Introduction

The purpose of this book is to provide telecommunications and digital media professionals with a collection of must-know terms and concepts that are likely to pop up in their daily conversations or appear in news articles or informational media that address our increasingly technological world. It is also intended for anyone who simply wants to know more of what makes today’s technological world go around. The use of “essential” in the title is not accidental.

Although there are many high-quality books and web sites that provide an exhaustive collection of every technical term imaginable, this book aspires to whittle those tens of thousands down to a manageable and practical list of Internet, telephony, telecommunications, broadcasting, ...

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