| A | B |
|---|
| Analog Signal | Continuous wave |
| Bit | 0 or 1 |
| Communication | Sharing Information |
| CD | Compact Disk |
| Computer Telephony | system that instructs a computer to perform a task in response to info |
| Data | information created by electronic means |
| Digital signal | standardized pulses--a computer |
| Fax | A device that sends and receives images and text over the telephone lines. |
| Floppy Disk | magnetic storage device |
| information channel | means by which info travels |
| information receiver | a person or device that picks up info |
| info source | a person or device that sends info |
| microprocessor | computer's brain |
| mobile phone | uses microwave signals rather than phone lines |
| optical disk | storage device that uses lasers to store and retreive |
| pager | a device that respons with a signal and displays your number |
| personal computer | a desktop for one person |
| radio | transmits voice and data through the aire |
| satellite | a device launched into space to promote telecommunications |
| telecommunication | electronic transmission of info |
| telegraph | a device that sends and recieves infor by means of Morse code |
| transmission | process of dispatching info from one person to another |
| voice mail | automated systems that allows for the creation, storage and control of voice messages |
| voice recognition software | software that allows a comptuer to understand voice data and transform it into words. |
