Abbreviations
ARPA
Advanced Research Projects Agency
ARPANET
Advanced Research Projects Agency Network
CUECIC
Convention on the use of Electronic Communication in
International Contracts
E-COMMERCE
Electronic Commerce
ECT Act
Electronic Communications and Transactions Act 25 of 2002
EDI
Electronic Data Interchange
E2E
end-to-end
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
SMS
Short Message Service
TCP/IP
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
UNCITRAL
United Nations Commission for International Trade Law
URL
Uniform Resource Locator
VOIP
Voice Over Internet Protocol
WWW
World Wide Web
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