What are the e-commerce technologies?

Simply put, e-commerce refers to business activities conducted by using the Internet. But the definition of e-commerce is still not a very clear concept. Governments, scholars and business people in various countries have given many different definitions according to their status and participation in e-commerce. Comparing these definitions will help us to understand e-commerce more comprehensively.

First, the concept of e-commerce in the World Electronic Commerce Conference

1997165438+1On 6-7 October in Paris, France, the International Chamber of Commerce held the World E-commerce Conference (the most authoritative concept of e-commerce: e-commerce), which means to realize the electronization of the whole trade activities. In the scope of coverage, it can be defined as: any form of commercial transactions conducted by both parties through electronic transactions rather than face-to-face communication or direct interviews; Technically, it can be defined as: E-commerce is a multi-technology aggregation, including data exchange (such as electronic data exchange and e-mail), data acquisition (shared database and bulletin board system) and automatic data capture (bar code).

Second, the definition of government departments

E-commerce is defined by the European Parliament as a business activity conducted by electronic means. It processes and transmits data electronically, including text, sound and images. It involves many activities, including electronic trade and service of goods, online data transmission, electronic fund transfer, electronic securities trading, electronic shipping documents, commercial auction, cooperative design and engineering, online information and access to public goods. It includes products (such as consumer goods and specialized equipment) and services (such as information services, financial and legal services), traditional activities (such as fitness and sports) and new activities (such as virtual shopping and virtual training).

Third, the definition of authoritative scholars.

American scholars Revere Caracota and Andrew B. Whiston put forward in their monograph "Frontiers of E-commerce": In a broad sense, e-commerce is a modern business mode. This method can meet the needs of government organizations, manufacturers and consumers by improving the quality of products and services and increasing the speed of service delivery. This concept is also used to find information through computer networks to support decision-making. Generally speaking, today's e-commerce is to connect buyers and sellers' information, products and servers through computer networks, while the future e-commerce will connect buyers and sellers through one of countless computer networks that constitute the information superhighway.

Fourth, the definition of China.

China Shanghai E-commerce Security Certificate Management Center defines e-commerce as e-commerce, which refers to the use of digital electronic means for business data exchange and business activities. E-commerce (EC) mainly includes paperless business information exchange between individuals, enterprises and countries by using major technologies such as electronic data interchange (EDI), E-MAIL, electronic fund transfer (EFT) and the Internet.

Verb (abbreviation of verb) The definition of e-commerce in IT (information technology) industry

IT (information technology) industry is the direct designer of e-commerce and the direct manufacturer of equipment. Many companies have given the definition of e-commerce according to their own technical characteristics. Although there is a big difference. On the whole, however, both the view of the International Chamber of Commerce, Hewlett-Packard's E-WORLD and IBM's E-BUSINESS agree that e-commerce is to use existing computer hardware equipment, software equipment and network infrastructure to conduct various business activities through certain agreements.