IT Flashcards
What is Information Technology?
the study or use of systems (especially computers and telecommunications) for
storing, retrieving, and sending information.
Problems in IT
INOPPORTUNE
ILLITERACY
UNEMPLOYMENT
Gaps and distance people for advancement
INOPPORTUNE
unable to participate in IT
ILLITERACY
Technology is a factor for
_________________
UNEMPLOYMENT
Solution to Inopportune
Social Interactions
Solution to Illiteracy
Technology-based Learning
Solution to Unemployment
Empowering Human Ingenuity
This aspect plays a significant role in core business practices.
DATA PROCESSING
DATA PROCESSING STAGES
Data Collection
Data Preparation
Data Input
Data Output
Data Storage
refers to the potential for connected
devices and their benefits to become
commonplace.
UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING
UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING is also called?
Pervasive Computing
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES SERVICES
Server Upgrade, Security and Monitoring, New Software, Business Improvement, User Support
One or more data
center servers near
the end of their
operational and
maintenance lifecycle.
Server Upgrade
Businesses routinely
employ tools to monitor
and log activity in
applications, networks
and system
SECURITY
provide many other services to protect your
network, including:
* Building firewalls
* Installing anti-virus software
* Installing virtual private networks (VPNs)
* Performing regular network checkups
SECURITY
Developers work to create and refine a suitable
application according to a planned roadmap.
Operations staff posts each iteration of the
new mobile application for download and deploy
the back-end components of the app to the
organization’s infrastructure.
NEW SOFTWARE
A business requires more availability from a
critical application to help with revenue or
business continuance strategies.
BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT
Developers are building a
major upgrade for a vital
business application.
USER SUPPORT
These are physical
aspects of technology
HARDWARE
is another type of
hardware. It’s any technology that
holds information as data.
STORAGE
Information that is stored can
take many forms such as?
File, Multimedia, Telephony, Web, Sensors Data
is a container in a computer system for
storing information. Files used in computers
are similar in features to that of paper
documents used in library and office files.
FILE
is the use of a computer to present
and combine text, graphics, audio, and video
with links and tools that let the user navigate,
interact, create, and communicate
MULTIMEDIA
Technology that allows people to make and place
phone calls, and share information across long
distances
TELEPHONY
The way to access information through the
Internet.
WEB
The output of a device that detects and responds
to some type of input from the physical
environment.
SENSORS DATA
a set of instructions, data
or programs used
to operate computers and
execute specific tasks.
SOFTWARE
CATEGORIES OF SOFTWARE
- SYSTEM SOFTWARE
- APPLICATION SOFTWARE
a program designed to
run a computer’s hardware
and applications
SYSTEM SOFTWARE
program that performs a
specific personal,
educational, and business
function.
APPLICATION SOFTWARE
What are the system softwares?
- Operating System
- Basic output/input system
- Boot Program
- Assemblers
- Device Drivers
is a software that controls
how your hardware works, which means it manages
the computer’s memory, processes, and all of
its software and hardware.
operating system
is a firmware
code that is executed when a computer is powered
on. It performs a power-on self-test (POST) and
initializes the computer before loading the
operating system. It is stored in a ROM
(read-only memory) chip on the motherboard.
BIOS
means to
start a computer up from cold.
boot
When a computer
is initially powered on, commands in the computer’s ROM are automatically executed that
instruct the computer to load the _______________________
into memory and execute its instructions.
BOOT PROGRAM
is a type of computer program that
takes in basic instructions and converts them
into a pattern of bits that the computer’s
processor can use to perform basic operations.
ASSEMBLERS
are tiny programs that enable a computer to communicate with its hardware devices, such as printers, scanners, and keyboards.
DEVICE DRIVERS
ADVANTAGES OF I.T
Protecting and Storing Information
Automated Processes
COMMUNICATION
Remote Access or Telecommuting
Electronic storage systems
are being created to hold
the information that is
being shared over the
internet and internal intranets.
Protecting and Storing Information
The ability to find ways
to complete more work in a
shorter amount of time
Automated Processes
__________ in every
aspect of human interaction
is essential.
