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Module 1 : Impact Of Digital Technology Flashcards

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Digital/Computer Literacy

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Involves having current knowledge and understanding of computers, mobile devices, the web and related technologies

Being computer literate is essential for acquiring a job, using and contributing to global communications and participating effectively in international community

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Computer

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Electronic device, operating under the control of instructions stored in its own memory that can accept data, process the data to produce information and store the information for future use

Includes hardware and software

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Data

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Raw facts, such as text or numbers

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Hardware

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The device itself and its components, such as wires, cases, switches and electronic circuits

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Software

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Consists of the programs ane apps that instruct the computer to perform tasks
Processes data into meaningful information

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Vacuum tubes

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The first generation of computers
Cylindrical glass tubes that controlled the flow of electons
ENIAC & UNIVAC are examples of these expensive machines
Use and availability was limited due to their large size, amount of power they consumed, heat they generated and how quickly they wore out

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Tansistors

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Next generation of computers that replaced vacuum tubes
Smaller, cheaper and more reliable
Contained many components that are still in use today, including tape and disk storage, memory, operating systems and stored programs

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Integrated circuits

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Developed in 1960’s

Packed the equivalent of thousands of vacuum tubes or transistors into a silicon chip about the size of your thumb

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Microprocessor

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The “brains” of a computer, a chip that contains a central processing unit
Faster, smaller and less expensive than integrated circuits

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Computers for personal use

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Gained popularity in the 1970s and 1980s
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak of Apple Computer Corporation introduced the Apple 2, a pre-assembled computer with colour grahics and popular spreadsheet software called VisiCalc

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Personal Computer (PC)

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Connected devices that can share data using the internet or wireless networks. They are smaller, faster and have far greater capabilities than previous computers

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Internet of Things (IoT)

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Environment where processors are embedded in every product imaginable and these things communicate with one another via the internet or wireless networks

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Smart devices

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Have the abilty to communicate, locate and predict
Examples are alarm clocks, coffeemakers, thermostats, streetlights, navigation systems and much more
They have associated apps to control and interact with them

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Embedded Computer

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Computer that functions as one component in a larger product and which has a specific purpose
Usually small and have limited hardware
They are everywhere

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ATMs

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Automated teller machines are one of the more familiar uses of IoT.

You can use your ATM card to withdraw cash, deposit checks and interact with your bank accounts.

ATMs are a type of kiosk

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Chip-and-pin technology

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Stores data on an embedded chip instead of magnetic stripe

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Kiosk

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Freestanding booth usually placed in a public aea that contain a display device used to show information to the public or event attendees

They enable self-service transactions in hotels, airports and in healthcare.

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IoT at home

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Enables you to manage devices remotely at home, such as to start the washing machine at a certain time, switch on/off the lights at a certain time, view potential intruders via a webcam.

Include wearable fitness trackers that record and send data to your smartphone about your exercise activity

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IoT in business

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Manufacturing can use sensors to monitor processes and increase quality of finished goods

Retail can use sensors to track inventory or send coupons to customers’ phone while they shop

Shipping companies can track mileage and location of their trucks

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IoT in healthcare

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Send patient reminders about about upcoming appointments or tests

Connect to patient’s wearable blood pressure or glucose monitor

Send prescription updates and changesto a pharmacy, and alert the patient of the prescription

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Artificial Intelligence (AI)

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Technological use of logic and prior experience to simulate human intelligence.

It has a variety of capabilities such as speech recognition, virtual reality, logical reasoning and creative responses.

The goal in creating AI devices is to minimise the gap between what a machine can do and what a human can do.

Computers with AI use machine intelligence rather than human intelligence to make decisions

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Virtual Reality (VR)

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Use of computers to simulate a real or imagines environment that appears as a 3D space

Have a sensory experience through visual and sound effects, can use VR in gaming

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Augmented Reality (AR)

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Type of VR that uses an image of an actual place or thing and adds digital information to it

E.g, picture of location (shopping centre) with information about places of interest (diffent shops in the centre)

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Digital divide

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Gap between those who have access to technology and its resources and information and those who do it

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As a digital citizen

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You should be familiar with how to use technology to become and educated and productive member of the digital world

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Natural language processing

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Form of data input in which computers interpret and digitize spoken words or commands

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Digital assistants

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Use natural language processing to respond to your verbal commands or questions, using search technology to provide answers or perform a task

Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri

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Robotics

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Science that combines engineering and technology to create and program robots.

Robots are useful in situations where it is impractical, dangerous or inconvient to use a human, eg, cleanup of hazardous waste

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Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

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Requires any company with 15 or more employees to make reasonable attempts to accomodate the needs of physically challenged workers

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Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)

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Requires that public schools purchase or acquire funding for adaptive technologies.
Put in place to ensure that people with disabilities can access information, resources and services usinh appropriate technology.

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Screen reader

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Uses audio output to describe the contents of the screen.

Can read aloud webpages and documents or provide narration of the computer or device’s actions

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Alternative text

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Descriptive text added to an object, such as a picture or drawing.
Webpages and documents should include alt text for all images.
Can be as simple as the name of the famous individual shown in photograph

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Speech recognition programs

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The user can input data or information verbally

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Graphic organizers

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Enable users to create an outline or structure of information

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Audio books

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To read information aloud to the user instead of reading on a printed page or on screen

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Green computing

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Reducing electricity consumed and environmental waste generated when using computers, mobile devices and related technologies

Energy Star program is used to help reduce amount of electricity used by computers and related devices

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Enterprise Computing

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Use of technology by a company’s employees yo meet the needs of large businesses

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Enterprise functional units

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Telecommuting

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Working from home, can use smartphones, the internet, the cloud and more to work remotely

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Intelligent workplace

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Uses technology to enable workers to connect to the company’s network, communicate with each other, meet via web-conferencing and many more

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BYOD (bring your own device)

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Policy that enables employees to use their personal devices to conduct business.

Companies use online collaborative productivity software.

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Intelligent classroom

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Schools use social networking tools to promote school events, work cooperatively on group projects and send finshed assigment to teacher using email.

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Learning management system (LMS)

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Used to set up web-based training sites where students can check their progress in a course, take practice tests, view lectures online and exchange messages

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Mobile health

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Healthcare professionals using smartphones or tablets to access health records stored in the cloud and patients using digital devices to monitor their conditions and treatments, reducing need for visits to the doctor’s office

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Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)

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Robots perform work that is too dangerous, detailed or monotonous for people (e.g, paint bodies of cars)

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Machine-to-machine (M2M)

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Monitor assembly lines and equipment

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IT responsibilities

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Do you need to be information literate to be computer literate?

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No

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