Discovering Computers 2011: Living in A Digital World

Discovering
Computers 2011
Living in a Digital World
Objectives Overview
Discuss the purpose of the

components required for Describe the uses
successful communications of computer
and identify various sending
and receiving devices communications
List advantages of using Differentiate between

client/server and peer-to-
a network, and
peer networks, and
differentiate among describe how a P2P
LANs, MANs, and WANs network works
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for Detailed Objectives Chapter 9
Objectives Overview
Explain the purpose Describe various types

of lines for
of communications communications over
software the telephone network
Describe commonly Discuss different

used communications ways to set up a
devices home network
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for Detailed Objectives Chapter 9
Communications
• Computer communications describes a process in

which two or more computers or devices transfer
data, instructions, and information
Communications
Sending device Receiving device
channel
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Communications
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Figure 9-1 Chapter 9
Uses of Computer Communications
Chat
Blogs rooms E-mai
Instant
Fax FTP messagin
Newsgrou
Internet
Click to view Web Link,
click Chapter 9, Click Web
Link from left navigation,
then click Wikis
below Chapter 9
ps RSS
Chapter 9
• Users can send and receive wireless messages

using wireless messaging services

Text messaging allows users to send and receive short text messages on a phone or other
mobile device or computer
Picture messaging allows users to send pictures and sound files
Video messaging allows users to send short video clips
Wireless instant messaging allows wireless users to exchange real-time messages with one
or more other users

then click Video Messaging
below Chapter 9
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• Wireless Internet access points allow people to connect

wirelessly to the Internet from home, work, school, and
in many public locations

• A cybercafé is a coffeehouse, restaurant, or other

location that provides personal computers with
Internet access to its customers

• A global positioning system (GPS) is a navigation system

that consists of one or more earth-based receivers that
accept and analyze signals sent by satellites in order to
determine the GPS receiver’s geographic location
• GPS receivers are:
Built into many Available as a

mobile devices handheld device
then click GPS
below Chapter 9
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Groupware Voice mail

●
Helps groups of people work ●
Allows someone to leave a voice
together on projects and share message for one or more people
information over a network
●
Computer in voice mail system
converts an analog voice message
●
Component of workgroup into digital form
computing ●
A voice mailbox is a storage location
●
Major feature is group on a hard disk in the voice mail
scheduling system
Chapter 9
• Collaboration software includes tools that enable

users to share documents via online meetings and
communicate with other connected users
Online Web
meetings conferences
Document
management
systems
then click Microsoft Groove
below Chapter 9
Chapter 9

• Web services enable

programmers to create
applications that
communicate with other
remote computers over
the Internet or on an
internal business network
• A mashup is a Web
application that combines
services from two or more
sources
Networks
• A network is a collection of computers and

devices connected together via communications
devices and transmission media
• Advantages of a network include:
Facilitating Sharing
communications
hardware
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Networks

Networks
• A local area network

(LAN) is a network that
connects computers
and devices in a limited
geographical area
• A wireless LAN (WLAN)
is a LAN that uses no
physical wires

Figures 9-10 – 9-11 Chapter 9
Networks
• A metropolitan area network (MAN) connects

LANs in a metropolitan area
• A wide area network (WAN)
is a network that covers a
large geographical area

Networks
• The design of computers, devices, and media on a

network is sometimes called the network architecture
Client/server network Peer-to-peer network

Networks
• P2P describes an Internet network on which users

access each other’s hard disks and exchange files
directly over the Internet

then click P2P
below Chapter 9
Networks
• A network topology refers to the layout of the computers

and devices in a communications network
Star network Bus network Ring network

Networks

Chapter 9
Network Communications Standards
Ethernet Token ring TCP/IP
Wi-Fi Bluetooth UWB
IrDA RFID WiMAX

Chapter 9
Ethernet is a network standard that specifies no computer controls when data can be
transmitted
The token ring standard specifies that computers and devices on the network share or pass
a special signal (token)
TCP/IP is a network standard that defines how messages are routed from one end of a
network to another

then click Ethernet
below Chapter 9
Chapter 9

• Wi-Fi identifies any

network based on the
802.11 standard that
facilitates wireless
communication
• Sometimes referred to
as wireless Ethernet

