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| Electronic Commerce | The integration of communications, data management and security capabilities to allow organizations and consumers to exchange information related to the sale of goods and services. |
| Business-to-Business(B2B) | An e-commerce model in which a Web-based business sells products and/or services to other businesses. |
| Business-to-Consumer(B2C) | An e-commerce model in which a Web-based business sells products and/or services to consumers or end users. |
| Order Tracking | The ability to determine progress on delivery of a product. |
| Clustering | The ability for multiple systems to act as a single host. |
| Electronic Data Interchange(EDI) | The inter-organization exchange of documents in standardized electronic form directly between participating computers. |
| Open Buying on the Internet(OBI) | An open-technology standard used by organizations to exchange data in a common format; an alternative to EDI. |
| Non-repudiation | The security principle of providing proof that a transaction occurred between identified parties. |
| Digital Signature | An electronic stamp added to a message that uniquely identifies its source and verifies its contents at the time of the signature. |
| Secure Electronic Transaction | An Internet protocol that uses digital certificates to secure financial transactions |
| Secure Sockets Layer(SSL) | A protocol that provides authentication and encryption, used by most servers for secure exchanges over the Internet. |
| Transport Layer Security (TLS) | A secure protocol based on SSL3.0 that provides encryption and authentication. |
| X.509 | The standard used by certificate authorities(CAs) for creating digital certificates. |
| RSA | A popular, proprietary public key encryption algorithm. |
| Reseller | A company that adds some value to an existing product, then sells it to the public or to another company. |
| Customs | National departments responsible for controlling items entering and leaving the country. |
