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Introduction to Information Technology: Your Digital World

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DEFINITION: Information Technology (IT)


describes any technology that helps to produce,
manipulate, store, communicate, and/or
disseminate information.

• Part 1: Computer Technology

• Part 2: Communications Technology

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COMPUTER TECHNOLOGY: A computer is a programmable,


multiuse machine that accepts data—raw facts and figures —and
processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use, such as
summaries, totals, or reports.

- Its purpose is to speed up problem solving and increase


productivity.

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COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY :
Communications technology , also called telecommunications
technology , consists of electromagnetic devices and systems for
communicating over long distances.

The principal examples are telephone, radio, broadcast


television.

In more recent times, there has been the addition of communication


among computers—which is what happens when people “go
online” on the internet.

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- Online: means using a computer or some other


information device, connected through a network, to
access information and services from another computer
or information device.

- A network is a communications system connecting


two or more computers; the internet is the largest
such network.

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• Information technology is essential on college


campuses.
• IT is used in teaching, labs, and in course
management.
• Many college classes are either taught online or
have a class website.

DEFINITION: Distance learning is online


education

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• Problem: Computers in the classroom can be


used or misused.
• What should they be used for?
• Following the lecture
• Working along with the instructor
• Performing instructor-assigned Internet searches
• Completing assignments for this class
• What is misuse?
• Text messaging or emailing friends
• Surfing the Internet for entertainment
• Doing assignments for other classes
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• DEFINITION: Virtual means something that is


created, simulated, or carried on by means of a
computer or a computer network.
• Virtual money
• Cash-value cards
• “Electronic wallets” (e.g., PayPal)
• Online bill paying
• E-Commerce:

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• Cash-value cards: (such as subway fare cards)


• Online bill paying : it has been possible to pay bills online, such
as those from phone and utility companies, with special software and
online connections to your bank.

• A digital wallet allows an individual to make electronic


commerce transactions. This can include purchasing items on-line
with a computer or using a smartphone to purchase something at a
store.

• E-commerce The buying and selling of products and services by


businesses and consumers through an electronic medium, without
using any paper documents.
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• Videogames
• Photo sharing
• Downloading
• Music
• Movies

Downloading: transferring data from a


remote computer to one’s own
computer
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• Hotels: use computer reservations


systems.
• Law Enforcement: Officers use computers
• On patrol
• To check stolen cars
• To check criminal records

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• Office careers: Budget, payroll, letter-writing,


email
• Fashion: Sales/inventory control systems,
ordering, personnel
• Job-hunting:
• Use word processor to create résumés
• Post résumés online
• Online job searches

Discussion Question: Can anyone think of a career that does not


require computer skills at all?

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The Telephone Grows Up


• 1973: First cellphone call
• Mobile phone use estimated to rise to 3.9
billion
users by 2013
• Today’s cellphones:
• Can connect to Internet & web for all sorts of
activities
• Can send and receive text messages
• Can take and send pictures, download music & video
• Can obtain news and TV programs
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• Introduced in 1981
• Reached 10 million users in about one year
• Has been the fastest-growing technology
• 1998 surpassed hand-delivered mail
• In business, at least, email requires writing
skills

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• Cyberspace
• Term coined by William Gibson in Neuromancer
(1984)
• Described a futuristic computer network people
“plugged” into directly with their brains
• Now the term cyberspace encompasses:
• The Internet & the World Wide Web in particular
• The wired and wireless communications world in general
• Thus, cyberspace includes chat rooms, blogs, ATMs,
conference calls, texting, etc.
• Two most important aspects: Internet
and web
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• Internet
• The worldwide computer network that links
thousands of smaller networks
• Links educational, commercial,
nonprofit, and military entities,
plus individuals
• Originally developed to share
only text and numeric data;
through the web now also
supports multimedia
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• World Wide Web


• The multimedia part
of the Internet
• An interconnected system of servers that support
specially formatted documents in multimedia
form
• Includes text, still images, moving images, sound
• Responsible for the growth and popularity of
the Internet

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