Information and Communication Technology
Table of Contents
Definition
Information
- facts provided or learned about something or someone.
Communication
- the imparting or exchanging of information or news.
Technology
- machinery and equipment developed from the application of scientific knowledge.
ICT
Definition
- use of different communication technologies such as phones, internet, computer, etc. to locate, save, send, and edit information.
Effects
- Business Process, Outsourcing Centers or Call center companies.
- Teleperformance
- iQor
- Accenture
- Concentrix
- Sutherland
- VXI
- 137 cellphones per 100 Filipinos. (2020)
- 19.3% Employment share (2010)
- Makati City - Selfie Capital of the World
- 258 selfie-takers per 100,000 people (Time Magazine, 2014)
- Cebu City - 9th placer, 99 selfie-takers per 100,000 people.
#TODO: continue later, too much statistics.
State
World Wide Web (WWW)
- Definition
- It is an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs), interlinked by hypertext links, and can be accessed via the Internet.
- It's a web of hyperlinked text with different types of information embedded to each website such as text, media, or other hyperlinks linking to another website.
- Types
Trends
Convergence
- Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task.
- The tendency for different technological systems to evolve toward performing similar tasks.
- Telephones, consoles, DVD/CD players, cameras, and etc. are being replaced with just a single phone since a phone can do everything as all of those without needing to buy them seperately.
- These old devices are then becoming obsollete in favor of personal computers or smartphones.
Assistive Media
- is a nonprofit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.
- A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user.
Systems, Functions and Platforms
Online Systems
- A system that is connected to the Internet.
- An offline system would be a system that is disconnected from the Internet.
Online Functions
- include email notifications from the server, the updating of web blacklists (lists of undesirable websites), updating of the list of file-sharing programs, and remote access to Child.
- pretty much anything that requires the access to Web or API calls.
Online Platforms
- an online marketplace that places one party in touch with another, such as buyers and sellers.
Categories
- Social Media
- Search Engines
- Communications Services
- Payment Systems
- Advertising Platforms
- Creative Content Outlets