Comm Tech

By onlygarrett
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    Semester

    Used to track when each subject was discussed

  • Waves

    We learned about wave properties and how they are used to transmit data.

  • Signals

    Learned about Fourier's theorem and signal filters

  • Modulation

    Learned how to modulate/demodulate signals and about bandwidth

  • Transmission Basics

    Frequency division multiplexing, radio signals, and frequency bands

  • Digital Basics

    analog, analog transmission, digital, digital signal, digital transmission, binary number system, binar

  • Digital Representation

    ASCII, PCM, encoding, sampling,sampling frequency, sampling rate, quantization, Nyquist Theorem, codec, bit rate

  • Cryptography

    compression, compression algorithm, compression artifacts, encryption, encryption key, cipher, non-repudiation

  • Digital Data Transmission

    Parity, parity bit, Time Division Multiplexing, network, LAN, host, hub, router, Ethernet, WiFi, WiFi access point

  • Digital Network Performance

    propagation delay,latency,cache (def.2), streaming, streaming media

  • Connecting to the Internet

    broadband, cable modem, ADSL, fiber, fiber to the curb, fiber to the most economical point, FT

  • Internet Protocol Stack

    protocol, protocol stack, OSIreference model, OSI standards

  • IP

    Internet protocol

  • Protocols

    TCP and UDP

  • DNS

    DNS and Firewalls

  • HTTP

    HTTP, HTTP referer, HTML, HTML tag, HTML 5.0, XML, XML attributes, XML element, cascading style sheets

  • Cookies

    URL, URL shortening service, cookie, cookie file, SSL, TLS (defn 2), HTTPS

  • Email

    all entries beginning “email”, IMAP, POP3, spoofing (first paragraph), phishing