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CONNECTVITY
- Digital devices can
connect and share data
with each other
- Data cable connection
- most common
method of this
is USB cable
- Most mobile phones and
media players can
connect by USB cable to
a computer running the
correct software
- most common
method of this
is USB cable
- Bluetooth
- Technology allowing devices to
communicate with each othe
rwirelessly
- Devices communicate over short
distances using radio waves
- Most modern devices
are Bluetooth enabled
- Bluetooth dongle can be
attached to a computer
as a peripheral
- Devices can connect to a Bluetooth
enabled peripherals such as printers
or speakers
- Technology allowing devices to
communicate with each othe
rwirelessly
- Wi-Fi
- Another method of
wireless connection
using radio waves
- Wi-Fi enabled devices
can communicate over
longer distances.
- Most modern devices are Wi-Fi enabled.
- allows
devices to connect
with a computer
network and the
Internet
- allows devices to connect to Wi-Fi
enabled peripherals e.g. printers,
speakers
- Another method of
wireless connection
using radio waves
- when two devices, e.g. a media player and
computer, are connected they can
automatically exchange data
- synchronisation
- synchronisation
- cloud synchronisation
- people have more Wi-Fi enabled devices
e.g. laptops, smartphones
- cloud computing services e.g.
Apple's iCloud, allow them to
store all their data files such as
music and films, on a remote
server
- when using iCloud, if you
download a song to one of your
devices, it's automatically
downloaded to all of your
devices
- this saves having to
synchronise multiple
devices with the
computer
- files can then be
accessed from all the
digital devices you have
- this saves having to
synchronise multiple
devices with the
computer
- cloud computing -a type of
Internet based computing
- when using iCloud, if you
download a song to one of your
devices, it's automatically
downloaded to all of your
devices
- cloud computing services e.g.
Apple's iCloud, allow them to
store all their data files such as
music and films, on a remote
server
- people have more Wi-Fi enabled devices
e.g. laptops, smartphones
- WORKED EXAMPLE
Explain why Simon
would want to
'synchronise' his
media player
- Synchronisation allows two connected devices to swap data
automatically. Simon can set the software, for example iTunes, to
update his media player with new or changed items on the computer.
If he has downloaded a new music file to the the computer or changed
some contact details, then the software will automatically update the
media player. The computer can also update the media player's
software if a new update has been downloaded to the computer.
- Target C-B
- 3 marks
- Synchronisation allows two connected devices to swap data
automatically. Simon can set the software, for example iTunes, to
update his media player with new or changed items on the computer.
If he has downloaded a new music file to the the computer or changed
some contact details, then the software will automatically update the
media player. The computer can also update the media player's
software if a new update has been downloaded to the computer.
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