Multimedia and Society

Define the following terms:

e-commerce n. Commerce that is a business transaction electronically, as over the Internet.

B2B business-to-business (denoting business transactions over the Internet): B2B Web sites.

Business to Consumer - B to C: Business conducted between companies and individual consumers, rather than between two companies.

Cookies. Computer Science A collection of information, usually including a user name and the current date and time, stored on the local computer of a person using the World Wide Web, used chiefly by websites to identify users who have previously registered or visited the site.

encryption. Computer Science to scramble data to make it safe to send over the Internet.

SSL. a protocol developed by Netscape for transmitting private documents via the Internet. SSL uses a cryptographic system that uses two keys to encrypt data __Long Term.

Describe 3 benefits that e-commerce offers.

E-commerce has a lot of benefits like the fact that you can do a transaction without having to leave your house or sometimes your room. It also makes it so that you can do a transaction quicker and in this economy that's just what you need. Also e-commerce helps you make a transaction with a network of other businesses at one time.

Explaen why some people have concerns regarding buisness and e-commerce

The reason some people have cocerns about e-commerce is because they think that they don't the kind of privacy they want.