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Exam #4 Flashcards

1
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Who was the first country to tax the internet?

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Hungary

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2
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What is the #1 social media site?

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YouTube

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What is the #1 social network site?

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Facebook

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What is social media?

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a group of internet based applications that build on the ideological foundations of the internet and allow creation & exchange of user generation

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What is social networks?

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construct a public or semi-public profile with in a bounded system

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Social Media relationships:

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solidify “offline” relationships
not to meet new people
keep in touch w/ family & friends

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7
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What does it mean when people say snack-able content?

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bite size nuggets of info that’s easier to digest and pass on to other people

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What did Michael Faraday prove?

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proved that a vibrating metal could be converted to electronic waveform

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What did Johann Reiss do ?

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turned wave forms to sound then back to wave forms

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10
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What is Alexander Grand Bell known for?

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Bell Telephone Company
1883 connect New York and Boston
1885 American Telephone & Telegraphy (AT&T)

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11
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What were the initial phone uses?

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Business Use
Communal phones- drugstore (pharmacy)
public misunderstanding

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12
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Phone scared some b/c…

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loss of privacy & control
fear of connection to lower class
immorality and crime

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What were the optimistic predictions towards the telephone?

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social transformation
close geographic boundaries
universal language & harmony

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14
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What does PSTN stand for?

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Public switch telephone network

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What is PSTN?

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backbone & infrastructure to wire telephone & wireless system as well. voice grade wired system (basic quality of sound)

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16
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Characteristics of PSTN?

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analog, call progress tones, operator services, self sustaining power

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17
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PSTN is now ISDN? What does ISDN stand for?

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Integrated services digital network

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Characteristics of ISDN?

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analog to digital, digital switches carry voice, data, text, video (etc.) digital phone network is still PSTN

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ISDN allows for simultaneous what?

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phone & internet

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20
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PSTN phone calls transmitted via:

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trad. copper wire
fiber optic (increases speed of 0s  and 1s and capacity for info to be carried)
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21
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What does VOIP stand for?

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Voice over internet protocol

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22
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What are the 3 types of VOIP?

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ATA, IP Phone, PC to PC

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23
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What is ATA?

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analog telephone adapter (vonage, magic jack)

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24
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What is IP phone?

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internet protocol phone, connects directly to the internet or router connected to the internet

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25
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What is PC to PC?

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connect directly from one computer to another

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26
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PSTN vs Internet…

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PSTN: circuit switching/ closed path, bandwidth reserved in advanced , cost based on distance and time
INTERNET: packet switching/ no dedicated path, bandwidth as needed, not time or distance dependent

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27
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VoIP services:

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Skpe, Vonage, Google Voice

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28
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VoIP advantages…

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cheaper call rates
multiple features and new applications
video telephony
integrate voice, data, fax, video
multiparty teleconferencing
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29
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VoIP disadvantages…

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packet delays
packet loss
jitter
power outages= no service
security
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30
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Goodbye PSTN?

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AT&T and Verizon ask to kill PSTN

FCC approves IP phone network tests

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31
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What are bundling services?

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Phone, multichannel TV, internet

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32
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What did the TComm act of 1996 do for bundling?

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instilled telephone services competition, made sure that as many people as possible have acces to hi-speed internet

33
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What is the 2010 National Broadband plan?

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broadband to 90% of U.S. homes by 2020, wireless technology

34
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What is the universal service shift?

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from one phone system to subsidized phone to internet services, from wired to wireless

35
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Universal service leading the way to…

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wireless, phone & internet merge (VoIP) radio/tv/print (audio/video/text) move onto the net

36
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What are the leading U.S. cell companies?

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Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, T-mobile

37
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What is the first android phone?

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HTC Dream

38
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Who is the #1 smartphone producer?

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Apple

39
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What do you need to create an app?

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creativity, programmer and money, technical skills and design skills

40
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What are social ramifications of apps?

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most people are pluigged into their phones when they are out at social events

41
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Who sent the first text message, when and what did it say?

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Neil Papworth, 1992 wishes Merry Xmas

42
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What does SMS stand for?

A

short message service

43
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Why text?

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low cost, connection, convenience, asynchronous, inconspicuous

44
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Negative Impacts of texting?

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sexting, anxiety/stress, distraction, decreased attention, addiction, less independence

45
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Basic concept of mobile phones arise from..?

A

at sea, marine communication. radio to radio

46
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Radio telephony means…

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telephone access “anytime, anywhere”

47
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Half duplex system means?

A

one person speaks at a time

48
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First mobile phone system was when?

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1946 in St.Louis

49
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What happened in 1960s to mobile phones?

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full duplex/direct dial

50
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1970s mobile phones

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limited availability, car use only, business use

51
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Radio phone growth happens when?

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1980s

52
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what does Martin Cooper (motorola)

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tested the first real mobile phone

53
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What happenes in 1990s

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TCOMM act/ growth to the masses in U.S

54
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What is a base station?

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Provides comm capibilities to mobile phone users in certain geographic areas

55
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Cellular concept?

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base station, users communicate to with base station, base connects to PTSN

56
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Problems with original design of mobile phone?

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small number of users, users need high power batteries to transmit at long distances

57
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Improved designs of mobile phones?

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AT&T research, 1980s first “true” cell phone

58
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What is hand off?

A

calls move from one base station to another base station

59
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What is tessellation?

A

pattern formed by repetition of a single shape

60
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What shape doesn’t tessellate?

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circles

61
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What shape did they come up with that does tessellate successful?

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Hexagons- honeycomb shape

62
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government interface with cell/mobile…

A

manage spectrum, FCC-they give licenses which allow companies to specific frequencies and the oversight of technical support

63
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Technical standards?

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uniform engineering rules, system specifications

64
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What is air interface?

A

how phones and base stations communicate with each other

65
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early cell standard used?

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AMPS; analog, FM signal

66
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2G used ?

A

digital, had caller ID

67
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what is GSM?

A

global system for mobile

68
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What is CDMA?

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code division multiple access

69
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What is iDen?

A

integrated digital enhanced network (nextel-walkie talkie)

70
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3 G characteristics

A

faster speeds, voice and data, GSM and CDMA

71
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4G characteristics

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10 megabits/second, up to 30x faster than 3G

72
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Why do we use Mobile phone- voice?

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convenience, coordination, contact, safety, interruption of “public” sphere, change interpersonal dynamics

73
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convergence…

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separate technologies and media merge

74
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who popularized convergence?

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Nicolas Negroponte, MIT

75
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Who is more likely to use mobile internet?

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blacks and hispanics

76
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mobile advertising/marketing

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location based marketing, mobile search ads, mobile social network ads

77
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What is the conversion prism?

A

visual map of social media landscapes

78
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Social networking sites criteria…

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construct a public or semi public profile within a bounded system, articulate a list of other users that share a connection

79
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Real values of FB

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you are the product, brands are the customer

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