Communications

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communications : the technology of the transmission of information (as by print or telecommunication) — Webster See also OneLook

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Communications, short for telecommunications, is the transmission of information over distances to communicate. In earlier times, it involved the use of visual signals, such as beacons, smoke signals, semaphore telegraphs, signal flags, and optical heliographs, or audio messages such as coded drumbeats, lung-blown horns, and loud whistles. In modern times, telecommunications involves the use of electrical devices such as the telegraph, telephone, and teleprinter, as well as the use of radio and microwave communications, as well as fiber optics and their associated electronics, plus the use of the orbiting satellites and the Internet. — Wikipedia

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Communications (Wolfram Alpha)

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Communication, transportation and commerce have been intertwined since the beginning of human history, and they remain closely related.

The success of the first electronic telegraph line in 1844 opened an era of modern communication. Before the telegraph there existed no separation between transportation and communication. Information traveled only as fast as the messenger who carried it. — D. J. Czitrom, Media and the American Mind

This reality was even codified in the Dewey Decimal library classification system:

380 Commerce, Communications, Transportation (Library Thing)

See also Communication, Transportation and Commerce

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Preservation

Caring for Antique Communication Devices: Phonographs, Radios, Telephones, and Other Communication Devices (Smithsonian)

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Participation

Education

MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources

Community

Occupation

Arts, Audio/Video Technology and Communications (CareerOneStop, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration)

News

Communications / Networking (Communications of the ACM)

Government

US Federal Communications Commission

Document

Communications (USA.gov)

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Media

Function	Communications	Computation	Storage	Creation	Simulation
Analog	Mail	Device	Paper	Type, Print	Automaton
Electronic	Network	Calculator	Tape	Record	Elektro
Digital	Internet	Computer
Hardware	Modem	Microprocessor	Memory	Peripheral	Robot, XR
Software	Service (Web)	Program (OS, SS)	Database	Application	AI, VW

Format Multimedia (Video, Animation) Image (Object) Scent, Flavor, Audio (Text) Haptic, “Other“

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Historically Associated Subjects

Communication, Transportation and Commerce

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Notes

1. The resources on this page are are organized by a classification scheme developed exclusively for Cosma.

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