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Convergence of communications, in varying and unfortunately not yet standard phrasings, is the goal of having all types of human-to-computer and computer-to-computer communications converge onto (i.e., all run over) a common infrastructure using Internet Protocol version 4]] or Internet Protocol version 6]].
It is neither necessary, nor desirable from a security standpoint, that they all run over the public Internet]]. All of these services can be restricted to other than the Internet, such as intranet]]s or extranet]]s.
This definition of convergence does not attempt to standardize the applications themselves. Instead, it includes the technologies that enable application-specific communications to be transmitted over standard interfaces to information delivery systems using Internet Protocol, Session Initiation Protocol]], and similar protocols and interfaces.[1]
Converged services may use custom software (e.g., private branch exchange]]) on a purpose-built router]], or a general-purpose computer.
- Data [r]: "Pieces of information", especially numbers or quantities [e]
- Domain Name System [r]: The Internet service which translates to and from IP addresses and domain names. [e]
- Search engine [r]: An application which accepts a query in a specialized (e.g. MEDLINE) or general language (e.g., Google) and responds with bibliographic references (e.g., medical journals, the public Web). [e]
- Email [r]: A method of composing, sending, storing, and receiving messages over electronic communication systems. [e]
- File transfer [r]: In computer networking, a means for copying an ordered set of records comprising a file, from at least one computer, to at least one computer [e]
- Peer to peer file sharing [r]: Reconstructing a file from content on shared streams from various user end hosts, typically done through bilateral user interaction rather than locating content through directory services or brokers [e]
- Content delivery and distributed file sharing networks [r]: Technologies, generally used on the public Internet, to improving the efficiency and convenience of distributing content of interest to multiple users [e]
- Transaction processing [r]: Add brief definition or description
- World Wide Web [r]: A global collection of information presented in the form of documents hosted on networked computers and available to the public. [e]
- Online Document Services [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Text messaging [r]: Add brief definition or description
- Collaborative public markup [r]: An application that lets any authorized user read, comment on, edit, or extend hypertext on servers, such as MediaWiki servers [e] (e.g., a Wiki)
- Online book libraries [r]: Add brief definition or description (e.g., Questia, Muse, O'Reilly, etc.)
- Digital Rights Management [r]: Legal and technical techniques used by media publishers in an attempt to control distribution and usage of distributed video, audio, ebooks, and similar electronic media. [e] essential to some of the new services
- Universal emergency telephone number system [r]: A single, short telephone number, such as 911 or 112, which will connect the caller to a dispatcher capable of determining the need for ambulance, police, fire or other emergency services, and arranging for the service(s) to get to the location where the problem exists [e][2]
- Telemedicine [r]: The use of electronic communications to enable providers to diagnose, provide information, and deliver health services when they are not available for on-site service delivery [e]
- Audio [r]: Please do not use this term in your topic list, because there is no single article for it. Please substitute a more precise term. See Audio (disambiguation) for a list of available, more precise, topics. Please add a new usage if needed.
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