IICT •Lecture
2
Lecture’s Outline
❑What is ICT?
❑Why study ICT?
❑Computer for individual use.
❑Computer and communication
technology
❑Impact of ICT
Information and
Communication
Technology
What is
ICT? Essentially computer
technology and
communication
technology
Increase Professional
Productivity
Diverisfy scholarly knowledge
base
Why study
ICT? Develop skills to engineer
innovations
Increase employement and
earning potential
Computer and
communication
Technology
❑ Computer and
communication
technologies are either
▪ Analog
▪ Digital
❑ In this course we will focus
exclusively on digital
computers since almost all
the computers in use today
are digital
Computers For Individual
Use
Desktop computers
• The most common type of computer
• Sits on the desk or floor
• Performs a variety of tasks
Workstations
• Specialized computers
• Optimized for science or graphics
• More powerful than a desktop
Computers For
Individual Use
❑ Notebook computers
▪ Small portable
computers
▪ Weighs between 3 and
8 pounds
▪ About 8 ½ by 11 inches
▪ Typically as powerful
as a desktop
▪ Can include a docking
station
▪ Mobile Computers.
Computers For Individual Use
❑Tablet computers
▪ Newest development in portable computers
▪ Input is through a pen / touchpad / touchscreen
▪ Run specialized versions of office products
Computers For Individual Use
❑Handheld computers
▪ Very small computers
▪ Personal Digital Assistants (PDA)
▪ Note taking or contact management
▪ Data can synchronize with a desktop
❑Smart phones
▪ Hybrid of cell phone and PDA
▪ Combine Cellular & mobile functions into one unit.
▪ Having Stronger hardware capabilities and extensive
mobile OS.
▪ Web surfing, e-mail access etc.
Computers
For
❑Organizations
Network servers
▪ Centralized computer
▪ All other computers
connect
▪ Provides access to network
resources
▪ Multiple servers are called
server farms
▪ Often simply a powerful
desktop
Computers For
Organizations
❑ Mainframes
▪ Used in large
organizations
▪ Handle thousands
of users
▪ Users access through
a terminal
▪ E.g. banks, insurance
companies.
▪ Not Flexible
❑ Minicomputers
▪ Developed in 1960s.
▪ Called midrange computers
▪ Power between mainframe
Computers and PC.
For ▪ Used for scientific and
Organizati engineering computations,
file handling, and database
ons management
▪ Handle hundreds of users
▪ Used in smaller
organizations
Computers For
Organizations
❑ Supercomputers
▪ The most powerful computers
made
▪ Has great speed and memory
▪ Handle large and complex
calculations
▪ Process trillions of operations
per second
▪ Found in research
organizations
▪ Used for weather forecasting,
code-breaking and other jobs
Computers In
Society
❑ More impact than any other
invention
▪ Changed work and leisure
activities
▪ Used by all demographic
groups
❑ Computers are important
because:
▪ Provide information to users
▪ Information is critical to our
Computers In Society
❑ Computers at home
▪ Many homes have multiple computers
▪ Most of the areas around world have Internet
▪ Computers are used for
o Business
o Entertainment
o Communication
o Education
Computers in education
• Computer literacy required at all
levels
Computers in small business
Computers In • Makes businesses more profitable
Society • Allows owners to manage
Computers in industry
• Computers are used to design
products
• Assembly lines are automated
Computers in education
❑ Computers in Teaching & Learning Process (CAL)
❑ Research
❑ Computer-Based Training (CBT)
❑ Huge & organized store of information
❑ Quick processing of data
❑ Audio-visual guides in teaching process for a viable
learning
❑ Parents can know their wards’ progress
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Benefits of Education
• It enhances creativity & thinking skills.
• Provides efficient & better use of IT Technology.
• Proves beneficial for career aspiration.
• Improves research work & helps in communicating with
different education providers.
• Gives instant information on any topic in just a single
click, & many more.
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Computers in Small Businesses
❑ Computers Are Used for Communication
❑ Computers Are Used for Marketing
❑ Computers Are Used for Accounting
❑ Computers Are Used for Storage
❑ Computers Are Used to Produce Documents
❑ Media Production
❑ Product Development
❑ Human resources
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Computers in Industry
❑ Manufacturing
❑ Asset Tracking
❑ Simulation and Visualization
❑ Predictive Maintenance
❑ Employee Safety
❑ Automated Documentation
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Computers In Society
❑ Computers in government
▪ Necessary to track data for population
o Police officers
o Tax calculation and collection
▪ Governments were the first computer users
Computers In Society
❑Computers in health care
▪Revolutionized health care
▪New treatments possible
▪Scheduling of patients has improved
▪Delivery of medicine is safer
