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Telecommunications
Unit 7 Vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Electronic Mail | transmission of messages and files using a computer network |
| Fax | a document generated by using a facsimile machine |
| Internet | a vast network of computers linked to one another |
| Intranet | a company's private network of computers |
| Local Area Network (LAN) | a computer network that covers a small area |
| Network | computers that are connected to each other |
| Online | connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data |
| Protocol | the rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other |
| Stand Alone | a computer that is not connected to a network |
| Telecommunications | transmitting information and communicating electronically |
| Uniform Resource Locator (URL) | Internet address that identifies hypertext documents |
| World Wide Web (WWW) | system of computers that share information by means of links on web pages |