MIS 302F Study Guide - Final Guide: First-Sale Doctrine, Salesforce.Com, Icann

• School: UT-Austin
• Department: Management Information Systems
• Course: MIS 302F
• Professor: J Tuttle

Document Summary

Internet history terms: analog vs. digital signal, analog and digital signals are used to transmit information, usually through electric signals. In both these technologies, the information, such as any audio or video, is transformed into electric signals: the difference between analog and digital technologies is that in analog technology, information is translated into electric pulses of varying amplitude. The ability of the system to continue working even if a component fails. A circuit is a dedicated connection between two entities. When you have a pots phone call, a circuit is open, dedicating a specific amount of capacity between you and the party on the other end. You"re using that circuit regardless of whether you"re talking. Internet networks are packet-switched networks, which can be more efficient. Since we can slice conversations up into packets, we can squeeze them into smaller spaces. If there are pauses in a conversation or someone"s on hold, applications don"t hold up the network.