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What prompted the development of the telegraph
a paper shortage
The idea that messages could be sent electrically
The Civil War
The idea that messages were unnecessary
Who has been given credit for the telephone?
George Washington
Alexander Graham Bell
Samuel Morse
Steve Telephone
In 1884, commercial telegraph service began between what two cities?
Boston and Nashville
Dallas and Seattle
Miami and New York
New York and Boston
What was the original name for radio that is now used for all forms of radio communication?
Wireless connection
Wireless Telegraph
Telepathic communication
Wired landline
What is the invention that put radio into it's modern form?
glass
Copper wire
The Audible Tube
The Audion Tube
What electronics components characterized first, second and third generation computers
1st vacuum tubes
2nd transistors
3rd integrated circuits
1st transistors
2nd integrated circuits
3rd vacuum tubes
1st integrated circuits
2nd transistors
3rd vacuum tubes
1st transistors
2nd integrated circuits
3rd vacuum tubes
What has become the most used communication method today?
The internet
US mail
televison
pagers
A ______________________ _______________________ is a transmission which uses digital code (a 0 or 1) to write code on the signal.
Digital Signal
Web Address
Broadcast Communication
Transmission Medium
_________________ is the name given to a computer directly connected to the internet.
Host
Router
Receiver
Channel
_________________ is a system of connected computers
that allows the sharing of files and equipment.
Network
Router
Transmitter
Modulation
_________________ are communication devices that route data to correct user.
Routers
Transmitter
Tranciever
Receiver
______________________ ___________________ is a transmission by one powerful transmitter and numerous receivers.
Broadcast Communication
Video Conferencing
Digital Signal
Transmission Medium
A ________________is software that is used to locate and view internet resources found on the world wide web.
Browser
Cookie
Host
Network
__________________________ is the act of sending information such as data, text, pictures, voice and video.
Telecommunications
Encode
Transmitter
___________________ is the continuous variation of a transmission signal used to encode the signal.
Modulation
Transmitter
Encode
Transceiver
A _______________ is a division in a transmission medium so that it can be used to send multiple independent streams of data.
Channel
Router
Modulation
Host
__________ __________ __________ ___________ ______________ is a website address.
Uniform Resource Locator (URL) Address
Uniform Resource Landscape (URL) Address
United Resource Locator (URL) Address
Uniform Reform Locator (URL) Address
The year Electrical telegraph was invented
1834
1835
1838
1840
The year Telephone was invented
1875
1876
1877
1878
First practical wireless telegraphy systems based on Radio was launched
1896
1897
1898
1899
First working transistor was invented in ______
1941
1943
1945
1947
Semiconductor era begins
1050
1960
1970
1980
Fiber optical telecommunications
1962
1964
1966
1968
1973
First modern-era mobile (cellular) phone
Internet
Internet was launched
INMARSAT ship-to-shore satellite communications
Fiber optics became commercially available
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