18Network and connectivity technologies
Introduction
The overarching theme of the digital technologies discussed in this chapter is connectivity. The digital technologies discussed play a critical role in the ability of people, systems, devices, and other things to pass and receive information from each other. It is this information, combined with computation, that is at the heart of and extends the power of other digital technologies like cloud computing, the internet of things, artificial intelligence, and robotics/drones. There is a range of connectivity technologies and standards, each offering strengths in areas like data transmission speed, transmission range, the amount of data that can be sent, connectivity reliability, connection ...
