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cookie
A message given to a Web browser by a Web server. The browser stores the message in a text file. The message is then sent back to the server each time the browser requests a page from the server.
Also see session cookie and persistent cookie.
The main purpose of cookies is to identify users and possibly prepare customized Web pages for them. When you enter a Web site using cookies, you may be asked to fill out a form providing such information as your name and interests. This information is packaged into a cookie and sent to your Web browser which stores it for later use. The next time you go to the same Web site, your browser will send the cookie to the Web server. The server can use this information to present you with custom Web pages. So, for example, instead of seeing just a generic welcome page you might see a welcome page with your name on it.
The name cookie derives from UNIX objects called magic cookies. These are tokens that are attached to a user or program and change depending on the areas entered by the user or program.
Also see Do Cookies Compromise Security? in the Did You Know . . . ? section of Webopedia. digital cash
A system that allows a person to pay for goods or services by transmitting a number from one computer to another. Like the serial numbers on real dollar bills, the digital cash numbers are unique. Each one is issued by a bank and represents a specified sum of real money. One of the key features of digital cash is that, like real cash, it is anonymous and reusable. That is, when a digital cash amount is sent from a buyer to a vendor, there is no way to obtain information about the buyer. This is one of the key differences between digital cash and credit card systems. Another key difference is that a digital cash certificate can be reused.
Digital cash transactions are expected to become commonplace by the year 2000. However, there a number of competing protocols, and it is unclear which ones will become dominant. Most digital cash systems start with a participating bank that issues cash numbers or other unique identifiers that carry a given value, such as five dollars. To obtain such a certificate, you must have an account at the bank; when you purchase digital cash certificates, the money is withdrawn from your account. You transfer the certificate to the vendor to pay for a product or service, and the vendor deposits the cash number in any participating bank or retransmits it to another vendor. For large purchases, the vendor can check the validity of a cash number by contacting the issuing bank. eBusiness Definition
eBusiness (electronic trouble) is, in its simplest form, the direct
of trouble on the Internet. It is a more generic locution than eCommerce since it refers to not only
buying and selling however as well servicing customers and collaborating with trouble partners.
IBM, in 1997, was one of the first to employ the locution when it launched a campaign built around the
locution. Today, many corporations are rethinking their businesses in terms of the Internet and its
capabilities. Companies are using the Web to acquire parts and supplies from other companies, to
collaborate on sales promotions, and to do joint research. Exploiting the convenience, availability,
and global reach of the Internet, many companies, both large and miniature have already discovered how
to employ the Internet successfully.
If it's age for your trouble to move online or to improve it's existing online infrastructure,
then I invite you to review my employment with ebusiness solutions to see how I can aid you.
