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Data Communication is the exchange of data between devices through transmission media. A data communication system consists of five components: Message, Sender, Receiver, Transmission Medium, and Protocol. Each component plays a crucial role in ensuring effective communication between devices.

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Data Communication is the exchange of data between devices through transmission media. A data communication system consists of five components: Message, Sender, Receiver, Transmission Medium, and Protocol. Each component plays a crucial role in ensuring effective communication between devices.

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Data Communication

Data Communication is defined as exchange of data between two devices


via some form of transmission media such as a cable, wire or it can be air or
vacuum also. For occurrence of data communication, communicating
devices must be a part of communication system made up of a combination
of hardware or software devices and programs.

Data Communication System Components :


There are mainly five components of a data communication system:
1. Message
2. Sender
3. Receiver
4. Transmission Medium
5. Set of rules (Protocol)

1. Message :
This is most useful asset of a data communication system. The message
simply refers to data or piece of information which is to be
communicated. A message could be in any form, it may be in form of a
text file, an audio file, a video file, etc.

2. Sender :
To transfer message from source to destination, someone must be there
who will play role of a source. Sender plays part of a source in data
communication system. It is simple a device that sends data message.
The device could be in form of a computer, mobile, telephone, laptop,
video camera, or a workstation, etc.

3. Receiver :
It is destination where finally message sent by source has arrived. It is a
device that receives message. Same as sender, receiver can also be in
form of a computer, telephone mobile, workstation, etc.

4. Transmission Medium :
In entire process of data communication, there must be something which
could act as a bridge between sender and receiver, Transmission
medium plays that part. It is physical path by which data or message
travels from sender to receiver. Transmission medium could be guided
(with wires) or unguided (without wires), for example, twisted pair cable,
fiber optic cable, radio waves, microwaves, etc.

5. Set of rules (Protocol) :


To govern data communications, various sets of rules had been already
designed by the designers of the communication systems, which
represent a kind of agreement between communicating devices. These
are defined as protocol. In simple terms, the protocol is a set of rules that
govern data communication. If two different devices are connected but
there is no protocol among them, there would not be any kind of
communication between those two devices. Thus the protocol is
necessary for data communication to take place.

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