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In telecommunications, information transfer is the process of moving messages containing user information
User information

User information is information transferred across the functional interface between a source user and a telecommunications system for delivery to a destination user....
 from a source to a sink.

Note: The information transfer rate may or may not be equal to the transmission
Transmission (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, transmission is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired or wireless....
 modulation rate.








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In telecommunications, information transfer is the process of moving messages containing user information
User information

User information is information transferred across the functional interface between a source user and a telecommunications system for delivery to a destination user....
 from a source to a sink.

Note: The information transfer rate may or may not be equal to the transmission
Transmission (telecommunications)

In telecommunications, transmission is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired or wireless....
 modulation rate.

See also

  • Federal Standard 1037C
    Federal Standard 1037C

    Federal Standard 1037C, entitled Telecommunications: Glossary of Telecommunication Terms is a United States Federal Standard, issued by the General Services Administration pursuant to the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended....
     in support of MIL-STD-188
    MIL-STD-188

    MIL-STD-188 is a series of U.S. military standards relating to telecommunications....
    .
  • information exchange
    Information exchange

    Information exchange is an informal term that can either refer to bidirectional information transmission/information transfer in telecommunications and computer science or communication seen from a system theory or information-theoretic point of view....
  • communication channel
  • data transmission
    Data transmission

    Data transmission is the physical transfer of data from point-to-point often represented as an electro-magnetic Signal over a point-to-point or point-to-multipoint communication channel....