CSS100 - ECOMMERCE, DATABASES

ecommerce

A general term applied to any use of computers and networking to support the paperless exchange of goods, information, and services in the commercial sector

ASP (application service provider)

An organization that, for a fee, provides software services over the web, such as hosting a website

Conventional advertising

You post your homepage URL on flyers, in print and TV advertisements, on letterhead, and on any other traditional promotional materials you may produce.

domain name

The URL for the homepage of a business or organization

ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers)

A nonprofit corporation that handles domain name management

Search engine

Potential customers may use an Internet search engine (such as Google or Bing) to search for websites about products that you sell.

portal

An entry point webpage with links to other webpages on some topic

Cybersquatting

also called domain squatting, is the practice of registering a domain name that uses the name or trademark of an existing business, with the intent to resell the name to that business at a profit or to capitalize on that name for some other purpose.

cookie

A small text file that gets stored on a user’s device when he or she visits a website, allowing a more customized page to be presented on the user’s next visit

site map

An overview of the organization of a website so visitors can tell where they are and easily move about the site