Some telematics terms frequently used in telecommunication processes.

1. STUDENTS
FRANKLIN GONZÁLEZ VÁZQUEZ
VERNE CARVAJAL UGALDE
ELDHER SALAS MARÍN

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3. Letters
AGP Graphics

4. It is the field of
information or set of
characters that includes
letters, numbers and other
special characters as
symbols of punctuation,
spaces, and mathematical
symbols.
Words

5. AD HOC
Group of wireless devices
that communicate
directly with one another
(point to point) without
the use of an access
point.
Words

6. A program that finds and
removes viruses from a
computer.

7. In physics, attenuation (in
some contexts also called
extinction) is the gradual
loss in intensity of any kind
of flux through a medium.
For instance, sunlight is
attenuated by dark glasses,
X-rays are attenuated by
lead, and light and sound
are attenuated by water.

8. AGP Graphics Slot
Are an abbreviation of the
term Accelerated Graphics
Port, which is used for
describing a specific point to
point video card interface
that is used to connect the
card to your computer
processor and memory.

9. Antenna
An antenna is a device
designed with the aim of
transmitting or receiving
electromagnetic waves into
free space. A transmitter
antenna transforms voltages
into electromagnetic waves,
and a receiver performs the
inverse function.
Words

10. ADSL
Asymmetric digital
subcriber line is a
technology for transmitting
digirtal information at a
high banwidth on existing
phone lines to homes and
businesses.
Words

12. Browser
A program that accesses
and displays files and other
data available on the
internet and other
networks
Words

13. Bandwidth
The amount of data that
can be passed along a
communication channel in
a given period, measured
in hertz.
Words

14. Blogging
Writing on or otherwise
iusing online journals
known as web logs or
blogs.
Words

15. BITS
The basic unit of information
represented by ones and zeros
that are going to form the
different meanings.
Words

16. Letters

17. Cache memory
Computer memory that has
made process tasks
faster is known as cache
memory.
Are configured to
relieve this bottleneck
by making the data used
most often by the cpu
instantly available.

18. CD-ROM
is a pre-pressed compact disc
that contains data accessible
to, but not writable by, a
computer for data storage
and music playback. CD-ROMs
are popularly used to
distribute computer
software, including video
games and multimedia
applications, though any data
can be stored (up to the
capacity limit of a disc).

19. Chipset
The term chipset is
commonly used to refer to a
set of specialized chips on a
computers motherboard or
an expansion card.

20. Copyright
The legal right granted
to an actor, composer,
and publisher.
Words

21. Cable modem
Primary competitor to
ADSL, uses digital
information transmitted
over a cable television
infrastructure
Words

22. Letters

23. Download
To transfer (data or programs) from a
server or host computer to one’s own
computer or device, for example a video.
Words

24. Dial-up
A method of connection
to the internet using
existing copper phone
lines using a modem on
the client`s end to send
information at a slow
speed, normally reaching
maximum speed at about
56kbit/s.
Words

25. Distortion
A distortion is the alteration of
the original shape (or other
characteristic) of an object,
image, sound, waveform or other
form of information or
representation. Distortion is
usually unwanted, and often
many methods are employed to
minimize it in practice.

26. Decoder
System for converting a
coded signal in a given
code set to another.
Words

27. Letters

28. Electromagnetic
 Electromagnetism is the
branch of science
concerned with the forces
that occur between
electrically charged
particles. In
electromagnetic theory
these forces are explained
using electromagnetic
fields.

29. E-MAIL
Internet service that
allows the sending of
private messages
(similar to the common
mail) between users.
Words

30. Egosurfer
Someone who searches
the internet of
references of himself.
Words

31. Ethernet
Standardized in IEEE 802.3,
Ethernet has largely replaced
competing wired LAN
technologies. In the OSI
reference system, Ethernet is
at the Data Link layer.
Systems communicating
over Ethernet divide a
stream of data into
individual packets called
frames.

32. Letters

33. Fail
The opposite of “win”,
“fail” expresses an ability
to incorrectly perform
acts ranging from
idiotically simple to
impossibly difficult, often
consisting of an amusing
element.
Words

34. FIREWALL
A firewall is a system
designed to prevent
unauthorized access to or
from a private network.
Firewalls can be
implemented in both
hardware and software, or a
combination of both.

35. Folder
A directory in the sense
of a collection of
computer files.
Words

36. FM
Is an angular modulation
that transmits information
over a carrier wave by
varying its frequency
(contrast this with the
amplitude modulation or
amplitude modulation
(AM)
Words

37. Letters

38. Game
A popular mind game,
often referred to on public
message boards as a way
to irritate other users.
Words

39. Googling
Searching through the
Google search engine.
Words

40. GPS
The Global Positioning
System (GPS) is a space-based
satellite navigation
system that provides
location and time
information in all weather
conditions, anywhere on or
near the Earth where there
is an unobstructed line of
sight to four or more GPS
satellites.

