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Computers Are Your Future: © 2005 Prentice-Hall, Inc
Computers Are Your Future: © 2005 Prentice-Hall, Inc
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Connectivity
Connectivity is the ability to link various media and devices.
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Multiplexing
Multiplexing technology enables simultaneous multiuse of transmission lines.
Copper wire allows up to 24 simultaneous calls per wire.
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Digital telephony technologies that use twisted-pair wire are referred to as last mile technologies.
ISDN DSL
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Radio
Infrared
Wireless transmission media refers to the methods of carrying data through the air or space using infrared, radio, or microwave signals.
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Infrared
Infrared is a wireless transmission medium that carries data via light beams.
Transmitter and receiver must be in line of sight. An IrDa port is needed to use infrared with a computer.
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Radio
Radio is a wireless transmission medium that carries data via radio frequency signals.
Wireless LANs in a home or business are one type of radio technology. Radio signals can be long range (between cities or regions) and short range (within a building). Radio signals are susceptible to noise and electrical interference.
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Microwaves
Microwaves are high-frequency radio waves.
Much of long-distance telephone service is carried by microwaves. Microwaves travel in a straight line. Microwave relay stations are built about 30 miles apart.
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Satellites
Satellites are microwave relay stations suspended in space.
They are positioned in geosynchronous orbits.
Satellites use microwave signals to transmit data to and from earth-based microwave relay stations.
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Cellular Telephones
Cellular telephones enable calls to be placed through a wireless telecommunications system.
Cellular phones use radio or infrared signals. Cells are limited geographic transmission areas.
A mobile telephone switching office (MTSO) monitors the signal strength of cellular phones.
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Pagers
Pagers work like a simple radio. Pagers are:
Constantly listening for a specific signal from a transmitter Either one-way (only receive signals) or two-way (send and receive signals) Declining in use due to the increase in cell phone use
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Web-Enabled Devices
A web-enabled device is any device that can display and respond to HTML or XML. PDAs, cell phones, and tablet PCs are web-enabled devices.
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Fax transmission is the means of sending an image of a document over telephone lines. Fax modems support fax as well as data protocols.
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TV Internet Set-Tops
Internet TV is an Internet service that uses a TV to:
Broadcast TV programs
Send and receive e-mail
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Videoconferencing:
Two or more people can have a face-to-face meeting when they are geographically separated. Cameras, a computer, and videoconferencing software are used to conduct the conference.
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Workgroup Computing:
A workgroup is a group of individuals, working together on a task, who are able to communicate and collaborate by way of computers connected to a network. Groupware software is used by workgroups.
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