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Binary Code A simple code that computers use to send and receive data made from
electrical signals and represented by 1s and 0s.
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Source The person or machine that has a message to be delivered.
Encoder Device that changes the message into another form for transmission.
Transmitter Device that sends the encoded message toward it's destination.
Medium The wired or wireless means used to send information.
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Receiver The device that accepts the encoded information and relays it to the decoder.
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Decoder Device that translates the encoded message into an understandable form.
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Destination The person or machine that receives the decoded message.
Data Raw, unorganized facts that need to be processed. It can be something simple
and apparently random and useless until it is organized.
Information Data that is processed, organized, structured, or presented in a context so as
to make it useful.
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Binary Code A simple code that computers use to send and receive data made from
electrical signals and represented by 1s and 0s.
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Source The person or machine that has a message to be delivered.
Encoder Device that changes the message into another form for transmission.
Transmitter Device that sends the encoded message toward it's destination.
Medium The wired or wireless means used to send information.
PR
Receiver The device that accepts the encoded information and relays it to the decoder.
O
FD
Decoder Device that translates the encoded message into an understandable form.
O
C
Destination The person or machine that receives the decoded message.
Data Raw, unorganized facts that need to be processed. It can be something simple
and apparently random and useless until it is organized.
Information Data that is processed, organized, structured, or presented in a context so as
to make it useful.
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