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What is roaming?
What is the main function of a wireless access point?
List the Internet connection options that might be suitable for a small business in an urban location with five employees.
What is bandwidth and why do people often think of it as a measure of connection speed?
Describe, in general, the function of XML tags.
Describe, in general, the function of HTML tags.
In about 100 words, describe two or three situations (business or personal) in which you might find a personal area network to be useful.
HTML and XML are both markup languages, but they have very different objectives. In about 100 words, describe the objectives of each and provide at least one example of when using XML would be
Briefly describe the function of Web browser software.
Why was it necessary for the Internet to adopt IPv6?
In two or three paragraphs, explain the hyperlinked structure of the Web and why it is important.
In about 100 words, explain how top-level Web domain names are proposed and approved.
Briefly describe what the TCP/IP protocol does for the Internet.
In a paragraph or two, explain how Vannevar Bush’s idea of a Memex machine presaged the Web.
In a paragraph or two, explain why the Web is often described as having a client/server architecture.
What are the key elements of a private network?
In about 100 words, explain why the IMAP e-mail protocol is better than the POP e-mail protocol.
What is an internet (small “i”)?
In a paragraph or two, evaluate the NSF’s 1989 decision to introduce limited commercial activity on the Defense Department network that would eventually become the Internet.
Hyderabad is the fourth-largest city in India, with a population of 9 million in the city itself and more than 15 million in the metropolitan area. It is the capital of the State of Andhra Pradesh,
Why did the U.S. Department of Defense undertake the research project that would become the Internet?
In about 100 words, outline the advantages and disadvantages of using circuit-switched and packet-switched networks to transmit data.
You are the assistant to Yin Chan, the service manager of Quick Fix Repair Systems. Quick Fix offers repair and maintenance services to homeowners throughout the tri-state area. Quick Fix service
What were Bitnet and Janet?
In about 100 words, briefly describe the function of each type of router that might exist in an interconnected network.
On the Internet, what is the function of a network access point?
In a paragraph or two, describe how a VPN maintains security over data transmitted through it.
Briefly describe one example of how the Internet of Things might be used to reduce costs or increase efficiency in a business.
In a paragraph, briefly explain the differences between closed and open architectures; then, in an additional two or three paragraphs, outline the reasons an open architecture was chosen for the
What is a border router?
Hal Donovan started an ordinary hardware store, named Hal’s Hardware in Sandusky, Ohio, in 1988. He had been working during his summer vacations from college for a long-established hardware store
Briefly describe the functions performed by a freight forwarder in international electronic commerce.
In what ways does localization differ from language translation?
Briefly explain why an online business can find it difficult to establish trust with its customers.
List four primary activities that might be conducted in a particular business value chain.
What is a network economic structure?
Briefly explain why many industry observers believe that describing the history of electronic commerce as a series of “booms and busts” is incorrect.
What is a shipping profile?
Briefly explain the difference between a business model and a revenue model.
Political and cultural issues can limit the ability of companies to do business in other countries. In about 100 words, provide examples of how specific government rules and cultural norms can
How can online businesses use data analytics to increase sales?
Write a paragraph in which you distinguish between a business value chain and an industry value chain.
What is crowdsourcing?
In a paragraph or two, explain how the Internet creates or enhances the network effect.
In what specific ways can businesses use online social interactions?
Briefly define the term “transaction cost” and, in about 100 words, outline several specific ways in which electronic commerce can reduce transaction costs.
What specific Internet technologies led to a growth in electronic commerce in developing countries during the third wave of electronic commerce?
Many companies are combining their online business activities with an existing physical presence. In about 100 words, explain which elements they are combining and what problems they are solving by
Renting a car at the airport has, for many, become an unpleasant experience. After a long day (or night) of navigating airports and flight delays, the weary traveler must trudge or take a bus to a
Some writers have called the emergence of electronic commerce to be a “revolution.” Others have described it as a series of waves. In about 100 words, briefly discuss the merits of each point of
List several activities that might be considered business processes.
In about 100 words, outline the changes in Internet technology that drove much of the expanded consumption of digital content during the second wave of electronic commerce.
Name the technology that businesses have used since the 1960s to exchange transaction information electronically.
The use of online advertising in the second wave of electronic commerce was significantly different than in the first wave. In a paragraph or two, briefly describe this change.
List several activities that might be considered a part of business-to-government electronic commerce.
Many customers who use mobile devices prefer to make purchases using a mobile app instead of their devices’ Web browsers. It is less clear that these customers search for and select specific
What are some of the drawbacks to a strategy that attempts to capitalize on the first-mover advantage?
What drove the burst of enthusiasm that led to a rapid growth of investment in online business during the first wave of electronic commerce?
In the first wave of electronic commerce, many businesses tried to capitalize on a first-mover advantage. In the second wave, businesses were more likely to employ a smart-follower strategy. In about
What is a value-added network?
What are the two main categories of electronic commerce?
In two or three paragraphs, distinguish between the terms “business activity,” “business process,” and “transaction.”
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