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| Chip technology that enables short-range connection (data and voice) between wireless devices |
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| telecphones that use radio waves to provide two-way communication |
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| Global positioning system (GPS) |
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| A wirless system that uses satellites to enable users to determin their position anywhere on earth |
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| A small geographical perimeter within which a wireless access point provides service to a number of users |
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| A type of wireless transmission that uses red light not commonly visible to the human eye |
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| Location-based commerce (L-commerce) |
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| Mobile commerce transactions targeted to individuals in specific locations, at specific times |
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| A network composed of motes in the physical environment that "wake up" at intervals to transmit data to their nearest neighboring mote |
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| Internet browsers with a small file size that can work within the low-memory constraints of wirless devices and the low bandwidths of wireless networks |
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| A wireless system that uses 226 microwaves fro high-volume, long-distance, point-to-point communication |
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| Mobile Commerce (m-commerce) |
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| Electroinc commerce transactions that are conducted in a wireless environment, especially via the internet |
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| A real-time, wireless commection between a mobile device and other computing environments, such as the Internet or an intranet |
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| A protal that aggragates and provides content and services for mobile users |
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| A technology that allows users to make purchases with a sinlge click from their mobile devices |
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| Near-field communications (NFC) |
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| The smallest of the short-range wireless networks that is designed to be embedded in mobile devices such as cell phones and credit cards |
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| A computer network used for communication camong computer devices close to one person |
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| Pervasive computing (also called ubiquitous computing) |
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| A computer environment in which virtually every onject has processing power with wireless or wired connections to a global network |
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| The one-quarter second transmission delay in communication to and from GEO satellites |
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| Radio frequency indentification (RFID) technology |
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| A wireless technology that allows manufacturers to attach tags with antennas and computer chips on goods and then track their movement through radio signals |
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| System that uses radio-wave frequencies to send data directly between transmitters and receivers |
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| A wireless system that offers uninterrupted, near CD-qualitiy music that is beaned to your radio from satellites |
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| A wireless transsmission sysyem that uses satellites for broadcast communications |
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| Short message service (SMS) |
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| A service provided by digital cell ohone that can send and reveive short text messages (up to 160 characters in length) |
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| The wireless transmission and receipt of data gathered from remote sensors |
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| A high-bandwidth wireless technology with transmission speeds in excess of 100 Mbps that can be used for applications such as streaming mulitmedia from, say, a personal computer |
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| A web site with an audio interface |
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| Telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves carry the signal between communicating devices |
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| An antenna connecting a mobile device to a wired LAN |
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| Wireless application protocol (WAP) |
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| The standard that enables wireless devices wit htiny display screens, low-bandwidth connections, and minimal memory to access web-based information and services |
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| Wireless fidelity (Wi-Fi) |
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| A set of standards for wireless LAN based on the IEEE 802.11 standard |
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| Wireless local area network (WLAN) |
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| A computer network in a limited geographical area that uses wirelss transmission for communication |
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| Wireless network interface card (NIC) |
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| A device that has a built-in radio and antenna and is essential to enable a computer to have wireless communication capabilities |
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| Wireless sensro networs (WSN) |
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| Networks of interconnected, battery-powered, wireless sensors placed in the physical environment |
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