• Bluetooth defines how two Bluetooth devices use short-

range radio waves to transmit data
• UWB (ultra-wideband) specifies how two UWB devices use
short-range radio waves to communicate at high speeds
• IrDA transmits data wirelessly via infrared (IR) light waves
• RFID uses radio signals to communicate with a tag placed in
or attached to an object, animal, or person

then click RFID
below Chapter 9
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WiMAX Wireless
Application
(802.16) Protocol (WAP)
●
Developed by IEEE ●
Specifies how some mobile
●
Towers can cover a 30-mile devices can display the content
radius of Internet services
●
Two types are fixed wireless ●
Web
and mobile wireless ●
E-mail
●
Provides wireless broadband ●
Chat rooms
Internet access ●
Uses a client/server network
Chapter 9
Communications Software
• Communications software consists of programs

that:
Manage the
Help users establish a
transmission of data,
connection to another
instructions, and
computer or network
information
Provide an interface
for users to
communicate with
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Communications Over
the Telephone Network
• The public switched telephone network (PSTN) is
the worldwide telephone system

Communications Over
Dial-up Dedicated
lines line
ISDN line
DSL
then click DSL
below Chapter 9
Chapter 9
Communications Over

Communications Over
• ADSL connections transmit data downstream at a
much faster rate than upstream

Communications Devices
• A communications device is any type of hardware

capable of transmitting data, instructions, and
information between a sending device and a
receiving device
• A dial-up modem converts signals between analog
and digital

Chapter 9
• A digital modem sends and receives data and

information to and from a digital line
DSL Cable
modem modem

then click Cable Modems
below Chapter 9
Chapter 9

• A wireless modem uses the cell phone network to

connect to the Internet wirelessly from a
notebook computer, a smart phone, or other
mobile device

• A network card enables

a computer or device to
access a network
• Available in a variety of
styles
• Wireless network cards
often have an antenna

• A wireless access point is a central communications

device that allows computers and devices to transfer data
wirelessly among themselves or to a wired network

• A router connects
multiple computers or
other routers together
and transmits data to its
correct destination on a
network
• Many are protected by
a hardware firewall
then click Wireless Routers
below Chapter 9
• A hub or switch connects several devices in a

network together

Home Networks
• Home networks provide computers with the

following capabilities:
Connect to the Share a single high-
Internet at the speed Internet
same time connection
Access files and Share

programs on
Page 489
then click Home Networks
other computers
below Chapter 9
peripherals
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Home Networks
• Types of wired home networks:

Powerline
Ethernet cable
Phoneline

Chapter 9
Home Networks

Communications Channel
• The amount of data that can
travel over a communications
channel sometimes is called
the bandwidth
• Latency is the time it takes a
signal to travel from one
location to another on a
network
• Transmission media carries
one or more signals
• Broadband media transmit
multiple signals simultaneously

Physical Transmission Media

Physical Transmission Media
Twisted-pair cable
Fiber-optic cable
Coaxial cable

Wireless Transmission Media

• Cellular radio is a form of broadcast radio that is

used widely for mobile communications

then click Mobile TV
below Chapter 9
• Microwaves are radio waves that provide a high-

speed signal transmission

• A communications
satellite is a space
station that receives
microwave signals from
an earth-based station,
amplifies it, and
broadcasts the signal
over a wide area

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Summary
Overview of How to join

communications
terminology and computers into
applications a network
Various
communications
devices, media, and
procedures
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Discovering

Discuss the purpose of the

List advantages of using Differentiate between

Explain the purpose Describe various types

Describe commonly Discuss different

• Computer communications describes a process in

Page 460 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 4

Pages 460 – 461 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 5

• Users can send and receive wireless messages

Pages 462 – 463 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 7

Picture messaging allows users to send pictures and sound files

Video messaging allows users to send short video clips

Click to view Web Link,

• Wireless Internet access points allow people to connect

Pages 464 – 465 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 9

• A cybercafé is a coffeehouse, restaurant, or other

Page 466 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 10

• A global positioning system (GPS) is a navigation system

Built into many Available as a

Page 467 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 12

Groupware Voice mail

• Collaboration software includes tools that enable

Page 468 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 15

• Web services enable

• A network is a collection of computers and

Page 470 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 18

• A local area network

Page 472 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 19

• A metropolitan area network (MAN) connects

Page 473 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 20

• The design of computers, devices, and media on a

Pages 473 – 474 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 21

• P2P describes an Internet network on which users

Click to view Web Link,

• A network topology refers to the layout of the computers

Star network Bus network Ring network

Pages 475 – 477 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 23

Page 477 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 24

Ethernet Token ring TCP/IP

Wi-Fi Bluetooth UWB

IrDA RFID WiMAX

Click to view Web Link,

Page 479 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 27

• Wi-Fi identifies any

Page 479 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 28

• Bluetooth defines how two Bluetooth devices use short-

Click to view Web Link,

Page 481 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 30

• Communications software consists of programs

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• A communications device is any type of hardware

Page 485 Discovering Computers 2011: Living in a Digital World 37

• A digital modem sends and receives data and

Click to view Web Link,

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• A wireless modem uses the cell phone network to

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