Glossary for Computer Concepts: ecommerce
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ad wars: Ad Wars (Lesson:
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Ad blockers block online ads, but companies use techniques to get ads past the blockers, but shortly thereafter updates come out to counter those actionsB2B: B2B: Business-to-Business (Lesson:
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supports transactions between businesses across private networks, the Internet, and the webB2C: B2C: Business-to-Consumer (etail) (Lesson:
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uses the web or mobile apps to connect individual consumers directly with commercial sellersbitcoin: Bitcoin (Lesson:
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Bitcoin is a digital currency introduced in 2008 to replace the common currencies of the worldbusiness intelligence: Business Intelligence and Analytics (Lesson:
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technologies that are used to gather and report information that supports business decision makingbusiness systems: Business Systems (Lesson:
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computer-based information systems that provide organizations with valuable information in a timely and effective mannerC2C: C2C: Consumer-to-Consumer (Lesson:
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also called peer-to-peer, C2C ecommerce uses the web to connect individuals who wish to sell to other individualsCRM: CRM: Customer Relationship Management (Lesson:
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use of information systems to store detailed information on prospective, current, and past customers to improve customer service and support targeted marketingdistributed workforce: Distributed Workforce (Lesson:
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ecommerce: Ecommerce: electronic commerce (Lesson:
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refers to systems that support electronically executed business transactionseCommerce questions: Self Study Questions(Lesson:
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What have you learned?enterprise systems: Enterprise Systems (Lesson:
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information systems designed to support all or most of the functions of an enterpriseePayment: ePayment: electronic payment (Lesson:
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electronic payment systems based on new technologies designed to do away with cash, credit cards, and walletsERP: ERP: Enterprise Resource Planning System (Lesson:
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integrates all data processing in a corporation (enterprise) into one unified systemgeographic information: GIS: Geographic Information System (Lesson:
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captures, manages, analyzes, and displays geographically referenced information, often utilizing mapsglobalization: Globalization (Lesson:
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refers to changes in societies and the world economy, resulting from dramatically increased international trade and cultural exchangehost: Host (Lesson:
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An ecommerce host is a company that takes on some or all of the responsibility of setting up and maintaining an ecommerce website and system for a businessinformatics: Informatics (Lesson:
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applies computer-based information system technologies to support traditional disciplines such as science and medicineinformation management: Information Management (Lesson:
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software and computer-based systems dedicated to collecting, storing, and manipulating data in a manner that produces useful information on which to base decisionsinternational business model: International Business Model (Lesson:
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include methods of engaging in international business ranging from basic import/export to fully transnational businessesknowledge management: KM: Knowledge Management (Lesson:
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assists an organization in capturing, storing, and distributing knowledge for use and reuse by the organization and sometimes othersmCommerce: mCommerce (Lesson:
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eCommerce carried out over mobile devicesoffshoring: Offshoring (Lesson:
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business practice that relocates an entire production line to another location, typically in another countryonline marketing: Online Marketing (Lesson:
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employs many strategies to make consumers aware of goods and services available for purchase onlineoutsourcing: Outsourcing (Lesson:
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refers to a business’ use of an outside company to take over portions of its workloadreputation: Reputation (Lesson:
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Online reputation has become an important consideration when purchaseing onlineSDLC: SDLC: Systems Development Life Cycle (Lesson:
Ecommerce)
has six common phases: investigation, analysis, design, implementation, maintenance, and reviewshipping: Shipping (Lesson:
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Shipping has become a major concern for ecommerce companiesTPS: TPS: Transaction Processing System (Lesson:
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an information system used to support and record transactions such as paying for products or paying an employeeFull Glossary