THE CURRENT STATE OF ICT TECHNOLOGIES Flashcards
Means people having power and control over their own lives. People get the support they need that is right for them. It means that people are equal citizens. They are respected and confident in their communities.
Empowerment
Is the application of scientific knowledge for
practical purposes or applications. It uses scientific principles and applies them to change the environment in which humans live. It can also use scientific principles to advance industry or other
human constructions
Technology
Refers to the system that enables people to access information over the internet.
World Wide Web
The actual interconnection of computers and other networks.
Internet
Knowledge obtained from investigation, study, or instruction
Information
Is a process that involves sending and receiving messages through the verbal and non-verbal methods. It is a two-way means of communicating information in the form of thoughts, opinions, and ideas between two or more individuals with the purpose of building an understanding.
Communication
An electronic device for storing and processing data, typically in binary form, according to instructions given to it in a
variable program.
Computer
Is a collection of programs and data that tell a computer how to perform specific tasks
Software
Includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the case, central processing unit, random access memory, monitor, mouse, keyboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, speakers and motherboard.
Hardware
Is information represented as a string of discrete symbols, each of which can take on one of only a finite number of values from some alphabet, such as letters or digits.
Digital
- The infrastructure and components
that enable modern computing. - All devices, networking
components, applications and
systems that combined allow
people and organizations to
interact in the digital world. - It also refers to the use of
communication technology - To send, save, and edit information
Information and Communication Technology
- Refers to the system that enables
people to access information
over the internet. - Refers to the software aspect as
it relates to the Protocols or
HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer
Protocol)
World Wide Web
- The actual interconnection of
computers and other
networks. - The hardware aspect because it
relates to computer networks,
connections and
infrastructures.
Internet
World Wide Web: Development begun in (Year) by (Name) & colleagues at (Place), a
(Definition of the place) , an
international scientific
organization based in (Location)
- 1989
- Tim Berners-Lee
- CERN
- European Organization for Nuclear Research
- Geneva, Switzerland
World Wide Web: They created a protocol, (What they created) , which standardized
communication between servers and clients. Their text-based Web browser was made
available for general release in
(Month & Year).
- Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)
- January 1992