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  1. Data communications is the sending and
  2. receiving data via any communications 
  3. medium, such as a telephone line. The term
  4. usually implies that the data is digital data
  5. such as computer data rather than analog,
  6. such as voice messages. However, in the ISDN
  7. (Integrated Services Digital Network) system,
  8. all data, including voices and video images,
  9. are transmitted digitally.
  10.  
  11. See also TELECOMMUNICATIONS.
  12.  
  13. Subject by: Shaun Jey
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