Immersive Multimedia

Definition

surround sound, interactive user-input and other factors such as simplicity,

functionality and potential for enjoyment. New technologies are currently under
development which claim to bring realistic environmental effects to the players'
environment - effects like wind, seat vibration and ambient lighting.

Introduction to Visual Basic

Mar 31st

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INTRODUCTION TO VISUAL BASIC

VISUAL BASIC

What is Visual Basic?

•An environment for developing Windows applications

•Components
–A GUI (Graphical User Interface – gooey) designer
•Tools (command buttons, list boxes, text boxes, option buttons, etc.)
–A programming language
•Qbasic like

–All within an IDE (Integrated Development Environment)

•design interface, set properties, add code, debug

Topics

•Starting VB
•The main VB screen
•Event-Driven Programming
•Writing a Visual Basic program
•Running a Visual Basic program
•Saving a project
•Opening an existing project
•Printing the form(s) and code

Starting VB

• Start | Microsoft Visual Studio | Visual Basic 6.0

•DblClicking on VB shortcut desktop icon
•From My Computer
•Right click on Start to invoke Explorer
 DblClick on Program Files|DblClick on Microsoft Visual Studio|DblClick on Vb98|
DblClick on Vb6

The Main VB Screen

•Design Time vs. Run Time

•Form Window
–The largest window

–This form will become a window at run time

•Toolbox Window
–contains controls (grapical objects) you can add to a form

–examples: text box, command button, check box, etc.

•Project Explorer (Project Window)

–lists modules (form, standard, etc.) that make up project

–can view code/form of selected module

The Main VB Screen (con’t)

Menu Bar/Toolbar Window

–Menus of: File, Edit, View, Project, Format, Debug Run, Query,
Diagram, Tools, Add-Ins, Window, Help

–Toolbar: set of Command buttons; convenience tool for programmer; point

mouse to find funtion
•Properties Window
–use this window to set properties of a selected control

•Code Window
–where code is entered
Event-Driven Programming

•Procedural (linear) programming vs. Event-driven Programming

•Events (at run time)

–single mouse click of command button, form, option button, etc., ( CLICK event
for that control)

–pressing most keys (KEYPRESS event)

–double mouse click (DBLCLICK event for that control)

•Event Handlers (event subroutines)

Private cmdMybutton_Click( )

End Sub

Writing a Visual Basic Program

•Design interface
•Set properties
•Write code

Running a Visual Basic Program

•Either
–Click run button on Toolbar

–Press F5 key

–Click Run|Start on Menu

•Run and test your project

Saving a Project

•Click on the Toolbar button 5th from left (the one with the diskette icon) or click
on the

•File|Save Project menu

•A dialog box will appear asking you for the physical name of your form file(s), and
where you want to save it

•A 2nd dialog box will appear after you take care of the 1st, asking you for the
project name

•If you have only one form file, the name should be the same for the form file and
the project file

•Saving the project again, after the first time will not invoke dialog boxes
Opening an Existing Project

•Click on the Toolbar button 4rd from left (the one with the folder icon) or click on
File|Open Project menu or use the hot key Ctrl/O

•A dialog box will appear requesting the name of the project and its location
Printing the Form(s) and Code

•Click File|Print menu or use the hot key Ctrl/P

•A dialog box will appear requesting what part(s) of the project you want printed

Summary
•Components of Visual Basic
–GUI, programming language, IDE

•Entering the IDE

–menu bar, toolbars, toolbox, form window

•Event Driven Programming

•Developing a VB Project
–design interface

–set properties (design time)

–write the code (do the programming)

–test (run) the project

•Save the project

•Open an existing project
•Print the interface, properties, and code

Essei for Assessment S07.1 :Describe the Latest Development

in Networks and Communications.

May 18th

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COMPUTER NETWORKS AND COMMUNICATIONS

1.Introduction
Mobile Computing is an umbrella term used to describe technologies that enable people to access
network services anyplace, anytime, and anywhere. Ubiquitous computing and nomadic computing are
synonymous with mobile computing. Information access via a mobile device is plagued by low available
bandwidth, poor connection maintenence, poor security, and addressing problems. Unlike their wired
counterparts, design of software for mobile devices must consider resource limitation, battery power and
display size. Consequently, new hardware and software techniques must be developed. For example,
applications need to be highly optimized for space, in order to fit in the limited memory on the mobile
devices. For Internet enabled devices, the good old TCP/IP stack cannot be used; it takes too much space
and is not optimized for minimal power consumption. Given the plethora of cellular technologies that
have emerged in such a market, it becomes extremely difficult to provide support for inter-device
communication

2.Content

Mobile Computing

*Specification of Mobile Computing

Mobile computing used to be exclusively a matter of dragging a laptop computer around,* plus various
adapters and other widgets. “Road warriors” have more choices now. Of course, USB thumb drives, also
called USB flash drives, are probably the benchmark technology for mobile computing these days; before
you think about other methods, check if you can do it cheaper and easier with a thumb drive.

