RE: broadband, you might want to check out the Wikipedia entry http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband also Broadband Internet Access http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_Internet_access I think Broadband (particularly when referring to internet access) is used in a less technical sense (or perhaps by less technical people) in discussions such as those involving Digital Divide (See for example the NTIA's "A Nation Online: Entering the Broadband Age" http://www.ntia.doc.gov/reports/anol/index.html). While it has a very specific technical definition, broadband also carries connotations of privilege. -c On Tue, 1 Jul 2008, Steve Cavrak wrote:
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 07:51:52 -0400 From: Steve Cavrak <Steve.Cavrak@Uvm.Edu> Reply-To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org To: air-l@listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Metaphors in Technology
On Jun 30, 2008, at 5:22 PM, Gordon Joly wrote:
At 15:37 -0400 28/6/08, Kevin Guidry wrote:
On Sat, Jun 28, 2008 at 3:23 PM, Gordon Carlson <gordycarlson@gmail.com
wrote:
broadband
Not a metaphor. Typically misused these days but still a technical term with a specific, defined meaning.
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