2. BY ENG : AHMED BARGHOUT

3. Electronic commerce Electronic commerce, commonly known as e- commerce or eCommerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or servies over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer net work. The amount of trade conducted electronically has grown extraordinarily with widespread Internet usage A large percentage of electronic commerce is conducted entirely electronically for virtual items such as access to premium content on a website, but most electronic commerce involves the transportation of physical items in some way.

4. Time Electronic commerce 1979: Michael Aldrich invented online shopping 1981: Thomson Holidays, UK is first B2B online shopping 1982: Minitel was introduced nationwide in France by France Telecom and used for online ordering. 1984: Gateshead SIS/Tesco is first B2C online shopping and Mrs Snowball, 72, is the first online home shopper 1985: Nissan UK sells cars and finance with credit checking to customers online from dealers' lots 1987: Swreg begins to provide software and shareware authors means to sell their products online through an electronic Merchant account 1990: Tim Berners-Lee writes the first web browser, World Wide Web, using a NeXT computer.

5. 1999: Business.com sold for US $7.5 million to eCompanies, which was purchased in 1997 for US $149,000. The peer-to-peer filesharing software Napster launches. ATG Stores launches to sell decorative items for the home online. 2000: The dot-com bust. 2002: eBay acquires PayPal for $1.5 billion. Niche retail companies CSN Stores and NetShops are founded with the concept of selling products through several targeted domains, rather than a central portal. 2003: Amazon.com posts first yearly profit. 2007: Business.com acquired by R.H. Donnelley for $345 million. 2009: Zappos.com acquired by Amazon.com for $928 million. Retail Convergence, operator of private sale website RueLaLa.com, acquired by GSI Commerce for $180 million, plus up to $170 million in earn-out payments based on performance through 2012. 2010: Use Commerce and Online Retail sales projected to reach $173 billion, an increase of 7 percent over 2009

7. Business applications Email Enterprise content management Instant messaging Newsgroups Online shopping and order tracking Online banking Online office suites Electronic tickets

8. Types of e-commerce B2B B2C C2B C2C G2B E – LEARNING

9. In this type of e-commerce is the sale and purchase and exchange of goods and services between the company and another company through the on Certain Convention DELL

10. In this type of e-commerce will be the interaction between companies and consumers in the sale and purchase, the consumer can buy from these companies through the Internet and payment through electronic methods available have Credit Cards Paypal WesternUnion OR MoneyGram Credit Cards

11. In this type of e-commerce companies to offer business and projects on the internet and the consumers respond to these offers. Companies benefit through access to expertise and talent O DESK

12. In this type of e-commerce consumers the announcement of their offerings through the use of some websites and forums to buy and sell some of their property

13. In this type of e-commerce are the work of government transactions online, where consumers can pay taxes into the Internet and the government can you view some of the tenders and projects via the Internet until find the companies and contractors can perform

14. Online education is a process that enables the student to learn without the need to travel or go to school but can study anywhere in the availability of certain conditions, including:

15. Electronic commerce applications Shopping cart software Online e-telephony · Credit card acceptability · Customer account facility · Order management facility · Web based administration facility · Flexible shipping & tax options · Built-in site optimization tools