• Sending and receiving spoken, written or visual messages is known as communication,

• Methods like writing letters, using telephone,etc. which are used to communicate are means of communication.

MODERN MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

POSTThe Department of Posts, trading as India

Post, is a government-operated postal system in India; it is generally referred to

within India as "the post office". As of 31 March 2011, the Indian Postal Service

had 1,54,866 post offices , of which 1,39,040 were in rural areas and 15,826 in urban The highest post office in the world is in Sikkim , Himachal Pradesh,

India at a height of 15,500 ft. TELEPHONE

A telephone, is a telecommunication device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation

when they are not in the same place. A telephone was invented in 1876 by

Alexander gram bell and further developed by many others, the

telephone was the first device in history that enabled people to talk

directly with each other across large distances.

FAXFax sometimes called telecopying or

telefax, is the telephonic transmission of scanned printed material normally to a telephone number connected to a printer or other output device. The original document is scanned with a fax

machine. Its full form is facsimile.

COMPUTERA computer is a general purpose

device that can be programmed to carry out a set of arithmetic or logical

operations. Since a sequence of operations can be readily changed, the computer can solve more than

one kind of problem.it was invented by Charles Babbage.

NEWSPAPERNewspaper and magazines have always been important means of

mass communication. Newspaper give us day-to-day information about event from all over the world. They

are available in almost all the languages.

RADIORadio is a popular mean of mass

communication. People still follow a cricket match by

listening to a running commentary on the transistor

radio.

TELEVISIONTelevision, or TV for short, is a

telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving

images that can be monochrome or colored, with or without

accompanying sound. They provide us variety of

programs.News,educational and entertainment programs shown on

TV are watched by millions of peoples. SATELITE

India has launched a no. of satellites into space for the purpose of

communication. Indian national satellite system –INSAT IA,IB,IC,ID and many others have helped to

sped up communication. International and overseas calls can

be made through satellites. Live telecast of sports and cultural events is made possible by these satellites.

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