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  2. Telecommunications - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunication is a compound noun of the Greek prefix tele-(τῆλε), meaning distant, far off, or afar, [6] and the Latin verb communicare, meaning to share.Its modern use is adapted from the French, [7] because its written use was recorded in 1904 by the French engineer and novelist Édouard Estaunié.

  3. Outline of telecommunication - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunication – the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process almost always involves the use of electromagnetic waves by transmitters and receivers, but in earlier years it also involved the use of drums and visual signals such as smoke , fire , beacons , semaphore lines and ...

  4. Infocommunications - Wikipedia

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    Infocommunications is the natural expansion of telecommunications with information processing and content handling functions including all types of electronic communications (fixed and mobile telephony, data communications, media communications, broadcasting, etc.) on a common digital technology base, mainly through Internet technology. [1]

  5. Telephony - Wikipedia

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    Although there is a loss of certain social cues through telephones, mobile phones bring new forms of expression of different cues that are understood by different audiences. New language additives attempt to compensate for the inherent lack of non-physical interaction. Another social theory supported through telephony is the Media Dependency ...

  6. History of telecommunication - Wikipedia

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    The history of telecommunication began with the use of smoke signals and drums in Africa, Asia, and the Americas. In the 1790s, the first fixed semaphore systems emerged in Europe. However, it was not until the 1830s that electrical telecommunication systems started to appear. This article details the history of telecommunication and the ...

  7. Broadcasting - Wikipedia

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    A broadcasting antenna in Stuttgart. Broadcasting is the distribution of audio or video content to a dispersed audience via any electronic mass communications medium, but typically one using the electromagnetic spectrum (radio waves), in a one-to-many model. [1]

  8. Telecommunications industry - Wikipedia

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    Telecommunications Services United States 60,286.87 01/26/2000 Shareholders Other Financials Canada Nortel Networks Corp Telecommunications Equipment Canada 59,973.57 06/14/1999 Qwest Commun Intl Inc Telecommunications Services United States US WEST Inc Other Telecom United States 56,307.03 06/24/1998 AT&T Corp Telecommunications Services

  9. Outline of communication - Wikipedia

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    Communication – purposeful activity of exchanging information and meaning across space and time using various technical or natural means, whichever is available or preferred. Communication requires a sender, a message, a medium and a recipient, although the receiver does not have to be present or aware of the sender's intent to communicate at ...