Internal company processes in the back office The back office and its processes are usually invisible to the customer, yet this area of a company is one of the most important infrastructural facilities. In the back office, the company’s own applications are administered, and tasks from administrative areas such as accounting, warehousing, logistics or personnel […]

Backend – indispensable in information technology The backend is an important part of the IT architecture, usually referring to an application that runs in the background. The opposite of the backend is the frontend, which is usually part of the user interface. A backend performs different tasks depending on the environment, usually these relate to […]

Backbone: Infrastructure for data exchange If network structures are to be comprehensively networked, a special infrastructure is often required for data exchange. One such infrastructure is the backbone network. This network forms the basis of modern telecommunication networks. The fast data transmission rate makes the backbone a high-performance network that acts as the main structure […]

B2E – Business to employee The term B2E relationships covers all contacts between companies and their employees. Depending on the size and structure of the company, this increasingly takes place electronically, but B2E also refers to traditional communication. Employees as a company’s potential In modern, future-oriented companies, a change is currently taking place in the […]

B2C – Business to customer B2C business describes business and communication relationships between business people and end consumers. What is B2C? B2C relationships are a wide-ranging field and, in addition to the pure business relationship, also include points such as customer-oriented marketing with corresponding advertising strategies or communication standards. In contrast to commercial relationships (B2B […]

B2B – Business to business The term business to business, or B2B for short, generally refers to business relationships between two equal business partners, i.e. between entrepreneurs or merchants, as opposed to relationships between business people and end consumers (B2C) or other groups. Characteristics of B2B business While B2C transactions are directed at end consumers […]

Authentication: The identification check Authentication refers to the identity verification of a person, a machine or a device. In this process, the user authenticates himself and is authenticated by the recipient or server through appropriate proof. Authentication methods There are three different ways of authentication: by knowledge, by possession, or by physical characteristics or biometric […]

Auction – sale to the highest bidder An auction means sale of goods. However, in contrast to the conventional sales contract, a different method of price determination is used. Instead of a fixed price, interested buyers submit bids. The last, highest bid wins if there is no further interest in buying the item at a […]

at sign – part of every email address The at sign is not an invention of the Internet, because the character itself has been known for several centuries. The exact origin can no longer be traced today, there are various theories for this. The at sign plays the most important role in e-mail traffic, because […]

Article rating – sharing shopping experience about products An article rating is when consumers are given the opportunity to rate products they have purchased on the Internet. Users can include the entire range of their experiences about a product in the article rating, from the quality of workmanship and appearance to usability and the price-performance […]

API – Programming interface of a software An API (short for “application programming interface”) is a programming interface that is used for communication between different elements of a software system. An API contains source code, which for example the hardware of a computer needs, in order to successfully run from the software system. The API […]

Apache – frequently used web server The Apache HTTP Server was developed by the Apache Software Foundation back in April 1995. It is a further development of the NCSA HTTPd web server. Eight developers created the most widely used web server to date, according to Netcraft. The Apache HTTP Server is open source software that […]