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DATA COMMUNICATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Electronic transmission of information that has been encoded digitally (as for storage and processing by computers)
Synonyms:
data communication; digital communication
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("data communication" is a kind of...):
electronic communication (communication by computer)
Domain category:
computer; computing device; computing machine; data processor; electronic computer; information processing system (a machine for performing calculations automatically)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "data communication"):
asynchronous transfer mode; ATM (a means of digital communications that is capable of very high speeds; suitable for transmission of images or voice or video as well as data)
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