Data Exchange

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Explain how packet switching works.
data packets are first assembled and then numbered. They then travel across a predefined route, sequentially.
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Explain one advantage of packet switching over the Internet.
Explain why packet switching is an efficient method of sending data through the internet.
Data packets are able to find the destination without the use of a dedicated channel.
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Explain what is meant by a serial transmission mode.
ata-bit flows from one computer to another computer in bi-direction.
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Explain why parallel is a faster transmission than serial.
parallel transmission is faster since data flows through multiple lines
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Parallel transmission is faster than serial transmission because:
It can be used over large distances
It transfers several bits at the same time
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Card 2

Front

Explain one advantage of packet switching over the Internet.
Explain why packet switching is an efficient method of sending data through the internet.

Back

Data packets are able to find the destination without the use of a dedicated channel.

Card 3

Front

Explain what is meant by a serial transmission mode.

Back

Preview of the front of card 3

Card 4

Front

Explain why parallel is a faster transmission than serial.

Back

Preview of the front of card 4

Card 5

Front

Parallel transmission is faster than serial transmission because:

Back

Preview of the front of card 5

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