Glossary

AIDC; Automatic Identification and Data Capture

Bar code; bar code

A series of alternating bars and spaces printed or marked on parts, containers, labels or other media to represent coded information that can be read by optical scanners.

B2B; B-to-B

Abbreviation for Business to Business Commerce. Trade between two companies using the Internet.

B2C; B-to-C

Abbreviation for Business to Consumer sales. Business conducted between a company and the end customer via the Internet.

Data

Any representation that can be given meaning.

Datamining; data mining

Study data to find previously unknown relationships.

e-commerce; electronic...