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JCMS Computer V1
Vocbulary-beginning
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is the Internet? | Also known as the World Wide Web.It is made up of millions of linked Hypertext documents or "pages". Because they are Hypertext, the user is able to point and click to "links" that take the user to related documents. |
| Types of telecommunications services. | Facsimile (FAX machines)Video ConferenceBusiness (ATM machines, database service, scanners for bar codes and credit cards.Voice Mail |
| What is e-mail? | Sending and receiving messages through a computer network. This process requires a computer, modem or network connection, and an e-mail address. It is convenient because all messages are sent and received immediately over short or long distances. |
| A device that permits a computer to transmit and receive data over a telephone line is called______? | MODEM |
| NEWSGROUP what are they? | A discussion group on the Internet. Just as e-mail and information webpages are services on the Internet, newsgroups are another service. |
| The act of sending and receiving information electronically between two or more computers via modem and phone line or local area networks (LAN). The exchange of information can be within a building or around the globe. | |
| Using a camera and phone lines or the Internet, video conferencing allows individuals at two or more sites to see and hear each other and to share and collaborate on graphical and text based data. | VIDEO CONFERENCING |
| An audio or video broadcast that is conducted over the Internet. Often, refers to a live streaming production. |