Etymology

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Today it means: An Internet site that deals in information pertaining both to businesses offering goods and services and to potential customers. Full definition →

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The story

Blend of information + intermediary. Coined in 1997 by John Hagel in a Harvard Business Review article, "The Coming Battle for Customer Information".

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.