612. B. Ph TEXT III – 8 Information Transfer Cycle

III – 8      Information Transfer Cycle

Information Transfer Information transfer or presenting verbal accounts of facts and processes in pictorial form and conversely changing graphic representations to writing, involves learning how to0 restate a given body of material in different ways. Information transfer is used specifically in the contexts of narration, physical description, listing and classifying, comparison and contrast, showing cause and effect relationship and generalizing from   numerical data. Pictorial representation gives quick viewing of a large amount of data, easily un derstood than in written form and comparison becomes convenient. Information can be transferred in many ways.

1] Verbal :- 1] acts  2] ballads       3] seminars   4] conferences

2] Non-Verbal :- 5] signalling    6] semaphore           7] flags           8] lights         9] sound

3] Print Media :- 10] newspapers          11] magazines                       12] journals              13] pamphlets        14] wall posters             15] plux boards         16] books       17] booklets

4] e- Media :- 18] TV         b] FAX           19] radop       20] PTI          21] AP                        22] RATT               23] morse                      24] cell           25] Net

5] Visual Aids :- 26] graphs        27] pie-diagrams      28] bar graphs          29] histograms                             30] tree maps                31] circuits                32] block diagrams  33] writing diagrams                      34] pictorial form                       35] flow charts

6] Written Items :- 36] circulars           37] memos    38] reports    39] complaints                                 40] letters

7] Conventional Methods :- 41] postal           42] courier    43] messenger                      44] dove

8] Video :- 45] movie                    46] documentaries  47] VCDs       48] DVDs

9] Official :- 49] GO                      50] Ordinance                      51] Act

10] Science :- 52] satellites          53] internet  54] gadgets    55] pendrive  56] hard drive          

The selection of medium depends on the information to be transferred and the range or  people to

be informed.

A picture is a thousand words. So sometimes more information in an effective way can be transferred in a picture form than in words.

Actually each medium has its own advantage.

Another is that written form to be transferred into pictorial form or vice versa.

2.   Information transfer

In telecommunications, information transfer is the process of moving messages containing user information from a source to a sink via a Communication channel. In this sense, information transfer is equivalent to data transmission which highlights more practical, technical aspects.

The information transfer rate may or may not be equal to the transmission modulation rate.

Bidirectional information transfer is called information exchange.