Chapter 6 Flashcards
When does collaboration occur?
It occurs when two or more people work together to achieve a common goal, result or product.
Which factors are critical to collaboration?
Communication Skills and Culture;
Communication System;
Content Management;
Workflow Control.
What is the workflow process?
A workflow is a process or procedure by which content is created, edited, used and disposed of.
Workflow process is very close to the concept of a business process. What is the difference?
The difference is that a business process focuses on delivering a good or a service externally to a customer, whereas a workflow focuses on delivering a good or service internally to other employees in the organization.
What is the “network externality” or a “network effect”
In general, the larger the number of people using a network, the more valuable that network becomes.
What is GPS?
Global Positioning System (GPS) uses a collection of dozens of satellites that orbit Earth and transmit precise microwave signals.
How can a GPS receiver calculate its position?
It can do that by measuring the distance between itself and several of the satellites.
What is Telecommunications?
The electronic transfer of data.
What counts as telecommunication?
Two people talking over the phone, two people using a workstation to send data to each other, two machines sending information to each other.
How does the transfer of electronic data occur?
It occurs through a communications media.
Which communication media are there?
Twisted Pair Copper;
Coaxial Cable;
Fiber Optic Cable;
Wireless Technology.
What ways to send data exist?
Two basic ways: Analog: continuously varying frequency, Digital: series of habits.
What is a computer network?
A computer network is a collection of computers that communicate with one another over transmission lines.
Which are the main types of networks?
Local are network (LAN), wide area network (WAN) and internet and internets.
What are Protocols?
The procedures used to transfer information between machines.
