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ICT AND ITS CURRENT

STATE
What’s In?
• This lesson will introduce the concept of Information Communication Technology.
This lesson includes what ICT means, its concept and current state of technology.
It will also discuss the difference between the Web and Internet. It will also outline
important technological milestone in the evolution of web technology and how it
contributed to the way we share and transmit information today.
What is ICT?
• Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term referring to
communication hardware or software that allows the access, storage,
transmission and manipulation of information. In terms of Hardware, ICT
specifically encompasses radio, television, communication devices (smart and
non-smart phones), desktops computers, laptops and network hardware and
technologies. ICT is also comprised of software, applications and platforms that
allows information to be accessed, stored, transmitted and manipulated.
• ICT is used across by many industries and disciplines and in some, it is a crucial
element for them. ICT is now a part of many people’s lives, for better or for worst.
Ultimately, this technology depends on your behavior as an end user, thus learning
how to use ICT properly and responsibly is a must.
Current State of ICT
ICT is following certain trends as it is developing in this time and age. This trend
dictates the idea and design of how ICT delivers information to people. The
following are emerging technologies, principles or concepts in ICT.
1. Convergent Technologies - This is when multiple different devices combine into
a single gadget because of technological advancement. One example of this is
smartphone, where it is capable of doing the functions of a television, radio,
computer, telephone, camera and GPS as a single device.
2. 2. Social Media – These are software, applications or platforms that allow users
to communicate in an online social communities or network. Social media
allows people to communicate faster through a larger number of people.
3. 3. Mobile Technologies - This is a term for devices that are easily carried and
allows fast means of communication. These devices from the past were
originally big and bulk, but due to the technological advancement, they become
smaller and more compact.
World Wide Web (WWW)
vs
Internet
• People colloquially refer the world wide web (‘web’ for short) as the internet or
vice versa interchangeably, but there are key differences between the two.
• The Internet by definition is the actual interconnection of computers and other
networks, while the web refers to the system that enables people to access
information over the internet. The internet is the hardware aspect because it
relates to computer networks, connections and infrastructures. The web on the
other hand, refers to the software aspect as it relates to the Protocols or HTTP
(Hyper Text Transfer Protocol. HTTP are the system or procedures that enables the
transfer of information in the internet) web services, applications and platforms.
Web Versions
• The web has three distinctive versions namely: Web 1.0, Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.
Some people think that the indicated web versions are updates across a particular
point of history. The versions of the web are categorized based on functionality
and features that it represents.
What I Have Learned
1. What is Information Communications Technology?
2. How does ICT affect our modern world?
3. Using one sentence or phrase, how does each Web versions (Web 1.0, Web 2.0,
Web 3.0) differ from one another?

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