CIS 1200 Chapter Notes -Wireless Internet Service Provider, Liquid-Crystal Display, Digital Signal Processor

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Computing and Information Science
• Course: CIS 1200
• Professor: John Saville

Document Summary

Chapter 8- digital lifestyle: managing digital data and devices. Digitized is information that is measured and converted to a stream of numeric values. Analog -waves that illustrate the loudness of a sound or the brightness of the colors in an image at a given moment in time (long continuous waves) Digital formats describe signals as long strings of numbers. Analog-to-digital conversion- the incoming analog signal is measured many times each second. Small devices holding large amounts of info. Telephony is the use of equipment to provide voice communications overs a distance. Cellular phone is a telephone that operates over a wireless network. Cell phones can offer internet access, text messaging, personal information management (pim) features and more. Smartphone is a device that combines the functionality of a cell phone, pmp, and a. Analog-to-digital converter chip converts your voice"s sound waves into digital signals. Digital signal processor is a specialized chip that processes digital information and transmits signals very quickly.