Saturday, 11 April 2015

Computer Studies Made Simple : Types of Data Transmission in computers

Types of Data Transmission in computers

There are mainly two types of data transmissions in computers:

Parallel Transmission and Serial Transmission

Parallel Data Transmission:

In this method, groups of bits are sent simultaneously over multiple wires.

It is unidirectional ie the data travels in one direction only

Each bit is transmitted over a separate line.

Usually this is the major form of data transmission internally in computers.

This method of data transmission is fast.




 

Serial Data Transmission

In this method of data transmission,data is sent in the form of one bit at a time.

The bits are sent sequentially.

This form of data transmission is slower than parallel data transmission.

An example of data transmission of this type is seen in telephone lines.






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