Understanding Communications NOTES 3 What are cell phones

Understanding Communications NOTES 3

What are cell phones? Portable phones that use wireless cellular technology to send & receive phone calls

Cell phones are the most popular communication device in today’s society

Cell Phones provide many features… • personal calendar • contact list • Text messages • E-mail • Internet service • Camera • • • Touch Screen Calculator Alarm clock/Time Games Applications GPS

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What is computer telephony integration (CTI)? Linking computers to telephone systems

The main purpose of CTI is to help businesses and other organizations become more efficient.

Some organizations that may use CTI are: • Pizza shops • Emergency response centers in police & fire stations • Hospitals • Telemarketers (who conduct surveys or sell products or services by telephone) • Voicemail services • Banks, manufacturers, & small businesses

What is e-mail? An electronic message sent over the network

Parts of a Email SECONDARY 2. BODY 1. HEADER CC = Courtesy Copy BCC = Blind Courtesy Copy 3. SIGNATURE

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What is Post Office Protocol (POP)? Retrieves email message from the server

What is Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP)? Allows email message to travel to the recipient’s address

What are Internet Service Providers (ISPs)? Companies that maintain the servers and provide Internet services

Common ISPs • Yahoo! • Google • Time. Warner • AT&T • Direct. TV • TMobile

What is authentication? The process of confirming a valid user

What is netiquette? The guidelines for posting messages online

Types of Telecommunication • Email • Chat Rooms • Blog • Wiki • Podcast • Instant Messaging (IM) • Web-based training (WBT) • Teleconference • Videoconference • Social Network Sites

What is a chat room? Informal, real-time conversation in which participant discuss a chosen topic

What is a blog? is a Web page that serves as a publicly accessible personal journal for an individual

What is vlog? A blog in which the postings are primarily video form

What is a Wiki? A collaborative Web site that allows anyone to edit, delete or modify contents

What is Instant Messaging (IM)? Informal, real-time private conversation with one individual

What is Web-Based Training (WBT)? Type of distance learning that offers educational courses via the Internet

What is teleconference? Hold a conference (conversation) by telephone or network connection

What is videoconferencing? Hold a conference (conversation) by video or network connection [Participants can see and hear one another without being physically together]

What is Voice over Internet Protocol (Vo. IP)? enables people to use the Internet as the transmission medium for telephone calls

What are podcast? A multimedia digital file made available on the Internet for downloading to a portable media player, computer, etc.

What are social networking sites? Allows users to create public profiles within that Web Site and form relationships with other users who has access to your profile

Types of Social Network Pages • Facebook • Twitter • Instagram • Vine • Oo. Voo • Kik • Snap. Chat • Tumblr • Facetime • You. Tube