Computer Analysis Chapter 8

Vocab from chapter 8

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Process in which 2 or more computer devices transfer data, instructions, and info
Computer communications
Navigation system that consists of one or more earth-based receivers that accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to determine the ___ receivers geographic location
GPS
Enables programmers to create applications that communicate with other remote computers over the internet or on an internal business network
Web services
Web application that combines services from 2 or more sources
Mashup
Generation - asynchronous transmission - synchronous bandwidth - relatively small and constant (64k)signals may contain high degree of error
Voice traffic
Generation - synchronous transmission - synchronousbandwidth - variableerror should be control tight
Video traffic
Generation - asynchronous(text) or synchronous(telemetry)transmission - generally asynchronousbandwidth - varies enormously extremely error sensitive 
Data traffic
Transmission technology that uses fixed size packets called cells
ATM
Initiates instruction to transmit data, instructions, or information
Sending device
Connects the sending device to communications channel
Communications device
Media on which data, instructions, or information travel
Communications channel
Accepts transmission of data, instructions, or information
Receiving device
Design of computers, devices, and media on a network
Network architecture
Collection of computers and devices connected together via communications devices and transmission media
Network
Describes an internet network on which users access each others hard disk and exchange files directly over the internet
P2P