Computer Science JSS1 Third Term

WEEK 8

Information transmission V

Performance Objectives

The student should be able to:

     1. Identify modern methods of transmitting information.

Content

Modern methods of transmitting information

With modern inventions in communication, many ancient methods have been replaced with more efficient modern ways of transmitting information. These include the following: 

1. Prints: This is a mark or impression made in or on a surface by pressure. A device or implement such as a stamp die, or seal is used to press markings onto or into a surface. Prints include; printed publications such as a magazine or newspaper, a design or picture transferred from an engraved plate, woodblock, lithographic stone, or other mediums. To output, even to a screen is to print or to transfer conventional writing to a hard copy device e.g. paper. Hence, information is transmitted in form of prints. For example, notice boards and banners that inform the public of an event.

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