Professional
Practices
IT & Your Life:
The Future Now
Definition: Information Technology
(IT) describes any technology that
helps to produce, manipulate, store,
communicate, and/or disseminate
information
◦ Part 1: Computer Technology
◦ Part 2: Communication Technology
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How is IT being used in
Education?
99% universities in Majority of university
80% of students use
Pakistan have internet students own their
the internet for 4 or
access own computer
more hours per week
½ of professors in Distance Learning
universities require such as this is a prime
students to use email example of usage of IT
in their classes in education.
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Health: High Tech for Wellness
Telemedicine: Medical
care via 3D Computer models
Robots permit precise
telecommunications allow accurate tumor
microsurgery
lets doctors treat location inside a skull
patients from far away
Medical implants allow
Handheld computers stroke patients to Health websites
allow patients to directly control provide medical
measure blood sugar computers to talk for information
them.
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Definition: Virtual means
something that is created,
simulated, or carried on by means
of a computer or a computer
network
Money: Cashless Virtual airline tickets
Society? Virtual money
◦ Online bill paying
◦ PayPal
◦ Electronic payroll deposit
◦ Micropayments for online music
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Leisure: Infotech in
Entertainment & the Arts
Videogames
Downloading
◦ Movies
◦ Music
◦ eBooks
Most movies use computer animation
Digital editing
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Jobs & Careers
Office careers: Budget, payroll, letter-writing, email
Teaching: Automated grading systems, emailing, distance teaching
Fashion: Sales/inventory control systems, ordering, personnel
Job-hunting:
◦ Use word processor to create resumes
◦ Post resumes online
◦ Online job searches
Question: Can anyone think of a career that does NOT require
computer skills?
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The Telephone Grows Up
1973 Today’s
First cellphone call cellphones:
•Are mobile
•Can take and send pictures
•Can connect to the internet
•Can send and receive text messages
Nokia estimates 2 billion mobile phone
subscribers
2006
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Internet, World Wide
Web, & Cyberspace
World Wide Web
◦ The multimedia part of the internet
◦ An interconnected system of servers that
support specially formatted documents in
multimedia form
◦ Includes text, still images, moving images,
sound
◦ Responsible for the growth and popularity of
the internet
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Internet, World Wide
Web, & Cyberspace
Cyberspace
◦ Term coined by William Gibson (1984)
◦ Cyberspace is "the notional environment in
which communication over computer networks
occurs."
◦ Described a advanced computer network people
“plugged” into directly with their brains
◦ Now means
◦ The web
◦ Chat rooms
◦ Online diaries (blogs)
◦ The wired and wireless communications world
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5 Computer Types
Supercomputers
• Priced from $1 million to $350 million
• High-capacity machines with thousands of processors
• Multi-user systems
Mainframe Computers
Workstations
Microcomputers
Microcontrollers
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5 Computer Types
Supercomputers
Mainframe Computers
• Until late 1960’s, the only computer available
• Cost $5,000 - $5 million
• Multi-user systems; accessed using a terminal
• Terminals only have a keyboard and monitor; can’t be used alone
Workstations
Microcomputers
Microcontrollers
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Supercomputers
Mainframe Computers
Workstations
5 Computer • Introduced in early 1980s
• Expensive, powerful personal computers
Types • Used for scientific, mathematical,
engineering, computer-aided design (CAD),
computer-aided manufacturing (CAM)
• A less-expensive alternative to mainframes
Microcomputers
Microcontrollers
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Supercomputers
Mainframe Computers
Workstations
5 Computer
Microcomputers
Types
• Personal computers that cost Rs. 20,000 to
Rs. 200,000
• Used either stand-alone or in a network
• Types include desktop, tower, notebooks, or
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
Microcontrollers
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Supercomputers
Mainframe Computers
Workstations
Microcomputers
5 Computer Microcontrollers
Types ◦ Also called embedded computers
◦ Tiny, specialized microprocessors inside
appliances and automobiles
◦ They are in: microwaves, programmable
ovens, blood-pressure monitors, air bag
sensors, vibration sensors, MP3 players,
digital cameras, keyboards, car engine
controllers, etc.
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Servers
Are central computers
May be any of the 4 larger computer types.
Hold data (databases) and programs
“Server” describes a Connect to and supply services for clients
function Clients are other computers like PCs,
workstations, other devices
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Convergence, Portability, & Personalization
Computers
Convergence: the Consumer electronics
combination of Entertainment
Mass media
Portability
Collaboration: software People to share anything instantly
People to enhance the information as they
that allows forward it
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Future of Information Technology
3 directions of Computer 3 directions of Communications
Development Development
Smallness Connectivity
Speed Interactivity
Affordability Multimedia
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Summary
WHAT IS IT USAGE OF IT IN MEDIUM AND TYPES OF
DIFFERENT WALKS TECHNOLOGIES COMPUTERS
OF LIFE USED IN IT
FUTURE OF IT
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