The 3C’s - Convergence of Computers, Communication and Content (Multimedia)
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2003-02
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INFLIBNET Centre
Abstract
We are moving from a physical world based on atoms to a digital world based on bits. Today new techniques of Information packaging
and delivery ensure its availability at the point of demand instantly. This is achieved by exploiting the technologies provided by
telecommunications, computer networking and broadcasting media. Some major Value-Added Services like E-mail and the WWW (
World Wide Web ) , Cable TV and Internet Access, Education via Internet E-business, Telebanking , Radio and Television Broadcast
on the Internet are a result of this convergence bringing up various Security and Cryptography aspects . Internet telephony reflects the
beginning of a new communication era, which is characterized by running real-time applications over Internet/Intranet based computer
communication infrastructure. Mobile communications and Internet based computer communications are the two fastest growing areas
of communications indicating an enormous potential in the intersection of these two domains. Emerging trends are 4G, the Wireless
Broadband Access which gives way to applications like Virtual Navigation, Tele medicine, Tele-geoprocessing applications, Crisis
management applications and Virtual Laboratories. The interaction between human and the 3C’s ( Computer + Communication +
Content (Multimedia) is becoming a daily staple as we witness powerful computers uniting in a networked environment where wired
and wireless communications enjoy broadening bandwidths that permit the transmission of multimedia content.
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Internet, Multimedia, Blue tooth, Cryptography, Broadband Access