The document discusses noise in analog communication systems. It defines noise as an unwanted signal that affects the wanted signal. There are two main categories of noise: interference from human sources and naturally occurring random noise. Noise is generated internally in communication equipment and externally from environmental changes. Noise corrupts signals and degrades the signal-to-noise ratio, leading to bit errors in digital communication. The bit error rate and bit error probability are used to characterize the noise performance of a system. Additive noise is the combination of all noises added to the signal as it travels through the communication channel.