Telecommunications Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• gps: a us satellite system that lets those on the ground, on the water or in the air determine their position with extreme accuracy using gps receivers.
• email: also called electronic mail, refers to messages sent over the internet. e-mail can be sent and received via newer types of wireless phones, but you generally need to have a specific e-mail account.
• bandwidth: the capacity of a telecom line to carry signals.
• hdtv: an improved television system which provides approximately twice the vertical and horizontal resolution of existing television standards. it also provides audio quality approaching that of compact discs.
• landline: traditional wired phone service.
• spectrum: the range of electromagnetic radio frequencies used in the transmission of sound, data and television.
• broadband: a descriptive term for evolving digital technologies that provide consumers a signal switched facility offering integrated access to voice, high-speed data service, video-demand services, and interactive delivery services.
• common carrier: in the telecommunications arena, the term used to describe a telephone company.
• network: any connection of two or more computers that enables them to communicate. networks may include transmission devices, servers, cables, routers and satellites. the phone network is the total infrastructure for transmitting phone messages.
• fcc: federal communications commission
• frequency modulation: a signaling method that varies the carrier frequency in proportion to the amplitude of the modulating signal.
• satellite: a radio relay station that orbits the earth.
• telephony: the word used to describe the science of transmitting voice over a telecommunications network.