When this happens, the sixth element of a computer system, connectivity, is created.
Connectivity is the ability of one machine to share information and resources with other machines.
The way that computers are connected is an element of a computer system. In order to fully understand how data transmission works, a user must understand how data are represented in the computer. Data in the computer is represented using the binary number system . Information in computers is shared by using data transmission. The transmission of data over a computer connection makes computing much faster and easier than carrying the data on diskette from machine to machine.