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Connection characteristics

Explore the fundamentals of wired and wireless connections in IT, including connection technologies, length, speed, and units of measure for data and speed. Learn about key concepts and implications related to internet skills and application development.

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Connection characteristics

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  1. Connection characteristics Skills: none IT concepts: wired and wireless connections, connection technologies, connection length and speed, units of measure for amount of data and connection speed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

  2. Where does this topic fit? • Internet concepts • Applications • Technology (communication) • Implications • Internet skills • Application development • Content creation

  3. Connection characteristics Computer 2 Computer 1 Is the connection wired or wireless? What technology does the connection use? How long is the connection? How fast is the connection?

  4. Wireless connection technologies Terrestrial radio Satellite radio

  5. Wired connection technologies Copper, twisted pair (electronic) Copper, coaxial cable (electronic) Fiber (optical)

  6. Only use wireless connections when a wired connection is not practical.

  7. Connection length

  8. Connection speed How fast can it transmit data? Computer 2 Computer 1

  9. Some units of measure Can you think of others?

  10. What is a bit? A bit is a binary digit, it may take on one of two values, 0 or 1: 0 1 All data types – numbers, images, audio, video, images, etc. are encoded as bits!

  11. Larger units of amount of data (These are approximate. A kilobit is actually 1,024 bits, a megabit 1,024*1,024 bits, etc., but this is close enough for most discussions).

  12. One more -- what is a byte? 8 bits, for example: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 0

  13. Connection speed How fast can it transmit data? 001110101010101010 Computer 2 Computer 1 How many bits can be sent from one computer to the next in a given amount of time?

  14. Units of measure for a rate (velocity) miles/hour = “miles per hour” the distance traveled in one hour Distance/time Can you think of others?

  15. Units of measure for a rate (data transmission speed) bits/second = “bits per second” the number of bits transmitted in one second amount of data/time Can you think of others?

  16. A few questions

  17. We discussed four characteristics of a communication link. Without looking back, do you recall what they were?

  18. What is a unit of measure for: • Weight • Length • Rate at which you run • Amount of data • Rate of data transmission • What are two other units of measure for each of the above?

  19. The general form of a unit of measure for velocity is distance/time. What is the general form of a unit of measure for data transmission speed?

  20. How many bits in a megabyte? How long would it take to transmit a 100 megabit file over a 100 megabit/second communication link? How long would it take to transmit a 100 megabit file over a 10 megabit/second communication link? How long would it take to transmit a 100 megabit file over a one gigabit/second communication link? How long would it take to transmit a 100 megabyte file over a 100 megabit/second communication link? How long would it take to transmit a 100 megabit file over a 100 megabyte/second communication link?

  21. This is a 2.03 megabyte image How many megabits is that? How long would it take to download this image over a 1 megabit per second connection? How long would it take over a 1 gigabit per second connection?

  22. Connection characteristics Skills: none IT concepts: wired and wireless connections, connection technologies, connection length and speed, units of measure for amount of data and connection speed This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.

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