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Wireless Vocab - 5

Subject : it-skills
Instructions:
  • Answer 20 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. Code division multiple access allows transmission of voice and data over a shared part of radio frequencies. This is also called spread spectrum.






2. Part of the wireless systems infrastructure which controls one or more cell sites radio signals - thus reducing the load on the switch.






3. A tracking technology that uses a small package or tag device; that includes a microporcessor and antenna that can be attached to products.It allows you to identify a product - person - key - or animal by the radio signals emitted. Used to tag pets -






4. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - an international nonprofit organization that sets standards as part of its charter.






5. The ability to purchase goods and services through a wireless internet-enabled device






6. Shares all the digital data and gives full freedom to enjoy the digital media entertainment. It is connected to the network media player adapters to function as In-Home Networked Media Storage Device. The set up is quick and easy access






7. Mode in which wireless networks use one or more wireless access points to connect the wireless network nodes centrally. This configuration is similar to the star topology of a wired network.






8. An omnidirectional wireless technology that provides limited-range voice and data transmission over the unlicensed 2.4-GHz frequency band - allowing connections with a wide variety of fixed and portable devices that normally would have to be cabled t






9. (TKIP) A mechanism that works with wireless encryption to strengthen WEP implementations.






10. Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is a protocol which runs on mobile phones and provides a universal open standard for bringing Internet content to mobile phones and other wireless devices.






11. Electromagnetic waves with the longest wavelengths and longest frequencies.






12. The next generation of mobile wireless technology - which promises high-bandwidth connections that will support true multimedia - including real-time video.






13. Fixed wireless Internet service based on Ethernet protocols with a range of 30 miles and a transmission speed of 70 Mbps






14. Devices for sending or receiving electromagnetic waves.






15. The maximum amount of bit(s) that can travel over a given channel without producing delay or lag.






16. Capability of a network to provide better service to select network traffic over various technologies including frame relay - ATM - and Ethernet.






17. It is a common language for content providers - tool providers - and platform providers designed for speech based telephony applications.






18. BREW is a collection of APIs that allows developers to produce the software applications for wireless devices.






19. Wireless hosts have no infrastructure - the hosts themselves must provide for services such as routing - address assignment - DNS-like name translation etc.






20. Is a kind of Radio LAN Technology that uses multiple frequencies simultaneously. It improves reliability and reduces susceptibility to interference. It also makes eavesdropping more difficult.