Evolution of Communication
Evolution of Communication
Evolution of Communication
What is communication?
The imparting or exchanging of information
by speaking, writing, or using some other
medium
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Early Modes of Communication
Shouting
Smoke Signal Pigeon
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Modern Modes of Communication
Analog RF Multi-media
communication communication communication
Computer
Cellular
Networks Internet
Networks
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Computer Networks
• Set of computers connected together
• Shares resources
• Most common resource shared today is
connection to the Internet
• Other shared resources can include a printer
or a file server
• Internet itself can be considered a computer
network.
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Computer Networks - Overview
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Classification of Networks
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IEEE Standards
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Evolution of Technology
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Internet
Global system of interconnected
computer networks
Use the standard internet protocol suite
Serves billions of users worldwide
Network of networks
Consists of millions of private, public, academic,
business, & government networks of local to global
scope
Linked by a broad array of electronic, wireless &
optical networking technologies
Carries an extensive range of information resources &
services
Inter-linked hypertext documents of the World Wide
Web (WWW) & the infrastructure to support email 10
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Electric Mail
e-mail is a method of
exchanging digital messages
From an author to one or more recipients.
Operates across the internet or other
computer networks
Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) is an
Internet standard for electronic mail
transmission
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)
is an Internet standard that extends the format
of email to support: Non-ASCII characters
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Social Networks
Online service, platform, or site
that focuses on facilitating the building of social
networks or social relations among people
Social network service consists of a representation
of each user (often a profile), his/her social links, &
a variety of additional services
Most social network services are web-based
Provide means for users to interact over the
internet, such as email, Facebook (800 million
active users), Twitter, Google+ etc.
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