13th September 2005
WAP is an open international technology standard, which allows people to access wireless internet services using handheld devices such as PDAs and mobile phones. The WAP standard was jointly created by Motorola, Nokia, Ericsson, and Unwired Planet, who we...
13th September 2005
Web browsers are software applications which translate HTML (hypertext markup language) into recognizable web pages, allowing users to browse the internet. The first modern web browsers were created in 1993, and have been continually updated, advanced, an...
13th September 2005
Wi-fi is a wireless data networking protocol, which allows for PCs and laptops to access the internet, within a given area or "hotspot", via a high frequency wireless local area network (WLAN). The term Wi-Fi was coined by the Wireless Ethernet Compatibil...
13th September 2005
WiMAX is another name for IEEE 802.16, an international standard that allows for computers to be networked together and access the internet wirelessly. Although similar to Wi-Fi, WiMAX has a much broader range, and allows for faster data transfer speeds.
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13th September 2005
Wireless broadband is a general term that applies to any kind of technology, which allows users to download data at high speeds without using a physical wire to connect to the internet. The most popular and advanced wireless broadband technology currently...
13th September 2005
Wireless VoIP is a technology that converts voice information into digital data packets, and transmits them wirelessly over a mobile network. Several VoIP telephony companies have recently made deals with wireless carriers that will allow them to combine ...
13th September 2005
xMax is a recent innovation conceived by Florida-based xG Technology LLC. It piggybacks on radio signals to transmit wireless broadband data over long distances.
Although it is not yet widely available, xMax will (in theory) be much cheaper and more ef...
12th September 2005
PC-to-Phone is a type of VoIP communication that involves making phone calls directly from a computer. Calls are placed using a special piece of software, which may be downloaded over the internet. PC2Phone is an extremely cheap and efficient way to commu...
12th September 2005
A PDA is a handheld electronic organizer which combines a variety of computing, and communication services. In addition to basic features such as scheduling, pocket word processing, and handwriting recognition, many PDAs now also come with mobile web brow...
12th September 2005
Radio telephones are communication devices, which allow two people to talk to one another using a radio. Although they are similar to cell phones for practical purposes, they work somewhat differently, operating on radio frequencies of 60 to 900 MHz. A "w...
12th September 2005
Satellite television is a television reception system where signals are received from satellites orbiting at a distance of approximately 37,000 kilometers above Earth's surface. Using satellites is the most effective way to instantly transmit television s...
12th September 2005
SDSL is a type of broadband technology that allows for digital data to be sent at high speeds along already-existing copper telephone lines, while allowing for the transmission of analog (voice) data at the same time. SDSL connections are symmetric, meani...
12th September 2005
A T1 is a dedicated communications connection which can carry up to 24 channels of voice or data traffic at any given time. This is done using 24 separate circuits, each of which has its own unique telephone number. Due to their prohibitive monthly cost a...
12th September 2005
A T3 is an extremely high bandwidth dedicated connection which can carry up to 672 channels of voice and data traffic at any given time. This is done using a 44.736 Mbps connection, which is capable of carrying up to 28 times the traffic of a regular T1 l...
12th September 2005
A telephone is a device that translates one's speech into analog electrical signals, allowing them to engage in communication over extended distances. The word telephone is Greek for "far away voice". Originally, all telephone transmissions took place ove...
