E-Commerce Vocab

1. A world wide interconnection of computer systems that are able to communicate with each other using a common set of protocols.

Intranet

Internet

Extranet

2. Using electronic interactions to conduct business with consumers.

B2C

B2B

C2C

EBay

3. Using electronic interactions to conduct business among businesses typically as a result of formal, contractual arrangements.

B2C

B2B

C2C

EBay

4. A standard for presenting information on the World Wide Web; these documents include codes that allow text to be displayed with various fonts, sizes, and attributes as well as instructions to load pictures, sounds, and motion pictures.

URL

Domain Name

Http

HTML

5. Identifies to a Web browser the address and type of Internet resource to which your computer is connecting.

URL

Domain Name

Http

HTML

6. The use of communication technologies to transmit business information and transact business.

Electronic Catalog

Electronic Data Interchange System

E Marketplace

E-Commerce

7. A community of learners in cyberspace who share in commonalities.

Sanford Brown Portal

MySpace

Virtual Communities

8. A set of rules by which information is transmitted across the Internet. Supports a transport system for your local computer to receive data from another computer.

URL

Domain Name

Http

HTML