1) What is e-commerce? It’s the buy and selling of services and product over electronic means like the internet. Currently, this segment has the fastest growth of the economy.
2) Who patented the phrase "one click" and why?
Jeff Bezos patented the phrase “one click” after of the first sale on Amazon.com to ensure a quick and secure purchase
3) Who made the first sale in Amazon.com? It was made by Jeff Bezos in July 1995
4) What was ARPAnet utility at the sixties? ARPAnet was created in 1960’s with the intention of ensuring the communications in a nuclear attack.
5) Who introduced the first widely distributed web browser? Marc Andreesen at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) since 1993.
6) What is Electronic Data Interchange? This was introduced in the 60’s and was a set of rules that large businesses and other companies used to send documents or business data from one computer system to another. The Electronic Data Interchange worked without the assistance of humans. But, the EDI had one issue: the companies could use different EDI formats and for this reason the communication between them didn´t exist using this medium. A few years later (1984) the problem was solved with the help of different organizations that made possible the exchanged of information between companies and others.
7) What did the term e-commerce referred to at its beginning? E-commerce at its beginning refers to electronic commercial transactions such as Electronic Data Change (EDI) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
8) Wich set of rules helped to transfer data and documents without the intervention of humans? It was a set of rules that helped large businesses transfer documents and data from one computer to another without the intervention of humans.
9) Wich two companies marked the difference in the e-commerce as we know it? Ebay and Amazon.com.
10) How has E-commerce changed our shopping customs? E-commerce has changed the way in wich people shop, putting at their disposal a wide variety of goods and products at competitive prices and allowing retailers to know about customer needs.
Discussion:
1) What is e-commerce?
It’s the buy and selling of services and product over electronic means like the internet. Currently, this segment has the fastest growth of the economy.
2) Who patented the phrase "one click" and why?
Jeff Bezos patented the phrase “one click” after of the first sale on Amazon.com to ensure a quick and secure purchase
3) Who made the first sale in Amazon.com?
It was made by Jeff Bezos in July 1995
4) What was ARPAnet utility at the sixties?
ARPAnet was created in 1960’s with the intention of ensuring the communications in a nuclear attack.
5) Who introduced the first widely distributed web browser?
Marc Andreesen at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) since 1993.
6) What is Electronic Data Interchange?
This was introduced in the 60’s and was a set of rules that large businesses and other companies used to send documents or business data from one computer system to another. The Electronic Data Interchange worked without the assistance of humans. But, the EDI had one issue: the companies could use different EDI formats and for this reason the communication between them didn´t exist using this medium. A few years later (1984) the problem was solved with the help of different organizations that made possible the exchanged of information between companies and others.
7) What did the term e-commerce referred to at its beginning?
E-commerce at its beginning refers to electronic commercial transactions such as Electronic Data Change (EDI) and Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT).
8) Wich set of rules helped to transfer data and documents without the intervention of humans?
It was a set of rules that helped large businesses transfer documents and data from one computer to another without the intervention of humans.
9) Wich two companies marked the difference in the e-commerce as we know it?
Ebay and Amazon.com.
10) How has E-commerce changed our shopping customs?
E-commerce has changed the way in wich people shop, putting at their disposal a wide variety of goods and products at competitive prices and allowing retailers to know about customer needs.