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| electronic commerce (e-commerce) |
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Targeting customers by collecting and analyzing business information, conducting customer transactions, and maintaining online relationships with customers by means of computer networks
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Search program that checks hundreds of sites, gathers and assembles information, and brings it back to the sender
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| electronic marketing (e-marketing) |
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Process of creating, distributing, promoting, and pricing goods and services to a target market over the Internet or through digital tools
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Electronic approval of a document that has the same status as a written signature
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Electronic technologies used in e-commerce including fax machines, computer modems, telephones, and CD-ROMs
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Web sites that seek to build customer good will and supplement other sales channels rather than to sell goods and services.
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Buyer-seller communications in which the customer controls the amount and type of information received from a marketer through such channels as the Internet, CD-ROMs, interactive toll-free telephone numbers, and virtual reality kiosks.
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Online store where customers can view and order merchandise much like window shopping at traditional retail establishments
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Worldwide network of interconnected computers that lets anyone with access to a personal computer send and receive images and data anywhere.
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Group of virtual stores planned, coordinated, and operated as a unit for online shoppers.
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Internal corporate network that allows employees within an organization to communicate with each other and gain access to corporate information.
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| electronic bulletin boards |
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Specialized online services that provide information on specific topics or areas of interest
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Secure network accessible through a Web site by external customers or organizations for electronic commerce, providing more information than a public site
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Small, free-standing computer, often located in a store, that provides consumers with Internet connections to a firm and its goods and services.
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E-mail service that allows for the immediate exchange of short messages between online users.
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Multipurpose card embedded with computer chips that store personal and financial information such as credit-card data, health records, and driver=s license number.
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| Internet service provider (ISP) |
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Organization that provides access to the Internet via a telephone, satellite TV service, or cable TV network
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The percentage of people presented with a Web banner advertisement who click on it.
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Online marketplaces that bring buyers and sellers together
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The percentage of visitors to a Web site who make a purchase.
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