BTEC ICT Level 3 Unit 8 E-Commerce

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BTEC ICT Level 3 Unit 8 E-Commerce
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Session 1 Technologies Required For an E-
Commerce System
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1. Technologies required for an E-Commerce system

• Starter Questions
• What do you think e-commerce means?
• What is an online business or trader? Can you
  identify 3 examples?
• Working with a partner try and list as many
  examples of hardware and software that would
  be used to carry out e-commerce.

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Unit 8 Learning Aims

• After completing this unit you should
• Know the technologies required for an e-commerce
  system
• Understand the impact of e-commerce on
  organisations
• Understand the effects of e-commerce on society
• Be able to plan e-commerce strategies.

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1.1. Technologies What do they consist of?

• E-Commerce Definition -
• The buying and selling of goods and services by
  businesses and consumers through an
  electronic medium, without using any
  paper documents.
• Any transaction that is completed solely through
  electronic measures can be considered
  e-commerce.

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1.1. Technologies What do they consist of?

• Software -
• Web server - a server that distributes web pages
  on the internet, holding live copy of the web
  page which can be seen by anyone.
• Browsers software that allows the user to view
  the webpage, installed in a computer converting
  the data received into a visual webpage. They
  store cached web pages to be reviewed quickly
  again.

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1.1. Examples of Browsers
Browsers visually represents HTML and other web
languages so that they appear like this on your
computer screen!
Other examples of web browsers include Mozilla
Firefox, Opera and Safari.
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1.1. Technologies What do they consist of?

• Software (Contd) -
• Server Software- such as Internet Information
  Services (IIS), Apache HTTP Server and CuteFTP
  designed to make uploading data (File Transfer
  Protocol) more user friendly .
• Web Authoring Tools helping more people create
  web pages by simplifying the process. They
  include Microsoft Expression Web (part of Office
  2007) and Adobe Dreamweaver.

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1.1. Examples of Web Authoring Tools
Microsoft Expression Web displaying WYSIWYG
Adobe Dreamweaver - displaying WYSIWYG
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1.1. Technologies What do they consist of?

• Software (Contd) -
• Database Systems - e-commerce websites use a
  back-end storing catalogue of products and
  customer records that is linked to it based on an
  easy-to-read language (examples include MySQL).
• Networking focuses on how a computer can be
  identified, data will be transferred (TCP/IP
  addresses) and the naming of websites (domains)

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1.1 Technologies (1) Plenary Questions

1. Identify and explain the term Hardware?
2. Identify and explain the term Networking?
3. Identify and explain the term Web Servers?
4. Identify and explain the term Browsers?
5. Identify and explain the term database Systems?
6. Identify and explain the term TCP/IP Addresses?

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1.1 Technologies (2) Plenary Questions

1. Identify and explain the term Domain names?
2. Identify and explain the term Programming
   Requirements?
3. Identify and explain the term Download Speeds?
4. Identify and explain the term Browser/Platform
   Compatibility?