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What is an example of a videophone call program?
Skype
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What term is more used today to refer to calls between two units?
videoconferencing
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What are videoconferencing calls now more commonly known as?
a video link
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What is another name for videophone calls?
video chat
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In what decade did developers extend the capabilities of videoconferencing to more devices?
the 2010s
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What allows people in remote locations the ability to video-conference with colleagues far away?
Mobile collaboration systems
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What is one example of an application that videoconferencing manufacturers have begun to offer?
still image streaming
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What type of applications have videoconferencing manufacturers begun to offer?
mobile
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What is an example of a place that videoconferencing can be used today?
hand-held mobile devices
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What can videoconferencing offer students?
participating in two-way communication forums
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Who can benefit from two-way communication forums?
students
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What is a major barrier to videoconferencing between some communities?
language
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What is one example of how students can benefit from videoconferencing?
virtual field trips
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What is one experience that students using videoconferencing can achieve?
visit museums
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What company introduced the first device to help deaf people communicate through telecommunications?
AT&T
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What was the name of AT&T's videophone device?
Picturephone
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In what year was AT&T's "Picturephone" device introduced?
1964
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Where was AT&T's "Picturephone" device unveiled?
1964 New York World's Fair
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In what decade were more efficient ways of using sign language via video-telephony developed?
1990s
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In what industry has videoconferencing become useful?
film
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On what film was videoconferencing widely used?
Frozen
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What year was the movie Frozen released?
2013
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In what city were the songwriting team of Frozen located?
New York City
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How many months did the songwriters work on the movie via videoconferencing?
14
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What is a video-conference also known as?
videoteleconference
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What does a video-conference use that allows communication in live situations?
a multipoint control unit
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What is a multi-point control unit?
call management system
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How does video-conferencing allow multiple parties to communicate with each other?
web-based applications
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How many locations can one use videoconferencing for?
two or more
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What is one area where teleconferencing could not be used?
telemedicine
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Who developed the first systems to transmit slow-scan video?
AT&T Corporation
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When was the first slow-scan video systems researched?
the 1950s
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What was the bit rate of AT&T's Picturephone?
6 Mbit/s
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What was the bandwidth of AT&T's Picturephone?
1 MHz
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What year did one the first community service usages of videoconferencing take place?
1992
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What company helped in the creation of community service videoconferencing?
IBM
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What is the videoconferencing product that both IBM and PictureTel worked on?
PCS/1
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What does DIANE in Project DIANE stand for?
Diversified Information and Assistance Network
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How many years did it take for Project DIANE to grow?
15
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What enables videoconferencing to connect three or more remote points?
Multipoint Control Unit (MCU)
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What is one type of MCU bridge?
IP
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In what way can an MCU be characterized?
the number of simultaneous calls it can handle
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What feature enables an MCU to allow for multiple parties to be seen on screen at the same time?
Continuous Presence
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Where can an MCU be embedded?
dedicated videoconferencing units
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In what one way can videoconferencing help a person?
money savings
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What technology can be used along with videoconferencing?
VoIP
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What is another use of VoIP?
telecommuting
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What is telecommuting?
work from home
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What is the percentage of people who use videoconferencing a majority of the time?
54%
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In what decade was Internet video-conferencing made possible?
1990s
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In what device was videoconferencing finally able to be used in?
desktop
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In what year was CU-SeeMe, a desktop-based videoconferencing tool, developed?
1992
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In what year did the first public video-conference take place?
1995
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What South African city participated in the first public video-conference?
Cape Town
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What is the software that performs audio and/or video compression?
a codec (coder/decoder)
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How high can compression rates go?
1:500
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What is one digital network through which a digital stream can be transmitted?
IP
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What does POTS stand for?
Plain Old Telephone System
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What do POTS do?
convert the digital pulses to/from analog waves
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What profession utilizes videoconferencing technology to conduct online sessions?
teachers
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What is one way that videocalling can be used?
personal videocalls to inmates
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What is a common use of conferencing technology?
tele-medical
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What is one way that videoconferencing is useful?
real-time telemedicine
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What areas benefit especially from videoconferencing?
Rural
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In what US state did a rural area use videoconferencing to help reduce the number of transfers of sick infants to hospitals?
Ohio
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How far away was the hospital from this rural area?
70 miles
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How much money did videoconferencing help this rural area save?
$10,000 per transfer
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In what European country has VRS services become well developed?
Sweden
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What is one of the reasons why VRS services are not in most European countries?
financing
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What European country is a leader in providing VRS services to its citizens?
Germany
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What country is a world leader in providing VRS services?
United States
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What year was the first HD video conferencing system displayed?
2005
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Who produced the first high definition video conferencing system?
LifeSize Communications
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Where was the first HD video conferencing system displayed?
Las Vegas, Nevada
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What company introduced the first HD video conferencing system to the general market?
Polycom
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What was the resolution of the first HD video conferencing system?
1280 by 720
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What do systems with no MCU use in order to perform multipoint conferencing?
a standards-based H.323 technique
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What is one advantage of using an H.323 technique?
higher quality
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What is one disadvantage of using the H.323 technique?
increased network bandwidth
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What is the H.323 technique also known as?
decentralized multipoint
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Why is the video and audio of the H.323 technique higher quality?
they don't have to be relayed through a central point
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Who has the world's largest administrative judicial system?
U.S.
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What US Department oversees the World's largest administrative judicial system?
Social Security Administration (SSA)
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In what year did the SSA see a 55% increase in videoconferenced hearings?
2009
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When did the SSA open its largest videoconferencing-only center?
August 2010
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Where is the SSA's fifth videoconferencing only center located?
St. Louis, Missouri
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What does duel dating use to show the date?
two consecutive years
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What is the Old Style date mean?
Julian calendar
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What is N.S. stand for?
New Style
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What are New Style dates?
Gregorian
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Why use two consecutive year dates?
starting date of the year
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Who revised the Julian calendar?
Pope Gregory XIII
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When was the Gregorian Calendar introduced?
1582
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What calendar was used in the reform to create the Gregorian calendar?
Julian calendar
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What holiday was the inducement to revise the Julian calendar?
Easter
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When did the First Council of Nicaea rule that Easter be celebrated by all Christians?
on the same day
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What ruler decreed the change to the Gregorian calendar?
Philip II of Spain
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Besides part of Italy, over what areas did Phillip rule?
Spain and Portugal
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What was the first day selected to be the first day using the new calendar?
Friday, 15 October 1582
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What was the last day the Julian calendar was used?
Thursday, 4 October 1582
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