Information and communications technology or information and communication technology:
ICT is often used as an extended for information technology but is usually more general term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications.
Intelligent building management systems and audio-visual systems in modern information technology.
ICT consists of all technical means used to handle information and aid communication,including computer and network hardware,communication as well as necessary software.
ICT also consists of IT as well as telephony, broadcast media,all types of audio and video processing
and transmission and network based control and monitoring functions.
ICT is often used in the context of "ICT roadmap" to indicate the path that an organization will take their ICT needs.The term ICT is now also used to refer to the merging (convergence) of audio- visual and telephone networks with computer networks through a single cabling,or link system.There are large economic incentives to merge the audio-visual, building management and telephone network system using a single unified system of cabling,signal distribution and management.This in turn has spurred the growth of organizations with the term ICT in their names to indicate their specialization in the process of merging the different network systems.ICT covers any products that will store,retrieve,manipulate,transmit or receive information electronically in a digital form.
ICT is often categorised into two broadtypes of product:
1.The traditional computer-based technologies - things you can typically do on a personal computer.
2.Digital communication technologies- which allow people and organizations to communicate and share information digitally.
Traditional Computer Based Technologies:
The C is part of ICT refers to the communication of data by electronic means,usually over some distance.This is often achieve via networks of sending and receiving equipment,wires and satellites links.
ICT in a Broader Context:
The nature of information-This covers topics such as the meaning and value of information .
Management of information-This covers how data is captured,verified and stored for effective use; the manipulation,processing and distribution of information;keeping information secure designing networks to share information.
Information systems strategy -This considers how ICT can be used within a business or organization as part of achieving goals and objectives.
is an umbrella term that includes any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and applications associated with them, such as videoconferencing and distance learning. ICTs are often spoken of in a particular context, such as ICTs in education, health care, or libraries.
The importance of ICTs lies less in the technology itself than in its ability to create greater access to information and communication in underserved populations. Many countries around the world have established organizations for the promotion of ICTs, because it is feared that unless less technologically advanced areas have a chance to catch up, the increasing technological advances in developed nations will only serve to exacerbate the already-existing economic gap between technological "have" and "have not" areas.
Information Communications Technology/Technologies (ICT) is an umbrella term that encompasses any communication source, device, or application that allows for participation in a world in where all activities are constantly transformed by access to various developing technologies. ICT has impacted the world socially and economically. It has facilitated the ease of communication by allowing life to be lived through emails, video conferencing, and cellular phone technology twenty-four hours of the day. ICT’s have become a crucial part of integrating developing areas into the global economy. However, some consider it detrimental, as people are replaced in the workforce by the developing technologies.
