UNIT 1: INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY Flashcards
is an umbrella term used to encompass all rapidly emerging, evolving, and converging computer, software, networking, telecommunications, internet, programming, and information systems technologies.
ICT
means many things to people depending on the context.
information
refers to the transfer or exchange of information from person to person or from one place to another. When action produce a reaction, whether positive or negative, communication has taken place.
communication
refers to the use of scientific knowledge to invent tools that assist human beings in their efforts to overcome environmental hazards and impediments to comfort.
technology
At the beginning, there were few web content creators.
Webpages were static and were called read only web.
The only available feedback mechanism was through private emails.
web 1.0
changes us from passive to active information consumers, allowing our online voice to be part of the conversation
web 2.0
It is described by Time Berners-Lee (Father of the WWW) as the read-write-execute web.
_______ referred to as the semantic web or data driven web content and response. The context of the search of the user is processed by a programming language to help the user by presenting options of what the person is interested in.
web 3.0
It is an evolution of technological development that merge into a new system bringing together different types of applications and media.
technology convergence
It is a collection of internet-based communication tools and computer assisted channels dedicated to allowing users to interact, communicate, and share information in a virtual community and network.
social media
A range of handheld devices, from mobile phones, and e-readers to game consoles, primarily used as personal, interactive, Internet-enabled, and user-controlled portable platforms that allow interconnected users to exchange personal and non-personal information
mobile media
It is a non-profit organization founded in 1996 in Michigan, USA. It was founded by David H. Harvey.
assistive media
A system that is connected to the internet.
Provides access to a software system using a computer and internet connection.
Uses the internet web technologies to deliver information and services to users or other information systems/application online system
online system
