Blown To Bits Ch. 8
Wireless Telegraph - correct answer ✔Guglielmo Marconi's name for his
point-to-point communication tool that used radio waves to transmit messages
Radio Act of 1912 - correct answer ✔a United States federal law which was
the first legislation to require licenses for radio stations.
Radio Act of 1927 - correct answer ✔the second radio legislation passed by
Congress; in an attempt to restore order to the airwaves, the act stated that
licensees did not own their channels but could license them if they operated to
serve the "public interest, convenience, or necessity."
Federal Radio Commission - correct answer ✔a body established in 1927 to
oversee radio licenses and negotiate channel problems
spectrum allocation - correct answer ✔the allocation and regulation of the
electromagnetic spectrum into radio frequency bands, which is normally done
by governments in most countries.
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔a law that states that the number of
transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years
HD radio - correct answer ✔a digital technology that enables AM and FM
radio broadcasters to multicast two to three additional compressed digital
signals within their traditional analog frequency
Spread spectrum - correct answer ✔A form of radio transmission in which
the
signal is sent over more than one frequency to discourage eavesdropping.
Wireless Telegraph - correct answer ✔Guglielmo Marconi's name for his
point-to-point communication tool that used radio waves to transmit messages
Radio Act of 1912 - correct answer ✔a United States federal law which was
the first legislation to require licenses for radio stations.
Radio Act of 1927 - correct answer ✔the second radio legislation passed by
Congress; in an attempt to restore order to the airwaves, the act stated that
licensees did not own their channels but could license them if they operated to
serve the "public interest, convenience, or necessity."
Federal Radio Commission - correct answer ✔a body established in 1927 to
oversee radio licenses and negotiate channel problems
spectrum allocation - correct answer ✔the allocation and regulation of the
electromagnetic spectrum into radio frequency bands, which is normally done
by governments in most countries.
Moore's Law - correct answer ✔a law that states that the number of
transistors on a microchip doubles about every two years
HD radio - correct answer ✔a digital technology that enables AM and FM
radio broadcasters to multicast two to three additional compressed digital
signals within their traditional analog frequency
Spread spectrum - correct answer ✔A form of radio transmission in which
the
signal is sent over more than one frequency to discourage eavesdropping.
