The DICT Development Group

  electronic commerce
       
           (EC) The conducting of business
          communication and transactions over networks and through
          computers.  As most restrictively defined, electronic commerce
          is the buying and selling of goods and services, and the
          transfer of funds, through digital communications.  However EC
          also includes all inter-company and intra-company functions
          (such as marketing, finance, manufacturing, selling, and
          negotiation) that enable commerce and use electronic mail,
          EDI, file transfer, fax, video conferencing, workflow,
          or interaction with a remote computer.
       
          Electronic commerce also includes buying and selling over the
          World-Wide Web and the Internet, electronic funds
          transfer, smart cards, digital cash (e.g. Mondex), and all
          other ways of doing business over digital networks.
       
          [{Electronic Commerce Dictionary].
       
          (1995-10-08)