Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Chapter 16/17
- The internet
- A worldwide network of computers that are connected together
- Examples- Firefox, safari, Netscape and internet
- Unique Resource Locator (URL)
- This is made up of a domain name and a filename.
- example: http://www.pcsecurityreference.com/email-attachments.html
- Research
- They use the internet to research
other companies to see how they are
runned
- Advantages: can look at competitors
websites and helps them keep up to date.
- Dis advantages: The
website could be not
up to date and may
not be reliable
- Communication
- The way companies or
employees get in contact
with eachother
- Examples: email, social networking,
chatrroms etc.
- Advantages: Its much quicker than post, its
cheaper, emails are easier to follow drift,
encryption can be used to confidential
emails
- Dis advantages: Emails can be sent to wrong
person, email systems can be hacked, can
be put in the junk mail and the technology is
needed.
- Obtaining suppliers
- Getting their suppliers via the internet
- Advantages : you get more of a variety and
can be time saving
- Disadvantages: They could not look like
their photo, could be a scam and
unreliable.
- E- commerce
- A system that allows customers to
access a business website to obtain
goods or services
- Examples: e-book by amazon
- Advantages: larger target audience and always open/avaliable
- Dis advantages: Need certain equipment,
sellers may need storage space and time.
- Online booking
- reserving and booking via the internet
- Examples: Cinema, flights and train tickets
- Advantages: you are guarantee a place, security
- Disadvantages: can cost more
money and may not be able to
cancel
- Online auctions
- Auctioning products online for sellers or
buyers
- Example: EBAY
- Advantages: larger target
audience and can be time saving
- Disadvantage: may cost you
money to sell on that website
and you cant see what your
buying
- Having a website
- Advantages: can reach more
people and is affordable and open
24/7
- Disadvantages: need time to develop databases,
must always have stock, not all customers use to
internet,