Chapter 7 : Telecommunications,the Internet, and Wireless Technology

       

           In this post we will gives a brief about the chapter, Telecommunications, the Internet, and Wireless Technology. Firstly, what is telecommunication? What is internet? What is wireless technology? 

          Now, let us take a look one by one the definition of all these three.

• Telecommunication occurs when the exchange of information between two entities that is includes the uses of technology. Communication technology uses channels to transmit information through electric signals over signal cables in the form of electromagnetic waves. The examples of modern technologies for long-distance communication usually involve electrical and electromagnetic technologies, such as telephone, facsimile, radio and etc.

• Internet is a worldwide network of computers and computer network that communicate with each other using the internet protocol. Any computer on the internet has a unique IP address that can be used by other computers to route information to it. Hence, any computer on the internet can send a massage to any other computer using its IP address. These massages carry with them the originating computer's IP address allowing for two-way communication. For an example, by using an internet, we can communicate people all over the world by using internet.

• Wireless technology is used to meet many needs in this new era. The most common use is to connect laptop users who travel from location to location. Another common use is for mobile networks that connect via satellite. The examples of wireless technology is the mobile phone, also known as a cellular phone, these wireless phones use radio waves to enable their users to make phone calls from many locations worldwide. 

The diagram shows, how the telecommunication and internet works

These are the examples of wireless technology :-

Mobile phone



Laptop



In this post, it roughly explain the definition with examples provided. This is the introduction for the chapter that we are going to summarize it in the next post.