Isixhumi njengesinye sezesekeli ezibalulekile nezibalulekile kumpahla yezokuxhumana, inani lezinto zokuxhumana libalwa ngenani elikhulu uma kuqhathaniswa.Imishini yetheminali yokuxhumana ikakhulukazi ihlanganisa amaswishi, amarutha, amamodemu (iModemu), okokugcina ukusetshenziswa komsebenzisi, njll. Eminyakeni yamuva nje, ukuthuthuka okusheshayo kwe-inthanethi ephathwayo, ukukhula ngokushesha kwethrafikhi yedatha yomhlaba wonke, ukukhuthaza ukwanda okuqhubekayo kwemishini yenethiwekhi nomakhalekhukhwini. imakethe yokugcina, okwenza ukuxhumana kanye nokudluliswa kwedatha ngezixhumi ukuthola intuthuko esheshayo.