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Chapter 3 Terms
Electronic Commerce and
Internet Technologies
Introduction to Information Systems
Judith C. Simon
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Browser:
software used with World Wide Web to locate desired
information
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Commercial online service:
an organization that provides various electronic
communications capabilities or services for a fee
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Communications software:
provides instructions to hardware for transmission of data
from one computer to another
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Domain name system (DNS):
system that manages the Internet host names so that no
duplicates occur
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Electronic commerce:
use of Internet technology and Web pages for conducting
business
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Electronic data interchange (EDI):
use of computer with communications capabilities to
exchange data between businesses
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Electronic eavesdropping:
accessing email messages intended for someone else,
without authorization
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Electronic mail (email):
messages sent from one computer to one or more other
computers, with each recipient and sender having a
separate mailing address (mailbox)
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Emoticon:
keyboard-constructed icon used in email to indicate the
writer’s intended feelings
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Extranet:
use of Internet technology for communications with
organizations in which data must access internal intranets
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FAQs:
frequently asked questions; widely used with Usenet
newsgroups
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File transfer protocol (FTP):
a method of transferring files from one computer to
another
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Firewall:
security method for preventing unauthorized access into an
organization’s intranet
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Home page:
initial or introductory page for a particular type of World
Wide Web information, with options that are linked to
further information on a chosen topic
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Host:
a computer with two-way access to other computers in a
network
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Hypertext Markup Language (HTML):
coding method used to provide links from one location to
another on the World Wide Web
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Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP):
protocol used for transferring from one location to another
while using the World Wide Web
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Intranet:
use of Internet technology for communications within an
organization
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Internet:
an international network of networks
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Internet service provider (ISP):
organization that provides access to the Internet but does
not provide any other special services to subscribers
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Mailing list:
a form of discussion possible by sending messages to
email addresses of people who have put their addresses on
the electronic list
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Netiquette:
guidelines for appropriate procedures to use when contributing to a
newsgroup
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Newsgroup:
interactive computer discussion group on any of a wide range of topics
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Protocol:
set of rules for transferring data
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Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP):
protocols used for Internet activities as well as intranet and extranet
activities
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Telecommuting:
using a home computer with communications capabilities
so that the work results travel to the office while the
employee stays at home
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Teleworking:
similar to telecommuting; sometimes used to refer to
situations in which employees may be working at a variety
of locations other than their homes and sending their work
to the office electronically
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Uniform Resource Locator (URL):
address of an Internet location, such as a specific Web page
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Username (user ID):
the identifying name of a computer user, which serves as
part of the person’s email address
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Virtual office:
capability of conducting business and appearing to be
working in an office without actually being there
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Web site:
group of pages for one overall purpose or organization
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World Wide Web (WWW, or “Web”):
software that simulates a web by using hypertext, which
involves links to data that can be stored at many other
locations worldwide; it also uses hypermedia, such as
sound, images, and/or animation
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