Unit 7: Telecommunications
1. Electronic mail (e-mail) – transmission of messages and files using a computer network
2. Fax – a document generated by using a facsimile machine
3. Internet – a vast network of computers linked to one another
4. Intranet – a company's private network of computers
5. Local Area Network (LAN) – a computer network that covers a small area
6. Network – computers that are connected to each other
7. Online – computers that are connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data
8. Protocol – the rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other
9. Stand alone – a computer that is not connected to a network
10. Telecommunications – transmitting information and communicating electronically
11. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – Internet address that identifies hypertext documents
12. World Wide Web (WWW) – a system of computers that share information by means of links on web pages
1. Electronic mail (e-mail) – transmission of messages and files using a computer network
2. Fax – a document generated by using a facsimile machine
3. Internet – a vast network of computers linked to one another
4. Intranet – a company's private network of computers
5. Local Area Network (LAN) – a computer network that covers a small area
6. Network – computers that are connected to each other
7. Online – computers that are connected and ready to receive and/or transmit data
8. Protocol – the rules that must be observed for two electronic devices to communicate with each other
9. Stand alone – a computer that is not connected to a network
10. Telecommunications – transmitting information and communicating electronically
11. Uniform Resource Locator (URL) – Internet address that identifies hypertext documents
12. World Wide Web (WWW) – a system of computers that share information by means of links on web pages