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EDI translation: e process of converting information between the format of standard
EDI messages and that of a company’s internal systems.
Electronic document interchange (EDI): An international standard for electronic com-
munication of purchase and sale information among trading partners.
Extranet: An intranet extended to a company’s trading partners.
Government-to-business (G2B): E-business in which a government agency provides ser-
vices to businesses online.
Government-to-consumer (G2C, also government-to-citizen): E-business in which a gov-
ernment agency provides services to individuals online.
Intermediary: An organization that performs a function between two other organizations.
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