Communication technology update / by August E. Grant [editor]
Publisher: Oxford : Focal, 2004Description: 372p. ill. [some b/w]; 28cm001: 10643ISBN: 0240806409Subject(s): Telecommunications | Technological changeDDC classification: 621.382 GRAItem type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
New communication technologies are being introduced at an astonishing rate. Making sense of these technologies is increasingly difficult. Communication Technology Update is the single best source for the latest developments, trends, and issues in communication technology. Now in its ninth edition, Communication Technology Update has become an indispensable information resource for business, government, and academia. As always, every chapter has been completely rewritten to reflect the latest developments and market statistics, and now covers mobile computing, digital photography, personal computers, digital television, and electronic games, in addition to the two dozen technologies explored in the previous edition. The book's companion website (www.tfi.com/ctu) offers updated information submitted by chapter authors and offers links to other Internet resources.
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Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Preface (p. vii)
- Section I Introduction (p. 1)
- Chapter 1 The Umbrella Perspective on Communication Technology (p. 1)
- Section II Electronic Mass Media (p. 7)
- Chapter 2 Cable Television (p. 9)
- Chapter 3 Pay Television Services (p. 21)
- Chapter 4 Interactive Television (p. 31)
- Chapter 5 Direct Broadcast Satellites (p. 38)
- Chapter 6 Wireless Multipoint Distribution Services: MMDS and LMDS (p. 57)
- Chapter 7 Advanced Television (p. 64)
- Chapter 8 Radio Broadcasting (p. 79)
- Section III Computers and Consumer Electronics (p. 87)
- Chapter 9 Multimedia Computers and Video Games (p. 89)
- Computers in Media: Media Asset Management (p. 106)
- Chapter 10 The Internet and the World Wide Web (p. 109)
- Chapter 11 Electronic Mail (p. 124)
- Chapter 12 Office Technologies (p. 131)
- Chapter 13 Document Printing Technologies (p. 142)
- Chapter 14 Virtual and Augmented Reality (p. 151)
- Chapter 15 The Digital Revolution in Home Video (p. 174)
- Chapter 16 Digital Audio (p. 190)
- Section IV Telephony and Satellite Technologies (p. 197)
- Chapter 17 Local and Long Distance Telephony (p. 200)
- Chapter 18 Broadband Networks (p. 213)
- Chapter 19 Satellite Communications (p. 223)
- Chapter 20 Distance Learning Technologies (p. 234)
- Chapter 21 Cable Distributed Telephony and Data Services (p. 242)
- Chapter 22 Wireless Telephony: Cellular, PCS, and MSS (p. 248)
- Chapter 23 Personal Communication: Pagers, Palmtops and PDAs (p. 263)
- Chapter 24 Teleconferencing (p. 269)
- Section V Conclusions (p. 277)
- Chapter 25 Trends in Selected U.S. Communications Media (p. 279)
- Chapter 26 Conclusions (p. 306)
- Glossary (p. 311)
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