41. Griefer
A player of an online
games who harasses
other players.
Words

42. Letters

43. Homepage
Main page of a website
for example:
Words

44. HTML
Hypertext markup
language, the coding
language used to create
hypertext documents for
the World Wide Web.
Words

45. Hardware
It includes the physical
and tangible parts of a
computer: your electrical,
electronic,
electromechanical and
mechanical, its cables,
cabinets or boxes,
peripherals and all other
physical element involved,
contrary to
Words

46. Letters

47. ISP
An Internet service
provider (ISP) is an
organization that provides
access to the Internet.
Access ISPs directly connect
clients to the Internet using
copper wires, wireless or
fiber-optic
Words

48. ID-10-T
Clueless user; everybody
giving a hard time to
(computer)
administrators.
Words

49. Input
Refers to information in a
message received, or
the process of receiving
Words

50. Letters

51. Java
Java is a programming
language originally
developed by James
Gosling at Sun
Microsystems, One
characteristic of Java is
portability, which means
that computer programs
written in the Java
language must run
similarly on any
hardware/operating-system
platform.

52. Jumper
Is an element that can
interconnect two terminals
temporarily without having
to perform an operation
that requires an additional
tool. This binding terminal
closes the circuit to which
it belongs.
Words

53. Letters

54. Keyboard Shortcut
Combination of keystrokes
that performs some
function otherwise found
in a pull down menu.

55. Kilobyte
Is a unit of measurement
equivalent to one
thousand bytes of
computer memory or disk
capacity.
Words

56. Letters

57. LAN
(Local Area Network,
Local area network)
Network of interconnected
computers, distributed in
the surface of an alone
office or building. Also so
called networks deprived
of information.
Words

58. LOGIN
Safety process that
demands that a user
identifies with a name (user
- Go or user's name) and a
key (password or password),
to be able to accede to a
computer or resource.
Words

59. Leet
Leet or “1337” is someone
who is
unnaturally adept at certain
taint or ability
Words

60. Letters

61. M2M
 Machine to machine
(M2M) is a broad label
that can be used to
describe any technology
that enables networked
devices to exchange
information and perform
actions without the
manual assistance of
humans.

62. Me too
Used as a response on a
threaded discussion when
the new poster wanted
the same information as
the previous poster.
Words

63. Microwave
Called microwave
electromagnetic waves
defined in a certain frequency
range, typically between 300
MHz and 300 GHz
Words

64. Letters

65. Words
Netiquette
Network etiquette: a set of
informal rules defining
proper behavior on the
internet

66. Words
Noob
A new or unexperienced
person, someone who
does not know the rules of
a website, or has only
recently joined.

67. Words
Network
Hardware and network
management software
to exchange
information.

68. Letters

69. Words
Offset
The surface of the antenna
is no longer round, but
oval and asymmetric
(ellipse). The focal point is
not mounted in the center
of the plate, but to one
side thereof (offset)

70. Words
Output
The computer output is the
process of transmitting
information by an object

71. Letters

72. Program
A sequence of instructions that a computer
can interpret and execute in order to do a
particular Job, referred to software.
Words

73. Provider
Company that provides
access to the internet.
Words

74. Phishing
the act attempting to obtain
private or sensitive information
such as user names, passwords
and credit card information
through the use of fake emails
from trustworthy sites.
Words

75. Letters

76. RAM
Random-access
memory (RAM) is a form
of computer data
storage. A random-access
device allows
stored data to be
accessed quickly in any
random order

77. Receiver
In communication, one
that decodes the message
to understand, and
respond asking another
idea, encrypting and
returning.
Words

78. Repeater
Is an electronic device
that receives a weak
signal or low level and
transmits at a power level
or higher, so that they
can cover longer
distances without
degradation or with a
tolerable degradation.
Words

79. Rf
The term RF, also called
RF or radio frequency
spectrum, is applied to
the portion of the
electromagnetic spectrum
less energy, between
approximately 3 Hz and
300 GHz
Words

80. Letters

81. SMS
Short Message
Service will
display paper-like
160 character
message in the
LCD panel on the
phone.

82. Words
Satellite
Communication system that
is in orbit around the
earth and carries
appropriate technology
for, among other things,
collect and relay
information to and from
different parts of the
planet.

83. Scanner
Equipment for
converting paper
documents to
electric
documents that
can be used by
the computer.

84. Software
A general term
primarily used for
digitally stored data
such as computer
programs and other
kinds of information
read and written by
computers.

85. Words
Spamming
The act of sending
unsolicited email or
posting many useless
messages in a forum
website

86. Subnet
A sub networ, or subnet is
a logically visible
subdivision of an IP
network. The practice of
dividing a network into
two or more networks is
called sub netting.

87. Words
Subscribe
Access electronic texts or
services, especially over the
internet.

88. Letters

89. TCU
With its integrated GPS tracking
system and GSM module from
Continental, the TCU is able to offer
a host of functions: eCall, fully-automated
accident alert,
breakdown call-out, local-support
service calls, traffic reports, remote
control locking, vehicle finder,
telediagnostics and floating car
data. The TCU also acts as a data
modem for other devices in the car
connected to the MOST bus

90. Words
Telematics
Telematics is a scientific
and technological
discipline that arises from
the evolution and merging
of telecommunications
and computing.

