Data Communications from Early Man to the Modern Day
Data Communications
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Introduction
Communications is an essential part of our daily lives and has being an essential part of how man has evolved since the origin of the human species. The means in which we communicate with one another has vastly developed since the dawn of time. Man has always needed a way to communicate a message with one another no matter how simple or complex the message was. This need to communicate is why data communications have developed into the endless different means that are available to us today. Many of the different ways we communicate have only been developed and made available to us in recent history especially if you consider how long the human species has been around. On a basic level communications can defined as a process of sending a message or data from one point (sender) to another point (receiver). The origins of communicating can be traced back to early man. The first way humans communicated with one another would have been through speech and development of languages that were used to convey a message to one another. Other examples of early mans ways of communication include fire which was used to highlight a person’s position, smoke signals were often used to communicate messages, drums have been used in Africa for several thousand years some drums could be heard for several miles. Languages developed into writing such as cuneiform one of the earliest known forms of writing as well as Hieroglyphs and Petroglyph’s which used symbols, paintings and engravings in the process of communication. Many different forms of writing and writing materials writing for communications were developed through the ages until the modern alphabet which is most widely used form of writing today. What messages were written and graphically displayed on evolved from rock walls and stone plinths to papyrus to the invention of wood pulp paper. Messages could then be sent by
Table of Contents
Introduction
Communications is an essential part of our daily lives and has being an essential part of how man has evolved since the origin of the human species. The means in which we communicate with one another has vastly developed since the dawn of time. Man has always needed a way to communicate a message with one another no matter how simple or complex the message was. This need to communicate is why data communications have developed into the endless different means that are available to us today. Many of the different ways we communicate have only been developed and made available to us in recent history especially if you consider how long the human species has been around. On a basic level communications can defined as a process of sending a message or data from one point (sender) to another point (receiver). The origins of communicating can be traced back to early man. The first way humans communicated with one another would have been through speech and development of languages that were used to convey a message to one another. Other examples of early mans ways of communication include fire which was used to highlight a person’s position, smoke signals were often used to communicate messages, drums have been used in Africa for several thousand years some drums could be heard for several miles. Languages developed into writing such as cuneiform one of the earliest known forms of writing as well as Hieroglyphs and Petroglyph’s which used symbols, paintings and engravings in the process of communication. Many different forms of writing and writing materials writing for communications were developed through the ages until the modern alphabet which is most widely used form of writing today. What messages were written and graphically displayed on evolved from rock walls and stone plinths to papyrus to the invention of wood pulp paper. Messages could then be sent by