*Services of Mobile Computing

Mobility services can be classified into three groups. First there are services designed to overcome
common restrictions of mobile computing, which arise mainly from the slowness, insecurity and
instability of wireless or analogous connection lines utilized by the mobile user. These services are called
common mobility services (CMS). Examples are connection management, caching or encryption services.
The second group of services handles the management and administration of mobile users moving around
and connecting their portables to networks at different places. These mobility management services
(MMS) include tasks such as the authentication of users, accounting and billing issues or profiling of the
users’ habits. The tasks necessary to adapt certain existing applications to mobile usage are implemented
by high level services, which are called special mobility services (SMS). Special mobility services adapt
existing services to the mobile conditions. For example to allow remote database access over a wireless
connection line one has to take special care of possible frequent connection losses especially in the
context of the state of the database. Viewing services as distinct building blocks, we are able to sketch an
architecture for a “mobility services enhanced system”.

*Frequencies of Mobile Computing

Bluetooth is an industrial specification for wireless personal area networks (PANs). Bluetooth provides
a way to connect and exchange information between devices such as mobile phones, laptops, PCs,
printers, digital cameras, and video game consoles over a secure, globally unlicensed short-range
radio frequency. The Bluetooth specifications are developed and licensed by the Bluetooth Special
Interest Group.

Bluetooth technology relies on two things, a radio frequency technology and the protocol software
enabling it to transmit data to other devices. Bluetooth-capable devices can transmit data to other devices
not within the line of sight of the user. It also enables different devices to communicate using certain rules
such as the amount of data that will be sent, the type of communication between the devices and the radio
frequency or frequencies this communication will take place. These protocols ensure that Bluetooth
devices experience the least amount of interference from other Bluetooth capable objects while
communicating with each other.

smartphones are the ideal productivity solution for both voice and data for your mobile
workforce. They’ll be able to stay in touch with the people and information that matter most.
Access email, instant message, access the Internet, run business applications and
more.Communicate your way: Call, email, instant message, or text message, all with one device.

Internet Technology and Services

Explain VOIP
(Voice Over IP) A telephone service that uses the Internet as a global telephone network. Many
companies, including Vonage, 8×8 and AT&T (CallVantage), typically offer calling within the
country for a fixed fee and a low per-minute charge for international. Broadband Internet access
(cable or DSL) is required, and regular house phones plug into an analog telephone adapter
(ATA) provided by the company or purchased from a third party.

Explain BLOG
A blog is a lot like a journal except it is generally intended to be read by others. The topics for blogs vary
greatly; some being about day to day activities and others taking a more corporate or political slant. There
is no defined or widely accepted format and so blogs range from one liners that the author adds every few
hours to relatively long, well thought out arguments for or against a topic of interest.

Types of network

Explain PAN, VPN, WLAN, and WIMAX

PAN

A Personal Area Network (PAN) is a computer network used for communication among computer
devices (including telephones and personal digital assistants) close to one person. The devices may or
may not belong to the person in question. The reach of a PAN is typically a few meters. PANs can be
used for communication among the personal devices themselves (intrapersonal communication), or for
connecting to a higher level network and the Internet (an uplink). Personal area networks may be wired
with computer buses such as USB and FireWire. A wireless personal area network (WPAN) can also be
made possible with network technologies such as IrDA and Bluetooth.

VPN

Short for (Virtual Private Network), VPN is a type of network that allows a user to connect to a network
through a tunneling protocol and access internal internet and intranet web sites and e-mail. Virtual
Private Networks are commonly used to allow an employee with a large company to connect to the
company’s intranet

WLAN
A wireless LAN (or WLAN, for Wireless Local Area Network, sometimes referred to as LAWN, for
local area wireless network) is one in which a mobile user can connect to a local area network (LAN)
through a wireless (radio) connection. The IEEE 802.11 group of standards specify the technologies for
wireless LANs. 802.11 standards use the Ethernet protocol and CSMA/CA (carrier sense multiple
access with collision avoidance) for path sharing and include an encryption method, the Wired
Equivalent Privacy algorithm. A personal area network

WIMAX

WiMax is the industry term for a long-range wireless networking standard. WiMax technology has the
potential to deliver high-speed Internet access to rural areas and other locations not serviced by cable or
DSL technology. WiMax also offers an alternative to satellite Internet services.WiMax technology is
based on the IEEE 802.16 WAN communications standard. WiMax signals can function over a distance
of several miles / kilometers. Data rates for WiMax can reach up to 75 megabits per second (Mb/s). A
number of wireless signaling options exist ranging anywhere from the 2 GHz range up to 66 GHz.

Conclusion

Mobile computing (like the peer to peer transaction model did) brings about a new paradigm of
distributed computing in which communication may be achieved through wireless networks and
users can compute even as they relocate from one support environment to another. The impact of
mobile computing on systems design goes beyond the networking level and directly effects data
management. Although being a relatively new area, mobile data management has attracted a lot
of research efforts, motivated by both a great market potential and by many challenging research
problems