Digital Communication

Sujina Ummar
• The word digital comes from the same
source as the word digit and digitus (the
Latin word for finger), as fingers are used
for discrete counting.
What is Digital Communication?
• Digital Communication is any
message passed through digital
devices
• Digital Communication can be easy
and quick to use
• Digital Communication can be
dangerous if you use it unsafely
 Advantages
• It is fast and easier.
• No paper is wasted.
• The messages can be stored in the device
for longer times, without being damaged.
• Digital communication can be done over
large distances through internet and
other things.
• It is comparatively cheaper.
• It removes semantic barriers because
the written data can be easily changed to
different languages using software.
• It provides facilities like video conferencing
which save a lot of time, money and
effort.
 Disadvantages
• It is unreliable as the messages cannot be
recognised by signatures.
• The establishment of Digital
Communication causes degradation of
the environment in some cases.
– "Electronic waste" is an example. The vibes
given out by the telephone and cell phone
towers are so strong that they can kill small
birds.
• Many people misuse the efficiency of
Digital Communication.
 What are some examples?
Some examples of digital communication are
• E-mailing
- Computers
• Texting
- Cell Phones
• Online games
- Web Kinz
-Club Penguin
 Email
• Electronic mail is often abbreviated to e-
mail
• Email is a store-and-forward method of
writing, sending, receiving and saving
messages through computers
• An electronic mail message consists of
two components,
– the message header,
– and the message body, which is the email's
content.
• The message header contains control
information, including, an originator's email
address and one or more recipient
addresses.
• Usually additional information is added,
such as a subject header field.
• The at sign, a part of every e-mail
address.
 Advantages
• Email enables speedy communication
• Email provides the receiver an option to
respond immediately
• e-mail is a low cost way to transmit
messages
• e-mail messages are always easy to locate
• it is always a secure means of sending
messages
 Disadvantages
• Lack of computer knowledge among
people, so not sure all receiving parties
use email system
• Unwanted SPAM emails
• Illegal contents including virus damages
end user systems, data & reputation
• Email might not send due to loss of
connection to the internet
 Texting
• The common term for the sending of
"short“ messages from mobile phones or
portable devices is called texting
• Texting works using the Short Message
Service (SMS)
• SMS is an acronym standing for Short
Message Service.
• It is commonly referred to as text
messaging or "texting" as well.
• SMS is a method by which messages can
be sent to a cell phone via another cell
phone, a computer connected to the
Internet, a regular land line.
• The idea of adding text messaging to the
services of mobile users was latent in
many communities of mobile
communication services at the beginning
of the 1980s.
 Advantages
• Its cheap
• Reliable
• Simple
• Non voice
• SMS it connects many people around the
world through text messaging social
networking
The End!
 SPAM
• E-mail spam, also known as junk e-mail,
is a subset of spam that involves nearly
identical messages sent to numerous
recipients by e-mail.
 Message
• The message header contains control
information, including, minimally, an
originator's email address and one or
more recipient addresses. Usually
additional information is added, such as a
subject header field.
VIRUS