Transmission media is used to carry information from sender to receiver through electrical or electromagnetic signals. There are different types of transmission media including twisted-pair cables, coaxial cables, and fiber-optic cables. Twisted-pair cables use twisted pairs of conductors to reduce interference, and can be unshielded or shielded. Fiber-optic cables transmit data as pulses of light through glass fibers and have advantages over metal cables including higher bandwidth and immunity to electromagnetic interference. Wireless transmission media also transmits data through radio waves or microwaves across space.
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