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COMERCIO VIRTUAL [2 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electronic Commerce
  • Internet and Telematics
DEF

The buying and selling of information, products and services via the Internet.

CONT

With meteoric growth predicted for the next five years, electronic commerce will revolutionize the way we do business.

CONT

The secret codes that protect electronic commerce on the internet are secure, thanks to the mathematics of prime numbers.

Key term(s)
  • on-line commerce

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce électronique
  • Internet et télématique
DEF

Achat et vente de renseignements, produits et services sur Internet.

OBS

e-commerce : L'emploi de «e-commerce» est critiqué comme synonyme non standard de «commerce en ligne», «commerce sur Internet», «cybercommerce».

PHR

commerce électronique sécurisé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio electrónico
  • Internet y telemática
DEF

[...] transacción de bienes y servicios a través [del] Internet [...]

OBS

cibercomercio, comercio electrónico; ciber comercio; ciber-comercio: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el prefijo ciber-, 'que indica relación con redes informáticas', según el diccionario académico, se escribe en general unido a la palabra a la que acompaña, sin espacio ni guion intermedios: "cibercomercio", no "ciber comercio" ni "ciber-comercio". En este caso concreto, tanto "cibercomercio" como "comercio electrónico" son alternativas válidas en español al anglicismo "e-commerce".

PHR

comercio electrónico seguro

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Record 2 2013-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Electronic Commerce
DEF

A server housing electronic commerce software that makes it possible to create a virtual shop and to manage orders and products sold online.

OBS

commercial web server; merchant web server: The Translation Bureau recommends in its revised 2013 Linguistic Recommendation that “web” not be capitalized when it is part of a compound, whether the compound is written as two words or one, with or without a hyphen.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Commerce électronique
DEF

Serveur abritant un logiciel de commerce électronique permettant de créer une boutique virtuelle et de gérer les commandes et les produits offerts en ligne.

OBS

serveur Web commercial; serveur Web marchand : Le Bureau de la traduction préconise dans sa Recommandation linguistique révisée en 2013 la majuscule initiale lorsque «Web» est employé après un nom qu’il qualifie. Il est toujours invariable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Internet y telemática
  • Comercio electrónico
DEF

Servidor dotado de un software de comercio electrónico que hace posible crear una tienda virtual y administrar las órdenes de compra y los productos vendidos en línea.

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