Akademik

n.

An abbreviation based on a business model that sells "something-to-someone" and derived by changing "to" to "2" and sandwiching it between the initial letters of the "something" (X) and the "someone" (Y).

A2A - application to application

B2A - business-to-anyone

B2B - business-to-business

B2B2C - business-to-business-to-consumer

B2C - business-to-consumer

B2E - business-to-employee

B2E - business-to-everyone

B2G - business-to-government

C2B2C - consumer-to-business-consumer

C2C - consumer-to-consumer

D2B - direct to buyer

D2C - direct to consumer

E2B - education-to-business

E2C - education-to-consumer

E2E - end-to-end

E2E - entrepreneur-to-entrepreneur

G2B - government-to-business

G2C - government-to-consumer

N2G - nose-to-grindstone

P2B - path-to-bankruptcy

P2P - path-to-profitability

P2P - peer-to-peer

P2P - pirate-to-pirate

P2S - pay-to-surf

The following three are variants of F2F (face-to-face):

E2E - email-to-email

V2V - voice-to-voice

C2C - chat-to-chat

And with the dot-com industry continuing to tank, the following were inevitable:

B2B - back-to-banking

B2B - back-to-basics

B2B - back-to-business school

B2C - back-to-consulting

B2M - back-to-Mom's

B2P - back-to-parents

B2R - Back-to-reality

B2S - back-to-school