{"id":5922,"date":"2013-11-15T14:42:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T14:42:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/data-transmission\/"},"modified":"2013-12-01T16:58:14","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T16:58:14","slug":"data-transmission","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/9756\/data-transmission","title":{"rendered":"Data Transmission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_data_transmission_mean\">What Does Data Transmission Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data transmission is the process of sending digital or analog data over a communication medium to one or more computing, network, communication or electronic devices. It enables the transfer and communication of devices in a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint environment. <\/p>\n<p>Data transmission is also known as digital transmission or digital communications.<\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_data_transmission\">Techopedia Explains Data Transmission<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data transmission can be analog and digital but is mainly reserved for sending and receiving digital data. It works when a device or piece of equipment, such as a computer, intends to send a data object or file to one or multiple recipient devices, like a computer or server. The digital data originates from the source device in the form of discrete signals or digital bit streams. These data streams\/signals are placed over a communication medium, such as physical copper wires, wireless carriers and optical fiber, for delivery to the destination\/recipient device. Moreover, each outward signal can be baseband or passband. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to external communication, data transmission also may be internally carried to a device. For example, the random access memory (RAM) or hard disk that sends data to a processor is also a form of data transmission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Does Data Transmission Mean? Data transmission is the process of sending digital or analog data over a communication medium to one or more computing, network, communication or electronic devices. It enables the transfer and communication of devices in a point-to-point, point-to-multipoint and multipoint-to-multipoint environment. 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