1. What is videoconferencing? 2. Does videoconferencing differ from videophone calls? 3. What problems do people reduce after inventing videoconfereces? 4. What can the core technology do? 5. What are the other components required for a videoconferencing system? 6. What is the video input presented with? 7. What is the video output presented with? 8. What is the audio input presented with? 9. What is the audio output presented with? 10. What is data transfer presented with? 11. What is the role of a computer in this technology? 12. How many types of videoconferencing exist? 13. Can you describe the dedicated systems technology? 14. Can you mention the types of dedicated videoconferencing devices? 15. Can you describe the desktop systemstechnology? 16. What standard is used in desktops systems work? 17. How do we call videoconferencing when they use dispersed PCs? 18. How many videoconference modes exist? 19. What is Voice-Activated Switch (VAS)? 20. What is Continuous Presence? 21. What is a fundamental feature of professional videoconferencing systems? 22. What problems can appear if Acoustic Echo Cancellation is not stopped? 23. What is the difference between videophone calls and videoconferencing? 24. What can webcams do? 25. What can you say about a videoconference system? 26. What is a telepresence system? 27. How many people can participate at the videoconference? 28. What events can be carried out utilizing videocalling and videoconferencing? 29. What is synchronous conferencing? 30. What phenomenon is online chatting? What can it help to do?
Exercise 6. Translate from Russian into English.
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Exercise 7. Match words.
| ENGLISH WORD | |
| applet | VRML ( ) |
| avatar | / |
| buddy list | , , , |
| channel | ('chanops' 'ops') |
| channel operators ('chanops' or 'ops') | " ", , [ ], , , ( |
| chat client | ( ) |
| chat room | -) |
| chat server | |
| contact list | , |
| IRC (Internet relay chat) | "" () , |
| nickname | |
| online telephone conversation | ( ) |
| three-dimensional (3D) | |
| video conferencing | |
| VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) | |
| VRML (Virtual Reality Modelling Language) | VoIP ( IP-) |
| web chat |
