Digital Communication by Bilal joyia

1. Digital Communication
Bilal joyia
BS-ELECT
13-F-246

2. Contents
• Digital Communication
• Example of Digital Communication.
• E-Mail.
• Texting.
• Fax.
• Advantages of Digital Communication.
• Disadvantages of Digital Communication.

3. Introduction
• The word digital comes from the Latin
word digit and digitus (the Latin word for
finger), as fingers.

4. What is Digital Communication?
• Digital Communication is any
message passed through digital
devices
• Digital communication is any type of
information sent digitally.

5. What are some examples?
Some examples of digital communication are
• E-mailing
- Computers
• Texting
- Cell Phones
• Fax
• Teleconferencing
• Video conferencing

6. Email
• Electronic mail is often abbreviated to
e-mail
• Email is a store-and-forward method of
writing, sending, receiving and saving
messages through computers

7. Texting
• The common term for the sending of
“short” messages from mobile phones or
portable devices is called texting.
• Texting works using the Short Message
Service (SMS)

8. An SMS is personal
• Unlike an e-mail, an
SMS is much more
likely to be read by a
person at any one
time, since the
majority of people
have their mobile
phones at arms reach
24 hours a day.

9. SMS leads to smaller phone bills
• SMS leads to smaller
phone bills.
• An SMS is far
cheaper than a phone
call.

10. Messages are instantly recorded
• Unlike a phone call,
an SMS message is
automatically stored
where it can be re-read.

11. Advantages of Messages
• Its cheap
• Reliable
• Simple
• Non voice
• SMS it connects many people around the
world through text messaging social
networking

12. FAX
• A fax is a document
sent over a telephone
line.
• Fax machines were a
very common way to
send documents from
one location to another.

13. Video conferencing
• Video conferencing
means to conduct a
conference two or
more participants at
different sites by
using computer
networks to transmit
audio & video data.

14. Teleconferencing
• A teleconferencing is
a telephone meeting
among two or more
participants involving
technology more
sophisticated than a
simple two-way
phone connection

15. Advantages
• It is fast and easier.
• No paper is wasted.
• The messages can be stored in the device
for longer times, without being damaged.
• Digital communication can be done over
large distances through internet and
other things.

16. Disadvantages
• It is unreliable as the messages cannot
be recognised by signatures.
• The establishment of Digital
Communication causes degradation of
the environment in some cases.
– "Electronic waste" is an example. The vibes
given out by the telephone and cell phone
towers are so strong that they can kill small
birds.

17. Thank You