Sunday, 28 April 2013

What is ICT?

"We're changing the world with technology." Bill Gates
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ICT is an acronym for Information and Communication Technology. It refers to technologies that store, receive, manipulate and transmit information using computers and telecommunications. ICT has more recently been used to describe the convergence of several technologies and the use of common transmission lines carrying very diverse data and communication types and formats.

ICT has evolved ever so fast in the last few decades. With the development of ICT, information can be accessed, processed and transmit real-time across the border-less digital globe. People can communicate with each other anywhere and anytime despite the dispersed geographical locations.

ICT has a tremendous effect and impact on society as a whole. It is undeniably has become an important part of our everyday life. So it is imperative that we must ensure that ICT brings benefit and not harm to us and the society.

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