91. Tel net
A program which lets
your access other
computer system
through internet.

92. Words
Template
A document or file having
a present format, used as
a starting for a
particular application.

93. Touch screen
Display screen which
enables the computer to
react to the touch of a
finger or stylus.

94. Words
Troll
someone who attempts
to again infamy in chat or
on forums by use of but
not limited to links to
disturbing items, bashing
(fighting, put down) with
others, copying or
mimicking other`s real
posts into perverted
messages.

95. Thumb drive
USB flash drive is a data
storage device that
includes flash memory
with an integrated
Universal Serial Bus (USB)
interface. USB flash drives
are tipically removable
and rewritable, and
physically much smaller
than a floppy disk.

96. Letters

97. URL
Uniform Resource
Locator, character
sequence according to
a standard format and
exemplary, used to
name Internet
resources for
localization.
Words

98. UNIX
The open group, an
industry standards
consortium, owns the
UNIX trademark. Only
screen fully compliant
with and certified
according to the Single
UNIX Specification are
qualified to the use
trademark.

99. Update
An update is a revision or
complete replacement of
the software is installed on
a computer.

100. Upload
To transfer (data or
programs), usually from a
peripheral computer or
device to a central, often
remote computer.
Words

101. Uhf
Is a band of the
electromagnetic spectrum that
occupies the frequency range
of 300 MHz to 3 GHz
Words

102. USB
Universal Serial Bus, is a
specification to stablish
communication between
device and a host
controller (usually a
personal computer). USB
is intented to replace
many varieties of serial
and parallel ports.

103. Letters

104. Videoconference
Interactive audiovisual meeting
between two or more people in
different geographic location
using two-way video technology.
Words

105. Vhf
Is the band of the
electromagnetic spectrum
that occupies the
frequency range of 30 MHz
to 300 MHz
Words

106. Virus
A virus is a malicious self-replicating
program that
spreads by inserting copies of
itself into other executable
code or documents and
cause problems on a
computer.
Words

107. Vehicle Tracking
Vehicle tracking is a
way of monitoring the
location, movements,
status and behavior of
a vehicle or fleet of
vehicles.

108. Letters

109. WAN
Is a
telecommunication
network that covers
a broad area.
Bussines and
goverment entities
utilize WANs to
relay data among
employees, clients,
buyers and
suppliers from

110. Web site
Area on a server
linked to the internet
which is devoted to
one organization or
individuals web
pages.

111. Windows
An operating system used by the
majority of PC.

112. WLAN
Acronym for Wireless
Local Area Network.
Wireless local area
network allows a mobile
user can connect to a
local area network (LAN)
via a wireless radio
connection.

113. WWW
Word Wide Web :
A hypertext
information system
consisting of a
network of web
pages which runs
on the internet
and can be
accessed with a
browser
Words

114. Worm
A computer Worm is a self-replicating
computer
program, similar to
computer virus, it infects
additional computers.
Words

116. XDSL
X Digital Subscriber Line.
Transmission technology that
allows conventional copper
telephone wires carrying up
to 16 Mbps by compression
techniques. There are various
forms of this technology,
such as ADSL, HDSL and
RADSL, being currently the
most widely used ADSL.

117. Xeon
It is a 400 MHz Pentium
microprocessor made by Intel
for servers and workstations.

118. XHTML
eXtensible HyperTextMarkup
Language. XHTML is basically
HTML expressed as valid XML.
Is stricter technical level, but
this allows easier later to make
changes, look for errors, etc.

119. Xmodem
Protocol used to transfer files
from one server to a
computer connected via
modem, which is mainly
used to extract files from a
BBS.

121. Yahoo
Yahoo!, in contrast to the
"spiders" or "crawlers" (like
google for example) is a
directory, edited by
humans.

122. Youtube
Website with millions of
videos from anyone with a
digital camera on. It was
acquired by Google in 2006
for astronomical sums of
money. In our opinion, it
was worth it.

123. YUV
Method defines a video
signal which separates
luminance (Y) and
chrominance (UV).

124. Letters

125. ZIF
A ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) is
the physical form as
microprocessors Intel 486
and Pentium to Pentium II
motherboard connect the
computer to the Data Bus. A
ZIF socket contains a "lever"
that opens and closes,
securing the microprocessor
remains in place.

126. Zip
To zip a file is to compress it so that it
so that it occupies lass space in storage and
in storage and can be transferred quickly over
transferred quickly over the internet
Words

127. Zoom in
Movies, T, to bring a subject,
scene, into close-up or cause
it to recede into a long shot
using a zoom lens and while
maintaining focus.

128. Zoom up
Photo, films, TV to
decrease rapidly
the magnification
of the image of a
distant object by
means of a zoom
lens.