network communications Flashcards
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are individual facts, statistics, or items of information, often numeric
data
is any continuous signal representing some other quantity, i.e., “analogous” to another quantity.
analog signal
connection refers to a communications connection between two communication endpoints or nodes. An example is a telephone call, in which one telephone is connected with one other, and what is said by one caller can only be heard by the other. This is contrasted with a , in which many nodes can receive information transmitted by one node.
(two words)
point-to-point, point-to-multipoint or broadcast connection
(shortened form of the Latin omnibus, and historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers. This expression covers all related hardware components (wire, optical fibers, etc.) and software, including communication protocols
computer bus
is a computer hardware device that converts data from a digital format into a format suitable for an analog transmission medium such as telephone or radio
modem
is a device or computer program which encodes or decodes a data stream or signal
a codec