Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Tech talk 3.1

Name two types of telephone networks.
Your Answer: Standard uses physical connections (wires, cables or fiber optics). Cellular uses air waves (analog or digital).
2

Why are telephone and Internet networks able to function across countries?
Your Answer: Internet, like the telephone network, is actually a collection of smaller networks that can communicate because of universal standards, guidelines, and procedures. A computer gets on to the Internet via an “onramp” of a smaller network, such as a LAN (local area network) or a home user's ISP (Internet service provider). The information then travels over an Internet backbone until it reaches the desired destination. Internet backbones are made of fiber optic lines which provide very fast transmission of data.
3
Name four different types of Internet connections.
Your Answer: Dial-up modem,Cable modem,Wireless
4

What are the three types of information transmitted on the telephone network?
Your Answer: Sound (voice) Images (fax documents) Data (modem)

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