CP102 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Copyleft, Grayscale, Digital Data
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Connect to the internet, and are easily transportable. The ability to use a single device to meet all of our media, internet, entertainment, and telephone needs. Connected cells make up the cellular network. Base transceiver station a large communications tower with antennas, amplifiers, receivers, and transmitters. Each cell is a geographic area centered on one of these. Picks up the request for call service when you make a call. Mobile switching center the station passes the call request here; a central location. Connect through the internet, e-mail, instant messaging, texting. Telephony the use of equipment to provide voice communications over a distance. Shifted from an analog science to a digital one. Must have an isp (wireless internet service provider) to connect to the internet. Data plan an internet connectivity plan. Modest processors, simpler interfaces, and often no touch screen; less powerful; inexpensive. Lets you send messages with text, sound, images, video, and more.
