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Transmission (telecommunications)

Hmmm, let's see. Do you know what happens when you talk to someone on the phone or send a message on your tablet? That's right, your voice or messages travel through the air or fiber cables and reach the other person's phone or tablet.

Now, imagine you want to talk to someone who's very far away, like in another city or even another country. How can your voice or message travel that far? This is where transmission comes in.

Transmission in telecommunications means sending information, such as your voice or messages, from one place to another through special devices and technologies that are meant for long-distance communication.

When you talk on the phone or send a text, your voice or message is converted into electrical signals that can travel long distances. These signals are sent through a communication channel, like a wireless network or fiber-optic cable, and are usually processed and amplified along the way to make sure they don't get lost or weakened.

At the other end, the electrical signals are converted back into sound waves that you can hear or words that you can read. This is how you can communicate with people who are far away from you, using the magic of transmission.

So, that's basically what transmission is. It's like sending a message in a bottle, but instead of a bottle, we use wires and wireless signals to send our messages across the world.
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