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MOBILE COMMERCE [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
DEF

Any information, entertainment, or social media service that is available on a mobile device, and makes use of geographical position.

CONT

LBS include services to identify a location of a person or object, such as discovering the nearest banking cash machine... or the whereabouts of a friend or employee. LBS include parcel tracking and vehicle tracking services. LBS can include mobile commerce when taking the form of coupons or advertising directed at customers based on their current location. They include personalized weather services and even location-based games.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

[...] chaque fois qu'une personne utilise des services basés sur la localisation à partir de son appareil mobile, l'identificateur unique des points d'accès sans fil traçables à proximité [...] est relayé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comunicaciones móviles e inalámbricas
CONT

Los servicios basados en la localización proporcionan contenido que se personaliza dinámicamente, de acuerdo con la ubicación del usuario. Estos servicios se encuentran comúnmente en los dispositivos móviles [...]

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Record 2 2013-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

A category of electronic commerce involving online delivery and purchase of products and services, using mobile communications equipment.

CONT

As it edges into mobile commerce, Yahoo! plans to offer its online auction service soon to mobile wireless users. Its customers would set up their bids and preferences on a PC and would be alerted on their wireless devices if they had been outbid. That would give them a chance immediately to put in another offer from their phone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Type de commerce électronique permettant la vente et l'achat en ligne de produits et de services, à partir des appareils de communications mobiles.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
DEF

Compra y venta de bienes y servicios que se llevan a cabo con dispositivos móviles conectados a Internet, como tabletas o teléfonos inteligentes.

OBS

comercio móvil: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "comercio móvil" es una alternativa adecuada en español al anglicismo "m-commerce".

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Record 3 1998-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Food Additives
  • Perfume and Cosmetics Industry
Universal entry(ies)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

A yellow to reddish brown essential oil that has an odor of lemon or verbena, is obtained especially from either of two lemon grasses (Cymbopogon citratus or C. flexuosus), and is used chiefly as a perfume (as in soap) and as a source of the aldehyde citral.

OBS

Lemon-grass oil [is a] natural flavoring agent used in lemon and fruit flavorings for beverages, ice cream, ices, candy, baked goods, gelatin desserts, and chewing gum.

OBS

Indian or ’Cochin’ lemon grass oil, the principal lemon grass oil of commerce, is from C. flexuosos which is indigenous to India, and the so-called ’West Indian’ oil is from C. citratus which is widely cultivated in India, Guatemala, Haiti, East and West Africa, and other tropical countries. The Indian oil is a reddish-yellow or brownish-red mobile liquid with a very stong verbana-like odour, while the ’West Indian’ oil is pale yellow to yellowish-brown and has an odour similar to but somewhat lighter in character than that of the indian oil.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Additifs alimentaires
  • Parfumerie
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
8007-02-1
CAS number
DEF

Huile essentielle produite par distillation de deux espèces de plantes aromatiques du genre Cymbopogon (Cymbopogon citratus et C. flexuosus).

CONT

Essence de lemongrass. [...] Usages - Thérapeutique (carminatif), parfumerie, cosmétique, savons, préparation de l'ionone, du citral.

Spanish

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