means an electronic business and refers to any kind of sales, services, purchasing or commerce on the Internet.

The conducting of business communication and transactions over networks and through computers. As most restrictively defined, electronic commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the transfer of funds, through digital communications. However EC also includes all inter-company and intra-company functions (such as marketing, finance, manufacturing, selling, and negotiation) that enable commerce and use electronic mail, EDI, file transfer, fax, video conferencing, workflow, or interaction with a remote computer.

stands for electronic mail. E-mail is one of the most popular uses of the Internet and it involves transmitting text or images from one computer to another.

A unique name that identifies an e-mail recipient. E-mail addresses take the form username@hostname. An example is user@example.com, which is pronounced user at example dot com. Note that e-mail addresses, unlike URLs (Internet addresses), are not case sensitive.

Electronic Funds Transfer. Transfer of money initiated through electronic terminal, automated teller machine, computer, telephone, or magnetic tape. In the late 1990s, this increasingly includes transfer initiated via the World-Wide Web. The term also applies to credit card and automated bill payments.

The software, such as Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird, Microsoft Outlook Express, Netscape Messenger, or Eudora used to send and receive email messages on your computer.