隨著網際網路的盛行，如果能利用  全球資訊網 及網頁程式設計所帶來的便利性、即時性、及可程序化，建構一套具嚴謹匿名特性的網路化同儕互評系統(NetworkedPeerassessmentsystem，英文簡稱NetPeas，中文簡稱網荳，作者們期望能像繁盛的荳苗般散諸於國內外的網路教學；Liu,Chiu,Lin,&Yuan,1999)，藉此增加同儕間的互動與回饋。
Web -based online commercial activity for online auctions dates back to 1995 , when two auction sites were founded independently with alternative business models . The first online auction site was Onsale.com , founded by Jerry Kaplan in May 1995 .
两词在上述语境中含义相同。