- means the same as: Electronic Commerce, EC, eCommerce or ecommerce - the 'electronic' or 'e' in e-commerce refers to the technology/systems; the 'commerce' refers to be traditional business models - E-commerce, generally, is analogous to a market place on the Internet. It consists of the distributing, buying, selling, marketing and servicing of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks - E-commerce- view of the information technology industry electronic business application aimed at commercial transactions; in this context, it can involve electronic funds transfer, supply chain management, e-marketing, online marketing, online transaction processing, electronic data interchange (EDI), automated inventory management systems, and automated data collection systems. - depends on computer technology, World Wide Web and non-computer technologies