Telecom-Int

VOCABULARY

 * Bandwidth (the width of a band of electromagnetic frequencies)-- how fast data flows on a given transmission path (or the width of the range of frequencies that an electronic signal occupies on a given transmission medium). Any digital or analog signal has a bandwidth.


 * Electronic Mail (E-Mail)--messages that are sent and received over a computer network


 * http--hypertext transfer protocol


 * Hyperlink--a link on a web page that connects to another web page or a multimedia resource (arrow becomes a hand)


 * Hypertext--text which contains a hyperlink


 * Hypermedia--a hyperlink that links to other forms of media: graphics, sound, video, etc.


 * Internet--A global network of many smaller computer networks.


 * Modem--allows computer signals (0&1) to be sent over telephone lines


 * Network--two or more computers connected together


 * On-line--electronically connected through the use of a modem and telephone line, cable modem, or DSL


 * Telecommunication--communicating over a distance. Some examples of information that can be telecommunicated are files, programs, data, text, music, sound, clip art, graphics, video, and photographs.


 * Telecomputing--computers sending or receiving information by electronic means