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| Telecommunications medium |
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| Anything that carries an electronic signal and serves as an interface between a sending device and a recieving device. |
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| The rate at which data is exchanged over a communication channel, usually measured in bits per second (bps). |
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| A telecommunications system in which a very high rate of data exchange is possible. |
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| Near Field Communication (NFC) |
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| A very short-range wireless connectivity technology designed for cell phones and credit cards. |
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| A wireless communications specification that describes how cell phones, computers, faxes, personal digital assistants, printers, and other electronic devices can be interconnected over distances of 10-30 feet at a rate of about 2 Mbps. |
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| A wireless communications technology that transmits larges amounts of digital data over short distances of up to 30 feet using a wide spectrum of frequency bands and very low power. |
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| A wireless telecommunication technology brand owned by the Wi-Fi Alliance that enables wireless devices to connect to a wireless access point which has a wired connection to the internet. |
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| A way to route communications between network nodes (computers or other devices) by allowing for continuous connections and reconfigiration around blocked path by "hoping" from node to node until a connection can be established. |
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| Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) |
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| The common name for a set of IEEE 802.16 wireless metropolitan-area network standards that support different types of communications access. |
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| digital subscriber line (DSL) |
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| A telecommunications service that delivers high-speed Internet access to homes and small businesses over the existing phone lines of the local telephones. |
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| Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) |
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| A collection of technologies and communications protocals that enables your voice to be converted into packets of data that can be sent over a data network such as the Internet, a WAN or a LAN. |
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| The communications media, devices, and software needed to connect two or more computer systems and/ or devices. |
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| Personal area network (PAN) |
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| A network that supports the interconnection of information technology within a range of 33 feet or so. |
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| metropolitan area network (MAN) |
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| A telecommunications network that connects users and their devices in a geographical area that spans a campus or city. |
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| A telecommunications network that ties together large geographic regions. |
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