Ecommerce :Definition: It is the process of purchasing and selling goods and services over electronic system such as Internet.

Or It is a form of commerce in which computers and Internet are used.

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE FRAME WORK: E commerce applications will be built on the existing technology infrastructure myriad of computers , communications networks and communication software that can form nascent Information Superhighway. The various building blocks in the infrastructure are: Common business services for facilities the buying and selling process Messaging and information distribution , as means of sending and retrieving information. Multimedia content and network publishing for creating a product and a means to communicate about it. The information superhighway the very foundation- for providing the highway System along which all e-commerce must travel.

The two pillers supporting all e commerce applications and infrastructure are just as indispensable: Public policy to govern such issues as universal access , privacy and information pricing. Technical standards to dictate the nature of information publishing , user Interfaces and transport in the interest of compatibility across the entire network. The I-way must be mesh of interconnected data highway of many forms Like telephone wires, cable TVs , radio based wireless- cellular and satellite and the nature of vehicular traffic is important .