(a) (i) What is video conferencing? (ii) Mention four essential items to a video conference.
(III) Give two examples of other hardware components essential to video conference
(b) Give two examples of data cables.
Explanation
(a)(i) Video conferencing is a system that allows people to have conversations and meetings with other people in different locations without leaving their offices.
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Video Conferencing is a live visual connection/a visual communication session between two or more users/people residing in separate locations featuring audio and video content transmission in real time.
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Video Conferencing is conducting a meeting between two or more participants at different sites/ locations by using Computer network to transmit audio and video data.
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Video Conferencing is an online meeting that takes place between users from different locations by connecting different devices with embedded webcams.
(ii) Items essential to a video conference:
ITEMS SELECTED:
- A tracker ball
- Codec
- Broadband
- A telephone
- MODEM/Router
- Magnetic Tape drive
- Webcam
- Dot Matrix Printer to
- (iii) Other hardware components essential to video conferencing:
- Microphone
- Headphones/Headsets/Earpiece
- Speakers
- Computer System/laptop
- Smart Television
- Monitor
- Interactive board
- Smart phone
- (b) Data cables:
- Printer cable
- USB cables
- Monitor cables
- Serial cables/SATA cable
- Network Cables (Coaxial, Optical fibre, Twisted pair, RJ 45)
- VGA
- HDMI
- PATA cable
- IDE/EIDE cable