computer science

FUNTORO

FUNTORO is a computer science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand FUNTORO rather than just read about it. In short: Funtoro is a Micro-Star International subsidiary that provides telematics and infotainment solutions for commercial vehicles and venues. It designs, develops and supplies fleet management services, a cloud management platform, digital advertisement solutions, infotainment products, stadium & arena products and hospitality products to commercial sectors, public transportation and automotive industries.

Key takeaways

FUNTORO belongs to computer science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect FUNTORO to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of FUNTORO from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Funtoro is a Micro-Star International subsidiary that provides telematics and infotainment solutions for commercial vehicles and venues. It designs, develops and supplies fleet management services, a cloud management platform, digital advertisement solutions, infotainment products, stadium & arena products and hospitality products to commercial sectors, public transportation and automotive industries. An estimated 1,000,000+ terminals across 38+ countries run the system on commercial vehicles, railway, stadium and other venues. Its clients include Mercedes Benz, MAN, Scania and IRIZAR.

History 2008 -FUNTORO was founded. It was initially focused on Automotive Electronics’ research, development and software integration. After becoming part of MSI (Micro-Star International) Group, FUNTORO acquired experience and resources of embedded system and vehicle Telematics, resulting in a product-line expansion. In the same year FUNTORO officially launched Media on Demand products to provide passengers with multimedia entertainment and information for intercity long-distance buses. 2009 -FUNTORO expanded its business territory to Europe, UAE, Southeast Asia and obtained highest market share in Turkey and Latin America. In the same year, FUNTORO also released Telematics products for commercial vehicles providing functions like fleet management, safety monitoring, vehicle information, driver behavior and Cloud management platform for fleet managers. 2010 - FUNTORO MOD products entered the intercity bus market in Japan and started to cooperate with the biggest coach bus body builder in China- Yutong. In the same year, equipped with FUNTORO Telematics products, a new generation of citybus in Taichung City makes commuters' daily life more convenient and informative. 2011- started a cooperation with Autosound – the leading provider of bus and coach multimedia systems in United Kingdom. 2012 - in cooperation with municipal government of Brazil, establishes a new series of city buses for its public transportation infrastructure in Rio de Janeiro. In the same year, FUNTORO cooperates with top 3 bus operators in Mexico – Primera Plus, Transpais and Omnibus de México. 2013 - partners with two of the biggest bus fleet in Latin America – Cruz del Sur and Tur-bus to equip buses traveling between all major cities in Peru, Chile and Colombia with FUNTORO Infotainment products. Meanwhile, Lux Express and Student Agency, biggest international coach operators in the Baltic region & Czech Republic, launched their new luxury buses with FUNTORO solution. 2013 - FUNTORO Railway Infotainment products started operation on railway routes in Central and Eastern Europe. 2014 - Sightseeing bus “SKYBUS” in Kyoto, Hop-on Hop-off Sightseeing bus in Shanghai, Vienna Sightseeing Tram "Ring Tram" implement FUNTORO products. Taiwan Taxi implements FUNTORO Smart AD products, generating additional advertising revenue in the amount of multi-millions US dollars per year. 2015 - Vodafone Park stadium in Istanbul, Turkey implemented FUNTORO Stadium & Arena products as a part of its modernization project. The project was awarded "Project of the Year Award at The Stadium Business Design & Development Summit" in 2017. Launched a new generation of Telematics products for Heavy duty trucks, coaches & buses. 2016 - Sombat Tour in Thailand and Alsa, the biggest bus operators in Spain, implement FUNTORO Infotainment solution in their first-class coach buses. 2016 - officially became a subsidiary-brand of MSI. Meanwhile, FUNTORO Hospitality products experience a steady growth in Hotel industry in Southeast Asia & Europe 2017 - started a cooperation with MAN, providing Telematics products along with a Cloud management platform for their Heavy duty trucks. Conducted a railway modernization project with Government of India

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with FUNTORO

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what FUNTORO claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In computer science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to FUNTORO before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about FUNTORO ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of FUNTORO

In research: FUNTORO appears in computer science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses FUNTORO in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: FUNTORO is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 2008 establishments in Taiwan, Companies based in New Taipei, Computer companies of Taiwan, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for FUNTORO outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study FUNTORO in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what FUNTORO means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain FUNTORO out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is FUNTORO in simple terms?

Why does FUNTORO matter?

Because it connects several computer science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study FUNTORO?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on FUNTORO.