Online Goods and Services Flashcards

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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
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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
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Online banking allows customers to

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  • Avoid carrying cash
  • Avoid travelling to the bank to check balances and transfer funds
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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
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Online information providers allows user to

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  • Recieve immediate alerts and notifications
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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
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Benefits of Hosted Applications

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  • Accessible from any connected device
  • Can use online storage to save files online
  • Collaboration features
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Drawbacks of Hosted Applications

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  • Requires internet connection
  • Affected by latency and bandwidth
  • Doesn’t contain as many features
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Advantages of Online Data Storage

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  • Files are backed up automatically
  • Sharing data is easier
  • Enables collaboration
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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
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