Chapter 8 Key Terms. iTech Lab
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- Business-to-Business e-Commerce (B2B)
- A system supporting transactions between businesses over private networks, the Internet, and the Web
- Consumer-to-Consumer e-Commerce (C2C)
- Use of the Web to connect individuals who wish to sell their personal belongings with people shopping for used items
- Digital Dertificate
- Type of electronic business card that is attached to Internet transaction data
- E-commerce Host
- Company that takes on some or all of the responsibility of setting up and maintaining an e-commerce system for a business or organization.
- E Cash
- Web service that provides a private and secure method of transferring funds from a bank account or credit card to online vendors
- Electronic Commerce
- E-commerce, the process of conducting business or other transactions online, over the Internet, or using other telecommunications and network systems; systems that support elect.
- Encryption
- Use of high-level mathematical functions and computer algorithms to encode data so that it is unintelligible to all but the intended recipient.
- Mobile Commerce (M-Commerce)
- Form of e-commerce that takes place over wireless mobile devices such as handheld computers and cell phones
- Smart Cards
- Credit cards with embedded microchips
- Decision Support System (DSS)
- Information system used to support problem-specific decision making.
- Web Services
- Programs that automate tasks by communicating with each other over the Web.