CIS 1000 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Grayscale, Digital Rights, Wimple

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1000
• Professor: Zoe Zhu

Document Summary

Analog: waves that illustrate the loudness of a sound or the brightness of the colors in an image at a given moment in time. Analog-to-digital converter chip: converts analog signals into digital signals. Base transceiver station: a large communications tower with antennas, amplifiers, and receivers/transmitters. Bluetooth: a type of wireless technology that uses radio waves to transmit data over short distances (approx. 3-300 feet depending on power); often used to connect peripherals such as printers and keyboards to computers or headsets to cell phones. Cellular (cell) phone: a telephone that operates over a mobile network. Cell phones can also offer internet access, text messaging, personal information management (pim) features and more. Codec: a rule implemented in either software or hardware, which squeezes a given amount of audio and video information into less space. Copyleft: a simplified licensing scheme that enables copyright holders to grant certain right to a work while retaining other rights.