bis assignment 4 Flashcards
memorise
Broadband communication
a relative term but generally means a telecommunication system that can exchange data very quickly.
Some wireless communications
Near Field Communication(NFC)
Bluetooth
Wi-Fi
Ultra-wideband(UWB)
Microwave transmission
3G wireless communication
4G wireless communication
Worldwide Interoperability for microwave access(WiMAX)
Near field communication
a very short-range wireless connectivity technology designed for cell phones and devices
Ultra-wideband
Transmits large amount of digital data over short distances of 30 feet using a wide spectrum
wifi
Access points have a maximum range of about 300 feet outdoors and 100 feet within a dry-walled building
WiMAX
Operates like wifi, only over greater distances and at faster transmission speeds
PAN
support interconnection of information technology within a range of about 33 feet
LAN
connects computers and devices within a small area
MAN
Connects computers and users in a metropolitan geographical region that spans a small campus or city
WAN
Connects large geographical region
Cloud computing
cloud computing is computing environment where software and storage are provided as an internet service and accessed with a web browser
ways to connect to internet
lan server, telephone lines, a high speed service or wireless network.
podcast
is an audio broadcast over the internet
content streaming
is a method of transferring large media files over the internet, so that the data stream of voice of pictures plays continuously as the file is being downloaded.
web and is it another network
Web consists of client and software, hypertext transfer protocol(http), standards, and mark up languages that combine to deliver.
Web is not another network, is it a service that runs on the internet.
URL and how it is used
web address that specifies the exact location of a web page.(eg. http.//www.edu.mm)
URL (uniform resource loader) is a unique identifier used to locate the exact location of a web page. URL is also referred to as a web address. It consists of many parts including a protocol and a domain name that tell a web browser how and where to retrieve a resource.