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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.
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.
, Receiver The device that accepts the encoded information and
relays it to the decoder.
Decoder Device that translates the encoded message into an
understandable form.
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.