communication

email

email is a convenient way of sending mails to people with in a short period of time.

A system for sending and receiving messages electronically over a computer network, as between personal computers.

• E-mail is asynchronous and does not require the receiver of the message to be online at the time the message is sent or received.


• E-mail also allows a user to distribute messages to large numbers of recipients instantaneously.


• it is also a way of sharing ideas sending personal materials and images

video conferencing

• is a system that allows you to conduct meetings or trainings in different places simultaneously.




• It incorporates audio, video so you are able to talk and send data which takes away the barrier of distance that separates these individuals.

the equipments that are needed for video conferencing are

• the Codec unit


• video camera


• microphone


• video display


• netwark connection


• stands and equipment charts if these will be mobile or stationary


• NT-1 and chicken feet.
  
  Most of these are self-explanatory so we will just focus on the Codec, NT-1 and chicken feet.
  The Codec is considered to be the "brain and heart" of the video conference system. This is what compresses everything so you can send and receive messages on real time which can be viewed on the display device.


• The video conferencing system of today is one of the highlights of living in the digital age. No longer do we have to send a message and wait for awhile to get a response when you can get a reply right then and there which increases productivity and saves time and resources.
  

chatting

• chatting is real time conversation using internet,in a more convienient and fastest way.


• A chat can also be conducted using sound or sound and video, assuming you have the bandwidth access and the appropriate programming.


• Chatting is a technology through which two persons sitting at a long distance come what may at the two ends of the world, can talk to each other, either in the form of writing and reading or through speaking and listening (voice chat).


• Chats are conducted on online services (especially America Online),by bulletin board services, and by Web sites.


• it is also a way of expressing our ideas

uses of chatting

Some people chat for entertainment, some chat for killing time or pastime, some chat for making friends, some chat for inquiring welfare about their relatives, some to gain knowledge and information and many more. Almost everyone knows that there could be anyone (an unknown) on the other end, but still people are engaged in chatting.

• There are a number of chat rooms, which provide the facility to connect the people around the world instantly. Some of most common are MSN, YAHOO, MIRC etc.
  

At these chat rooms, one can share his/her feelings with the other people, make them friends, have fun, can get some relax and can do a lot of more things.Nowadays almost 70-80% boys and girls are wasting their time in chatting over Internet. Even I (the writer of this article) am also included among these 80% and it is considered that no positive use of this modern technology is being exercised. As every thing has some advantages as well as disadvantages, chatting through Internet has also some advantages and disadvantages.

disadvantages of chatting are

• more confident


• waste more time


• meet lots of unknowns which can be a risk
  

advantages of chatting are:

• one advantage is for those relatives or friends who are living abroad. They can remain in touch with their families and associates and can talk to them instantly. It is useful for those parents whose children are abroad for studying or some other purposes. They become satisfied after talking to their children. There exists another kind of friendship and that is friendship over Internet. People also get some know-how of their Internet
  disadvantages of chatting are


• faster than emails and get a quick response