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Telecommunications Vocabulary

Telecommunications Vocabulary. Telecommunications. Communicating over a distance. telecomputing. Sending or receiving information to another computer via a modem and phone line. modem. A device that permits a computer to transmit and receive data over a phone line. Baud rate.

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Telecommunications Vocabulary

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  1. Telecommunications Vocabulary

  2. Telecommunications Communicating over a distance

  3. telecomputing • Sending or receiving information to another computer via a modem and phone line

  4. modem • A device that permits a computer to transmit and receive data over a phone line

  5. Baud rate • The speed at which signals are sent and received by a modem

  6. upload • Sending data from one computer to another

  7. download • Receiving data from another computer

  8. E-mail • Electronic mail is sent and received from one computer to another

  9. logon • The act of connecting with another system or on-line service

  10. Log-off • The act of signing off and disconnecting with another computer or system

  11. Internet • A global network of thousands of computer networks that offers e-mail and information services to millions of users

  12. Information Highway • A term used to describe electronic information networks that carry audio, video, and computer data

  13. World Wide Web • A term used to describe an interface to the Internet that contains millions of hypertext documents that are linked together and contain text, sound, video, and graphics

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