EDI is also used to refer to the implementation and operation of systems and processes for creating, transmitting, and receiving EDI documents.