Techniques
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, Data
Analog data
Voice
Images
Digital data
Text
Digitized voice or images
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, Three Components of Data
Communication
Data
Analog: Continuous value data (sound, light,
temperature)
Digital: Discrete value (text, integers, symbols)
Signal
Analog: Continuously varying electromagnetic wave
Digital: Series of voltage pulses (square wave)
Transmission
Analog: Works the same for analog or digital signals
Digital: Used only with digital signals
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