COMMUNICATION
Having the ability to
access a computer or device
from another device, at any
time, and from anywhere.
Remote Access or Telecommuting
DISADVANTAGES OF I.T
Expense of Implementation and Maintenance
Elimination of Jobs
Breaches in Security
Setup costs for
implementing an
information technology
system within a home or
business can be very
costly.
Expense of Implementation
and Maintenance
By implementing IT
systems into a company,
tasks take less time and
therefore, employees have
more time throughout the
day.
Elimination of Jobs
When information is stored
electronically, there are
more chances of having
security breaches. Hackers
are evolving along with
technology and they are
never up to any good.
Breaches in Security
Electronic storage systems are being created to
hold the information that is being shared over
the internet and internal intranets.
Protecting and Storing Information
The ability to find ways to complete more work
in a shorter amount of time
Automated Processes
________________ in every aspect of human
interaction is essential.
Communication
Having the ability to access a computer or
device from another device, at any time, and
from anywhere.
Remote Access or Telecommuting
Setup costs for implementing an information technology
system within a home or business can be very costly.
- Expense of Implementation and Maintenance
By implementing IT systems into a company, tasks take less
time and therefore, employees have more time throughout
the day.
Elimination of Jobs
When information is stored electronically, there are more
chances of having security breaches. Hackers are evolving
along with technology and they are never up to any good.
Breaches in Security
It is the infrastructure and components
that enable modern computing.
ICT, or information and
communications technology
ICTs are also used to refer to _______________________ such as audio-visual and telephone
networks with computer networks…
the convergence of media
technology
refers to the merging of previously distinct media technologies and
platforms through digitization and computer networking.
MEDIA CONVERGENCE
is when a single company has interests across many kinds of
media.
Economic convergence
is multimedia multitasking, or the natural outcome of a diverse
media world.
Organic convergence
is when stories flow across several kinds of media platforms
and when readers or viewers can comment on, alter, or otherwise talk back to
culture.
Cultural convergence
is when geographically distant cultures are able to influence one
another.
Global convergence
is when different kinds of technology merge. The most
extreme example of technological convergence would be one machine that
controlled every media function.
Technological convergence
refers to the trend or phenomenon where two or more independent
technologies integrate and form a new outcome.
Technological Convergence
Elements of Technology
Convergence
- Technology
- Media and Content
- Services Applications
- Robots and Machines
- Virtual Reality / Augmented
Reality
In recent years, they may have similar features such as the ability to connect to WIFI, play rich internet-based media and run apps. People may use either their television or phone to play a game or communicate with relatives, using the same software.
Technology
It is likely that music, movies, video games and informational
content will eventually converge to the point that they are no
longer distinct formats.
Media and Content
For example, future music may always come with an interactive
music video that resembles a game.
Media and Content
In the late 1990s, there was a large difference between business and
consumer software and services.
Services Applications
Technology tends to move from a large number of highly specific
tools towards a small set of flexible tools with broad applications.
Services Applications
assists in human
tasks’ performance, which could be otherwise laborious.
Robots and Machines
It is increasingly common for machines such as vehicles or appliances to
have semi-autonomous features that technically make them robots.
Robots and Machines
can be viewed as the convergence of real life with digital entities
such as simulations, games, and information environments.
Virtual Reality / Augmented Reality
includes all technical
means that are used for
handling information and
facilitating communication,
including computers, network
hardware communication
lines and all necessary
software.
ICT
is comprised of…
information technology, telephony, electronic media, and all types of process and transfer of audio and video signals, and all control and managing functions based on network technologies.
ICT
refers to the knowledge obtained from reading, investigation, study or
research.
Information
__________ is an act of transmitting messages. It is a process whereby
information is exchanged between individuals using symbols, signs or verbal
interactions.
Communication
__________ is the use of scientific knowledge, experience and resources to
create processes and products that fulfill human needs.
Technology
Telephone and fax machines are
the devices used in extending
communication.
Aiding Communication
To broadcast information such as
news or weather reports effectively.
Spreading Information
