Video conferencia

Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie

VIDEOCONFERENCE

"Trabalho exigido pela disciplina Ingles tecnico Im orientado pela Profª Ms. Monica de Alice para a obtenção da Media Final""

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Abstract

In this research we will present the videoconference system, explaining how it works, what it is necessary to use and how it can help and make life easier both in the business area as in people's lives.

Introduction

Videoconferencing is the conduct of a videoconference (also known as a video conference or video teleconference) by a set of telecommunication technologies which allow two or more locations to communicate by simultaneous two-way video and audio transmissions. It has also been called 'visual collaboration' and is a type of groupware.

Videoconferencing differs from videophone calls in that it's designed to serve a conference or multiple locations rather than individuals. It is an intermediate form of videotelephony, first deployed commercially in the United States by AT&T Corporation during the early 1970s as part of their development of Picture phone technology.

With the introduction of relatively low cost, high capacity broadband telecommunication services in the late 1990s, coupled with powerful computing processors and video compression techniques, videoconferencing usage has made significant inroads in business, education, medicine and media. Like all long distance communications technologies (such as phone and Internet), by reducing the