Topic 3 of 19
Data transmission
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Unit 1 (AS)Fundamentals of Computer Science
- Serial and parallel transmission
- Simplex, half and full duplex
- Multiplexing and switching
- Packets and routing
- Collision detection
Unit 4 (A2)Computer Architecture, Data, Communication and Applications
- Data transfer rate calculations
- Lowest-cost network routes
- The internet as communications infrastructure
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