INTRODUCTION TO
INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
Soomal Fatima
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INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY
Instructor: Soomal Fatima
◦ E-mail:
[email protected]◦ Faculty Room # 5, Second Floor, Iqbal Block
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Topics
◦ Basic Definitions and Concepts ◦ Data Communication
◦ Hardware: Computer Systems and ◦ The Internet, Browsers and Search Engines
Components.
◦ The Internet: Email, Collaborative Computing
◦ Storage Devices and Social Networking,
◦ Number Systems ◦ E-Commerce
◦ Software ◦ IT Security, and other issues
◦ Operating Systems ◦ Ad hoc networks
◦ Introduction to Programming ◦ Introduction to cloud computing and
◦ Databases and Information Systems virtualization.
◦ Networks
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Course material: BOOKS
1. Livesley, Robert Kenneth (2017) An introduction to June P & Dan O (2015), New Perspective on Computer, 16/e,
automatic digital computers. Cambridge University Press. Cengage Learning.
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COURSE MATERIAL
Regularly check the
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ASSESSMENT METHODS AND WEIGHTAGE
Quizzes 10%
Assignment/project 20%
Mid-Term Examination 20%
Final Examination 50%
Total 100%
POLICIES REGARDING QUIZZES
❖ I will take 3 to 5 quizzes and all quizzes are included in final grade calculation
❖ Quizzes may be announced or surprise
❖ There will be NO makeup quiz
ACADEMIC HONESTY
All parties involved in any kind of cheating in any
exam will get zero in that exam
INTRODUCTION TO
COMPUTERS &
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
COMPUTER
A computer is a machine or device that performs processes, calculations and
operations based on instructions provided by a software or hardware program. It has
the ability to accept data (input), process it, and then produce outputs.
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INFORMATION
Information is processed, organized and structured data. It provides context for data
and enables decision making process.
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INFORMATION SYSTEMS
People – to help support decision
making, coordination, control, analysis,
and visualization in an organization
An
Information
System has
all 3 Technology – hardware,
Process – collects, dimensions software, and networks
processes, stores, and working that support the
disseminates information together business processes and
people
Technology
✓ Hardware – physical components
✓ Software – instructions that tell the physical components what to do
✓ Data – collection of facts
✓ Networks – allows the transmission and sharing of data
People
✓ Also known as users
✓ Person who uses and operates the computer or other
machine
✓ All levels of the organization
✓ Can be your outside partners such
as suppliers
Process
✓ Series of steps to achieve a desired outcome
✓ Benefits:
✓ Increased productivity
✓ Better decision making ability
✓ Improved processes using available data
✓ Within the company
✓ Externally with suppliers and customers
✓ Continuous improvement using technology
✓ Competitive advantage
Information System History
1950 - 1960 1970 - 1980 Mid 1980s to Mid 1990s Post early 2000s
• Mainframes • First early 1990s to early • Web 3.0
• Manufacturing microcomputer • Client Server 2000s Now
Resource Planning (PC) • Mobile
• Networking • World
Systems • Windows Wide Web Computing
• ERP
operating system • Cloud Computing
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
(ICT)
◦ Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the
role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and
computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access,
store, transmit, understand and manipulate information.
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COMPONENTS OF ICT
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN MEDICAL SCIENCE
◦ Information and communication technologies (ICT) are related to the
devices, resources and tools needed to improve the acquisition, retrieval,
storage and use of information in health and biomedicine.
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN FINANCE
◦ Information and communication technology is used
daily by financial companies, to trade financial
instruments, to report a business's earnings, and to keep
records of personal budgets.
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN PUBLIC SECTOR MANAGEMENT
◦ Government have taken a lot of benefits from computer revolution.
◦ Tax
◦ Covid vaccinations
◦ Nadra centralized record
◦ License
◦ E-Challan
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN EDUCATION
Now in this era of science and technology become more advanced, the computer may take over the role of books in the store
and disseminate knowledge to the public. In other words, the computer will change the way we learn and the way we store
knowledge.
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN AGRICULTURE
ICT also helps empower rural people by providing better farming techniques, better access to natural resources,
effective production strategies, and digital marketing strategies for agribusiness and financial services, etc.
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN BUSINESS
ICT tools help companies analyze, store, process and share
vast amounts of data and make better use of products and
resources.
ICT tools also help improve profitability, reduce costs
compared to manual tasks and minimize lead times.
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APPLICATIONS: ICT IN ENTERTAINMENT
◦ Watch Movies
◦ Play Interactive Games
◦ Listen to Music
◦ Virtual Reality
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CREDITS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
◦ Lecture on “Information Systems” by California State Polytechnic University, Pomona is a public polytechnic
university in Pomona, California
◦ https://www.scientificworldinfo.com/2020/03/applications-of-information-and-communication-technology.html
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