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30 Cards in this Set
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A system that forms a link between a sender and a receiver, making possible the exchange of information.
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Communication Systems
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involves sending and receiving information via computers. Nearly all major companies use some form of data communication. For example, a modem converts digital signals to analog signals and converts analog signals to digital signals.
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Data Communication
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Communication can be divided into 6 categories: technical design, optics, data communication, and graphic production, audio and video, and integrated systems.
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Categories of Communication
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Involves systems that use light to transmit and record messages.
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Optics
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Involves drawings that describe technical devices or systems such as drafting
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Technical Design
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Involves communicating through printed images such computer graphics
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Graphic Production
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Involves communicating through broadcasting images and sound such as radios, televisions, telephones, record players, tape players, compact disc players, etc.
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Audio and Video
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Is a term that refers to communicating through a variety of systems that overlap such as digitization of telecommunications.
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Integrated Systems
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Enabled people to store information and communicate with each other without having to be physically present.
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Alphabet
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Enabled the mass production of books and sharing of knowledge.
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Printing Press
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The first significant invention that made mass production of written material possible.
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Moveable Type
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Developed in the 1800’s, this invention enabled people to see for the first time the horrors of war.
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Photography
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Samuel Morse’s telegraphy formed the basis for the transmitting of electronic signals over wire at the speed of light.
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Telegraph
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Enabled voice messages to be transmitted electronically over long distances.
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Telephone
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First audio storage and retrieval invention.
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Phonograph
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In 1910, Marconi invented the radio, which eliminated the need for transmission wires to communicate, enabled instantaneous mass communication, and brought about broadcasting.
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Radio
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Mass produced after WWII, it provided both picture and sound and greatly increased the impact of mass communication.
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Television
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Enabled electronic devices to be reduced in size with increased reliability.
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Transistor
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Invented in 1958, this device permitted the development of smaller and more powerful computers.
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Microchip
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Enabled an individual to speak with others around the world within seconds through networking of worldwide communication (cable TV and news events).
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Satellite Communication
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tools that are always best when working in damp environments.
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Battery powered
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must be stored, the labeled container should be confined to an approved type fire locker.
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flammable materials
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color for Stop! or Danger!
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Safety Red
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color for Warning!
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Safety Orange
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color for Caution!
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Safety Yellow
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color for Safety!
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Safety Green
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color for Safety information
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Safety Blue
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is a “quality tool” designed to help a group generate many creative ideas and solutions during a limited time period.
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Brainstorming
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They are used to illustrate technical and scientific processes
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Flowcharts
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is used to identify inputs of materials, information and actions that will start a process.
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Oval
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