data transmissions

Byte

• In computing and telecommunications, a byte is a
• unit of digital information which commonly consists of eight bits.

USB

• universal serial bus (USB) is a serial transmission method which was introduced to make many of the connections to a computer look the same.

Client-Side Processing

• Client-side processing is when the interaction between a webpage and code occurs directly on a user’s computer.

Server-side Processing

• When the interaction between a web page and a computer is
• processed through a server.

Bi-directional transmission

• Bi-directional transmission has several meanings within data communication, but it is essentially about transmitting in both directions. Most recently the term has been applied to fibre optics.

Packet Switching

• Packet switching is the process of data being broken into packets before being sent through a network and then reassembled at the other end. This method is used on the internet.

Simplex

• Sends data in one direction only. A radio broadcast is a good
• example of simplex transmission.

Half Duplex

• Allows two-way transmissions but the devices don’t transmit
• at the same time.

Full duplex

• Allows two-way communication at the same time.