The development of the Net has utilized both wireline and wireless technologies. Telecommunication pricing models that have provided network access at a reasonable cost. Key technologies that have played a role include:
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Standard compression algorithms which facilitate the transmission of high resolution multimedia data types including audio, video, graphics, audio, and simulated 3D environments.
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Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) technology, which provides high speed data communications and the large bandwidth required for multimedia data types. ATM has led to the upgrading of many corporate networks and has become so cost effective that it has become the universal protocol being used for LANs, WANs, and even channel access between a CPU and its storage medium. It has essentially replaced the TCP/IP protocol, taking over the basic transport, routing, and media synchronization
functionality.
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