What are the methods of communication used in modern times?
Fax Fax uses the public telephone system as a way of delivering paper documents from one place to another, in those situations where a hard copy original is not essential. E-mail E-mail has become the primary means for delivering short text messages within organisations that are networked. As e-mail between organisations becomes more common, the medium will increasingly take the place of fax, particularly as whole documents can be sent as e-mail attachments. E-mail provides many cost advantages when compared with the use of paper or the telephone. Intranet An intranet uses the same technology as the Internet, but operates within the confines of a single organisation. Normally an intranet is used to deliver text and images, although the technology is capable of audio, animation, video and real-time 3D graphics (sometimes called ‘virtual reality’). The principal constraint on the media that an intranet can employ is the bandwidth (capacity) of the organisation’s network, although it is a
