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__What is e-commerce?__
E-commerce (electronic commerce or EC) is the buying and selling of goods and services on the Internet, especially the World Wide Web. In practice, this term and a newer term, [|e-business], are often used interchangably. For online retail selling, the term [|e-tailing] is sometimes used. E-commerce can be divided into:
 * E-tailing or "virtual storefronts" on Web sites with online catalogs, sometimes gathered into a "virtual mall"
 * The gathering and use of demographic data through Web contacts
 * Electronic Data Interchange ([|EDI]), the business-to-business exchange of data
 * [|e-mail] and [|fax] and their use as media for reaching prospects and established customers (for example, with newsletters)
 * Business-to-business buying and selling
 * The security of business transactions