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It's a instrument, device or element that take/receive and interpret signals emitted by another device and uses it for some activity.

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What is any type of hardware capable of transmitting data instructions and information between a sending device and a receiving device?

a communication device


Is a joystick and output or input device?

A joystick is an input device. The movement of the stick is translated into signals that are sent to the receiving computer. To identify if the device is input or output, simply think of this: Do you need to send a command to the computer (inputting), or is the computer displaying (outputting) information to you?


Is Card reader Writer input or output?

I expect you mean "Is Card reader/writer input or output?". If this is so, it is both an input and output device. Whenever you are trying to categorize a device as Input or Output, think of how it looks from the computer.If the computer is transmitting data to it, it is an Output device.If the computer is receiving data from it, it is an Input device.


How do you send a text message to a landline phone?

You can't. Landline phones aren't capable of receiving text messages. Only cellular phones and other text messaging devices, such as zip-its, which is more of an IM device, but it still applies


How does information get passed from one layers to the next in the internet model?

Each layer in the sending device adds its own information to the message it receives from the above layer and sends it to the layer below it. At layer 1 the entire package is converted to a form to be transmitted to the receiving device. On the receiving device side, the package is unwrapped layer to layer. Each layer removes data meaningful to it and sends the rest to the above layer and so on. Hope this was helpful By nour el houda

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What name is given to a device that acts as both a sending and receiving device?

transmitter


What does a receiving device do if it receives a frame that is less than the allowed minimum size or greater than the allowed maximum size?

the receiving device drops the frame.


What device is any type of hardware capable of transmitting data instructions and information between a sending device and a receiving device?

a communication device


A type of communications device that connects a communications channel to a sending or receiving device?

modem


What is any type of hardware capable of transmitting data instructions and information between a sending device and a receiving device?

a communication device


What determines how the sending device indicates that it has finished sending a message and how the receiving device indicates that it has received the message?

routers


What determine how the sending device indicates that it has finished sending a message and how the receiving device indicates that it has received the message?

routers


Why is the light blinking on my device?

The light on your device may be blinking to indicate that it is receiving or transmitting data, or to alert you to a notification or a low battery.


What is an anticoherer?

An anticoherer is a device used in connection with the receiving apparatus for reading wireless signals.


What are functions of Communication devices?

To transmit data, instructions, and information between a sending and receiving device.


What are the functions of communication devices?

To transmit data, instructions, and information between a sending and receiving device.


What is A type of communications device that connects a communications channel to a sending or receiving device is a?

A type of communications device that connects a communications channel to a sending or receiving device is a modem. Modems modulate and demodulate signals for transmission over various types of media, such as telephone lines or cable systems. They enable digital devices to communicate with each other by converting digital data into analog signals and vice versa.