Ahad, 11 November 2012

What is IT/ICT



ICT is an acronym that stands for Information Communications Tecnology. However, apart from explaining an acronym, there is not a universally accepted defininition of ICT? 
three words behind ICT:


- INFORMATION
- COMMUNICATIONS

- TECHNOLOGY 
                                       

                                            

                             
                         
  
 A good way to think about ICT is to consider all the uses of digital technology that already exist to help individuals, businesses and organisations use information. ICT covers any product that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form. For example, personal computers, digital television, email, robots.

 So ICT is concerned with the storage, retrieval, manipulation, transmission or receipt of digital data. Importantly, it is also concerned with the way these different uses can work with each other. 

For example  in business, ICT is often categorised into two broad types of product: 
(1) The traditional computer-based technologies (things you can typically do on a personal computer or using computers at home or at work)

(2) The more recent, and fast-growing range of digital communication technologies (which allow people and organisations to communicate and share information digitally)


                      Standard Office Applications - Main Examples


Word processing
E.g. Microsoft Word: Write letters, reports etc
Spreadsheets
E.g. Microsoft Excel; Analyse financial information; calculations; create forecasting models etc
Database software
E.g. Oracle, Microsoft SQL Server, Access; Managing data in many forms, from basic lists (e.g. customer contacts through to complex material (e.g. catalogue)
Presentation software
E.g. Microsoft PowerPoint; make presentations, either directly using a computer screen or data projector. Publish in digital format via email or over the Internet
Desktop publishing
E.g. Adobe Indesign, Quark Express, Microsoft Publisher; produce newsletters, magazines and other complex documents.
Graphics software
E.g Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator; create and edit images such as logos, drawings or pictures for use in DTP, web sites or other publications
















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