Basic Computer Notions Networks

Next Point-to-point (mesh) Ring Ring (cont'd) Ring (cont'd) Bus Star Competing needs and solutions Token ring Ethernet Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Real world Real world (cont'd) Real world (cont'd) Real world (cont'd) Real world (cont'd) Wireless Wireless (cont'd) Protocols 19 of 32 GPS Medical applications RFID RFID (cont'd) Medical applications Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd) Medical applications (cont'd)

Invisible computing

AKA ‘pervasive computing’.

Combination of small powerful processors and wireless connectivity.

tracking belongings and providing reminders.
M. Lamming & D. Bohm, Computer, 2003 June

Drawing from Rensselaer Alumni Magazine, 2004 Summer

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