[ITEC 1010] - Midterm Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (37 pages long)

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Telecommunications: electronic transmission of signals for communications. Telecommunications mediums: any material substance that carriers an electronic signal to support communications between a sending and receiving device. Broadband communications : telecommunications system that can exchange data very quickly. Depends on where the weakest link is. Couple hundred thousand bits per second to be considered broadband. Guided transmission media types: available in many types. Wireless technologies: wireless telecommunications involves the broadcast of communications in one of the three frequency ranges: microwave, radio and infrared. Microwave transmission: microwave is high frequency signal sent through the air. Guided: signal travels through something like a cable of fiberoptic. Two points of communication signal will go through like a guided transmission. Can direct that signal using things like microwave. Depending on medium speed will vary as well. Don"t have to have a dedicated signal to send signals can use existing power lines can be done in a broader sense. Third generation as apposed to fourth generation.

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