Applying ICT Today
Applying ICT Today
I. From IT to ICT
II. ICT at Home and in School
III. The Social Impact of ICT
Information Technology (IT), or the technology necessary for processing information, is now accepted to be one of the driving forces of the modern world. It has transformed and continues to change the way people live and communicate because of the rate at which the computers and the technology behind them improve with time.
Do You Remember? Gordon Moore, the founder of IBM computers, once predicted that the power of transistors in a computer would double every year (Moore's Law). While this rate has decreased somewhat, data density still has managed to double every 18 months. Moore and other IT experts foresee this trend to be maintained in the next twenty years.
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp. The prevailing use of electronic media in combination with computers and software has resulted in information technology being closely aligned with communications technology. The result is a merging of sorts such that the two fields are now indistinguishable from one another---fused as one technological reference point known as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). As a fairly new field, ICT is intrinsically application-oriented, with a deep focus on the needs of specific industries and commerce in general. ICT research covers a wide area that includes basic numerical analysis and the provision of solutions to technical communications problems currently plaguing society. Among these are the limited access capability of cellular phones to the Internet, convergence issues concerning the personal computer, and the proliferation of spam messages.
What is ICT?
The use of electronic media in combination with computers and software
The merging of two fields
Based on a study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Indicators, the development of ICT around the world is largely dependent on the increase in the number of telephone
I. From IT to ICT
II. ICT at Home and in School
III. The Social Impact of ICT
Information Technology (IT), or the technology necessary for processing information, is now accepted to be one of the driving forces of the modern world. It has transformed and continues to change the way people live and communicate because of the rate at which the computers and the technology behind them improve with time.
Do You Remember? Gordon Moore, the founder of IBM computers, once predicted that the power of transistors in a computer would double every year (Moore's Law). While this rate has decreased somewhat, data density still has managed to double every 18 months. Moore and other IT experts foresee this trend to be maintained in the next twenty years.
Gordon Moore, co-founder of Intel Corp. The prevailing use of electronic media in combination with computers and software has resulted in information technology being closely aligned with communications technology. The result is a merging of sorts such that the two fields are now indistinguishable from one another---fused as one technological reference point known as Information and Communications Technology (ICT). As a fairly new field, ICT is intrinsically application-oriented, with a deep focus on the needs of specific industries and commerce in general. ICT research covers a wide area that includes basic numerical analysis and the provision of solutions to technical communications problems currently plaguing society. Among these are the limited access capability of cellular phones to the Internet, convergence issues concerning the personal computer, and the proliferation of spam messages.
What is ICT?
The use of electronic media in combination with computers and software
The merging of two fields
Based on a study by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) Telecommunication Indicators, the development of ICT around the world is largely dependent on the increase in the number of telephone