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Communication Technology Update
About this book
Communication Technology Update, Third Edition provides the latest information on as many communication technologies as possible, using as many specific statistics on market share, units sold, etc., as possible to allow comparison among the technologies. This book is designed to help make sense of the spectrum of communication technologies. The text explores the widest possible range of technologies, from broadcast to telephony and from wired to wireless. In discussing each technology, this book will not only deal with the hardware of the technology, but also with the software, organizational structure, political and economic influences, and individual users of the technologies. Major developments in each of these areas are presented for each technology, along with background information to help explain the major factors in the evolution of the technology. The first chapter begins by defining communication technology and introducing the ""umbrella perspective"" used to present and analyze each technology. Following this discussion, an overview of the remainder of the book is presented. This book targets two groups of users. One of which is the group of communication professionals who have a desire to keep up with the latest developments both within and adjacent to their particular fields. Second is the group of students who are studying communication technology and need information that is more current than that provided by a textbook and more comprehensive than that found in trade magazines.
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Communication Technology Update
- Copyright Page
- Table of Contents
- PREFACE
- Chapter 1. THE UMBRELLA PERSPECTIVE ON COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
- Chapter 2. DIGITAL VIDEO COMPRESSION
- Chapter 3. CABLE TELEVISION
- Chapter 4. PAY-PER-VIEW AND VIDEO ON DEMAND
- Chapter 5. VIDEO DIALTONE
- Chapter 6. INTERACTIVE TELEVISION
- Chapter 7. TELEVISION SHOPPING
- Chapter 8. DIRECT BROADCAST SATELLITES
- Chapter 9. WIRELESS CABLE (MMDS)
- Chapter 10. HIGH-DEFINITION TELEVISION
- Chapter 11. Low POWER TELEVISION
- Chapter 12. RADIO BROADCASTING
- Chapter 13. FILM TECHNOLOGIES
- Chapter 14. COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY
- Chapter 15. LOCAL AND WIDE AREA NETWORKS
- Chapter 16. THE INTERNET
- Chapter 17. VIDEOTEXT
- Chapter 18. COMPACT DISCREAD ONLY MEMORY
- Chapter 19. INTERACTIVE MULTIMEDIA AND CD-I, DVI
- Chapter 20. DESKTOP PUBLISHING
- Chapter 21. COMPUTERS IN HEALTHCARE
- Chapter 22. VIRTUAL REALITY
- Chapter 23. DESKTOP VIDEO
- Chapter 24. VIDEOCASSETTE RECORDERS
- Chapter 25. VIDEO LASERDISCS
- Chapter 26. DIGITAL AUDIOTAPE
- Chapter 27. DIGITAL COMPACT CASSETTE AND MlNIDISC
- Chapter 28. SATELLITES
- Chapter 29. VERY SMALL APERTURE TERMINALS
- Chapter 30. SATELLITE-BASED DISTANCE LEARNING
- Chapter 31. GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEMS
- Chapter 32. SATELLITE NEWS GATHERING
- Chapter 33. LOCAL TELEPHONESERVICE (POTS)
- Chapter 34. FIBER OPTICS
- Chapter 35. INTEGRATED SERVICES DIGITAL NETWORK
- Chapter 36. CABLE TELEPHONY AND DATA SERVICES
- Chapter 37. CELLULAR TELEPHONY
- Chapter 38. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SERVICES
- Chapter 39. VIDEOCONFERENCING
- Chapter 40. CONCLUSIONS
- GLOSSARY