A web application is an application program based on the client-server model. Unlike traditional desktop applications, web applications are not installed locally on the user's computer. Some of the data processing takes place on a remote web server. The results of the data processing are transmitted to the user's local client computer (thin client). A web application is usually used via a web … [Read more...]
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Pros and Cons of Online Outsourcing
Online outsourcing is the internet-based version of outsourcing, the outsourcing of a department or work area to a third-party company. Online outsourcing mainly outsources IT services and marketing tasks, which can be performed via the Internet. Examples include programming and web design assignments, multimedia productions, logo creation and search engine optimization. However, business services … [Read more...]
Testing Levels of Software Testing
A software test tests and evaluates software for its fulfilment of the requirements defined for its use and measures its quality. The knowledge gained is used to detect and fix software errors. Tests during software development are used to ensure that the software is put into operation as error-free as possible. The classification of the test stages (sometimes also called test cycles) follows … [Read more...]
Pros and Cons of Web Service
A web service provides an interface for machine-to-machine or application communication over computer networks such as the Internet. In this process, data is exchanged and functions are called on remote computers (servers). Each web service has a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI) that uniquely identifies it. In addition, depending on the implementation, a web service contains an interface … [Read more...]
Different Types of Virtual Marketplace
In our earlier article, we have discussed about Virtual Marketplace (Electronic Marketplaces). Marketplaces can be described from three different pages based on the companies that initiate the marketplace. As with all electronic business models that support trade relationships, these are buy-side, sell-side, and neutral marketplaces. The operator structure has a significant influence on the … [Read more...]
What is Virtual Marketplace
A virtual marketplace, also known as an electronic marketplace (EMP), is a term used in the field of e-business. It represents a virtual place/market space within a higher-level data network within which virtual business transactions are carried out, which can be supported by the marketplace operator (as a third party) at any stage of the coordination process with the help of information-oriented … [Read more...]
Credit Card Fraud: Basic Details
Credit card fraud is a form of white-collar fraud in which forged or stolen credit card information is used to cause financial harm to account holders and/or merchants involved. In addition to the physical theft of the card, for example by pickpockets, credit card details are increasingly being stolen using electronic methods. To do this, the perpetrators make use of various possibilities, such … [Read more...]
What is Transaction Processing
In computer science, a transaction is a sequence of program steps that are regarded as a logical unit because they leave the data stock in a consistent state after error-free and complete execution. Therefore, a transaction is particularly required to be executed either completely and error-free or not at all. Transactions are mostly used in database systems. Failed transactions must be … [Read more...]
What is PCI DSS Compliance
The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard, commonly abbreviated to PCI or PCI-DSS, is a set of rules in payment transactions that relates to the processing of credit card transactions and is supported by all major credit card organizations. The current version of PCI-DSS is: V4.0 from March 2022. Merchants and service providers who store, transmit, or process credit card transactions … [Read more...]
What is Association Analysis
Typical tasks of data mining are Outlier Detection, Cluster Analysis, Classification, Association analysis, Regression analysis. These tasks can be roughly divided into observation problems (outlier detection, cluster analysis) and forecasting problems (classification, regression analysis). Association analysis refers to the search for strong rules. These consequent association rules describe … [Read more...]
What We Mean By Frontend and Backend
The terms frontend and backend are used in various places in information technology in connection with a classification of shifts. Typically, the frontend is closer to the user, the backend closer to the system. In some cases, this interpretation is not applicable, but the principle is that the frontend is closer to the input and the backend is closer to the processing. In the case of … [Read more...]