Wired Transmission Media
Wireless Transmission Media
Data Communication Components
Transmission Modes
Mixed
100

This cable is made of twisted copper wires.

Twisted Pair Cable

100

This wireless technology connects phones.

Bluetooth

100

The device that sends data.

Sender

100

This mode goes one way only.

Simplex

100

This transmission media needs cable.

Wired transmission media

200

This cable is made of glass and uses light.

Fibre Optic Cable

200

This wireless transmission media is space based.

Satellite

200

The device that receives data.

Receiver

200

This mode goes both ways, one at a time.

Half-duplex

200

This is an example of full duplex.

Mobile phone/landlines

300

This cable was used for cable TV.

Coaxial Cable

300

Signal is sent from a remote control to a TV using this medium.

Infrared

300

The path that data travels from the sender to the receiver.

Transmission medium

300

This mode goes both ways at the same time.

Full-duplex

300

These are the two types of media.

Wired and wireless

400

This is the fastest wired cable.

Fibre Optic Cable

400

This gives internet without wires.

WI-FI

400

The data/information that is initiated by the sender.

Message

400

This is an example of simplex.

TV/ radio

400

This signal is affected by weather.

Satellite

500

This twisted pair cable has no shield.

Unshielded Twisted Pair Cable

500

A short-range wireless technology used in speakers and smart phones. 

Bluetooth

500

Rules that govern the data communication process.

Protocol

500

This is an example of half-duplex.

Walkie-Talkie

500

The process of transmitting data from one device to the another.

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