In digital communication system, the information bearing digital signal is processed such
that it can be represented by a sequence of binary digits (discrete messages). Then it is used for
ON/OFF keying of some characteristic of a high frequency sinusoidal carrier wave, such as
amplitude, phase or frequency. If the input message signal is in analog form, then it is converted
to digital form by the processes of sampling, quantizing and encoding. Computer data and
telegraph signals are some examples of digital signal. The key feature of a digital communication
system is that it deals with a finite set of discrete messages.