ADMS 2511 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Washing Machine, Ebay, Contactless Payment

• School: York University
• Department: Administrative Studies
• Course: ADMS 2511
• Professor: John Kucharczuk

Document Summary

Wireless: telecommunications in which electromagnetic waves, rather than some form of wire or cable, carry the signal between communicating devices. Mobile computing: real-time, wireless connection between a mobile device and other computing environments, such as the internet or an intranet. Mobile commerce (m-commerce): e-commerce transactions that are conducted in a wireless environment, especially via the internet. Pervasive computing (ubiquitous computing): computer environment in which virtually every object has a processing power with wireless or wired connections to a global network. Includes wireless devices (smartphones) and transmission media (microwave, satellite, radio) Wireless application protocol (wap): the standard that enables wireless devices with tiny display screens, low-bandwidth connections, and minimal memory to access web-based information and services. Microbrowsers: internet browsers with a small file size that can work within the low-memory constraints of wireless devices and the low bandwidths of wireless networks.