System System

CHAPTER ONE

INTRODUCTION

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BACKGROUND OF STUDY

The online food ordering system is one of the latest servicers most fast food

restaurants in the western world are adopting. With this method, food is ordered

online and delivered to the customer. This is made possible through the use of

electronic payment system. Customers pay with their credit cards, although credit

card customers can be served even before they make payment either through cash

or cheque. So, the system designed in this project will enable customers go online

and place order for their food.

Due to the great increase in the awareness of internet and the technologies

associated with it, several opportunities are coming up on the web. So many

businesses and companies now venture into their business with ease because of the

internet. One of such business that the internet introduced is an online food

ordering system. In today’s age of fast food and take out, many restaurants have

chosen to focus on quick preparation and speedy delivery of orders rather than

offering a rich dining experience. Until recently, most of this delivery orders were

placed over the phone, but there are many disadvantages to this system.

It is possible for anybody to order any goods via the internet and have the goods

delivered at his/her doorsteps. But while trying to discuss the transfer method of

the goods and services, attention is focused on the payment mode. In other words,

how possible is it to pay for goods and services via the internet? This then leads to

the discussion of the economic consequences of digital cash. What are the

implementations from the view point of economic? Since the world is fast

becoming a global village, the necessary tool for this process is communication of

which telecommunication is a key player. A major breakthrough is the wireless

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telephone system which comes in either fixed wireless telephone lines or the

Global System of Mobile communication (GSM)....