Unit Computer Communications.pptVIP

Unit 7Computer Communications Section A Telecommunications and Computer Telecommunications devices convert different types of information, such as sound and video, into electronic signals. The signals can then be transmitted by means of media such as telephone wires or radio waves. Telecommunications enables people to send and receive personal messages across town, between countries, and to and from outer space. It also provides the key medium for news, data, information and entertainment. Devices such as the telegraph and telephone relay messages by creating modulated electrical impulses, or impulses that change in a systematic way. These impulses are then sent by wires, radio waves, or other media to a receiver that decodes the modulation. Most personal computers communicate with each other and with larger networks, such as the Internet, by using the ordinary telephone network. Since the telephone network functions by converting sound into electronic signals, the computer must first convert its digital data into sound. Individual people, businesses, and governments use many different types of telecommunications systems. Some systems, like the telephone system, use a network of cables, wires, and switching stations for point-to-point communication. Local e-mail messages (within a building or a company) typically reach addressees by traveling through wire-based internal networks. E-mail that must travel across town or across a country to reach the final destination usually travels through the telephone network. Personal computers have pushed the limits of the telephone system as more and more complex computer messages are being sent over telephone lines, and at rapidly increasing speeds. The next generation of cellular telephones, pagers, and televisions will also benefit from the speed and clarity of digital telecommunications. Some telephones and pagers are able to store not only phone numbers but also names and personal information about call