POTENTIAL OF ICT

      POTENTIAL OF ICT

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INFORMATION COMMUNICATION AND TECHNOLOGY

ICT IS BECOMING A PART AND PARCEL OF HUMAN LIFE.THE DISCOVERIES AND INVENTIONS IN INVENTIONS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAVE IMPROVED THE SPEED OF COMMUNICATION.BY MAKING USE OF AVAILABLE TOOLS,ICT IS HELPING COMMON MAN TO FULLFIL HIS NEEDS.IT HAS BECOME INTEGRAL PART OF NEW ERA.

IMPORTANCE OF ICT

ICT HAS PROVED ITS IMPORTANCE IN EVERY ARENA.THE PROGRESS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY HAS OPENED A TREASURY OF KNOWLEDGE.

1. THE INFORMATION IS READILY AVAILABLE DUE TO ICT.MILLIONS OF WEBSITES ARE OFFERING THOUSANDS OF REFERENCES,THROUGH SEARCH ENGINES LIKE GOOGLE.
2. THE INFORMATION AND REFERENCES OF ANY TOPIC IN TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS ARE EASILY AVAILABLE WITH THE HELP OF ICT.
3. INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY WORKS ON REQUEST RESPONSE MODEL.HENCE ICT IS IMPLEMENTED BY THE GOVERNMENT,PRIVATE INDUSTRIES,SCHOOLS,UNIVERSITIES AND EVEN BY THE NON-GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATION (NGO).INDIAN RAILWAYS, L.I.C. OF INDIA,BSNL HAVE DEVELOPED THEIR WEBSITES TO CATER ALL THE NEEDS OF USER. 

          EG:-IT IS WIDELY USED IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION,TOURS AND TRAVELS,FINANCE,BANKING,MEDICINE,LIBRARY,LAW AND ORDER,SOCIAL SERVICES.

DEFINITIONS OF ICT

1. ICT IS DIVERSE MIXTURE OF TECHNOLOGY TOOLS AND RESOURCES TO CREATE,DIFFERENTIATE,STORE AND MANAGE INFORMATION FOR COMMUNICATION.
2. ICT IS DEFINED AS THE USE OF HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE FOR EFFICIENT MANAGEMENT OF INFORMATION.                                                                                         FOR EG:-STORAGE,RETRIEVAL,PROCESSING,COMMUNICATION AND SORTING INFORMATION FOR EXECUTING PARTICULAR TASK.
3. ICT REFERS TO FORMS OF TECHNOLOGY THAT ARE USED TO TRANSMIT,STORE,CREATE,SHARE AND EXCHANGE INFORMATION.    

           EG:-ICT INCLUDES TECHNOLOGIES SUCH AS RADIO,TV,TELEVISION,VIDEO,DVD,TELEPHONE SATELLITE SYSTEMS,COMPUTER NETWORK,HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE, AS WELL AS THE EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES ASSOCIATED WITH THESE TECHNOLOGIES,EG:-VIDEO CONFERENCE ELECTRONIC MAIL,ETC.

          IN SHORT,WE CAN SAY EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION THROUGH COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY IS ICT.FROM THE ABOVE DEFINITIONS FOLLOWING ARE THE SIX IMPORTANT ELEMENTS OF ICT:-

• PEOPLE
• COMMUNICATION
• INFORMATION
• PROCEDURE 
• HARDWARE 
• SOFTWARE

DUE TO ICT, INFORMATION IS EXCHANGED BETWEEN SENDER AND RECEIVER.THIS INFORMATION CAN BE USED WHENEVER REQUIRED.THE CONCEPT OF ICT CAN ALSO BE EXPLAINED WITH A DIAGRAM OR PICTORIAL PRESENTATION.

      ICT PERFORMS TASKS LIKE:

• PROCESSING OF RAW DATA AND CONVERTING IT INTO USEFUL INFORMATION.
• REPROCESSING OF INFORMATION FOR UTILIZATION.
• CONVERTING INFORMATION INTO A NEW FORM IN ORDER TO MAKE IT EASY TO UNDERSTAND.
• CONVERTING INFORMATION INTO KNOWLEDGE AND PROCESSING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO PROVIDE WISDOM TO THE USER.
• TO UPGRADE THE KNOWLEDGE OF AN INDIVIDUAL AND SOCIETY,THEIR LOGICAL AND FUNCTIONAL SKILLS AND ATTITUDE WITH THE HELP OF ELECTRONIC MEDIA.
• TO DEVELOP SOCIETY AND NATION.

          THUS ICT IS A MIXTURE OF COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY SO ALL THE ADVANCED ELECTRONIC MEDIA WHICH ARE USED FOR COMMUNICATION ARE ALSO USED IN ICT AS A WHOLE.

  

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