Online Goods and Services Flashcards
1
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Online grocery shopping allows users to
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- Avoid having to travel
- Allows user to reorder the product they bought last time
- Avoid having to wait in queues
- Wider choice of products
2
Q
Online booking systems for rail allows user to
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- Avoid having to go to the station to buy a ticket
- Buy tickets in advance for journey
- Avoid having the queue, saves time
- Be notified if there’s a delay to the train
3
Q
Online banking allows customers to
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- Avoid carrying cash
- Avoid travelling to the bank to check balances and transfer funds
4
Q
Online learning services allows users to
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- Avoid having to travel to college or uni
- Avoids having to move closer to college or uni
5
Q
Online information providers allows user to
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- Recieve immediate alerts and notifications
5
Q
Drawbacks of online goods and services
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- People become more isolated as individuals and become detached from real world communities
- People spend less time connecting with people face to face
- People get used to skim reading online info, makes them less likely to pay attention
6
Q
Benefits of Hosted Applications
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- Accessible from any connected device
- Can use online storage to save files online
- Collaboration features
7
Q
Drawbacks of Hosted Applications
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- Requires internet connection
- Affected by latency and bandwidth
- Doesn’t contain as many features
8
Q
Advantages of Online Data Storage
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- Files are backed up automatically
- Sharing data is easier
- Enables collaboration
9
Q
Disadvantages of Online Data Storage
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- Only accessable using internet connection
- Have to pay for additional storage
- Slow file transfer speed
- May not able to open any files without downloading them first
