Introduction to ICT

Introduction to ICT

INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT)

• It deals with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephone, Internet to locate, save, send and edit information

• Is a study of computers as data processing tools. It introduces students to the fundamental of using computer systems in an internet environment.

ICT in the Philippines

• Philippines is dub as the ‘’ICT Hub of Asia” because of huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one of which is BPO, Business Process Outsourcing, or call centers.

• DICT Department in the Philippines that is responsible for the planning, development and promotion of the country’s information and communications technology (ICT) agenda in support of national development.

Computer

• an electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a variable program.

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Internet

is the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol suite (TCIP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.

• Means of connecting a computer to any other computer anywhere in the world via dedicated routers and servers.

• Sometimes called simply ‘’the Net’’, is a worldwide system of computer networks- a network of networks in which the users at any one computer can get information from any other computer.