Friday, September 28, 2012

Information and communications technology

Information and communications technology or information and communication technology (ICT), is often used as an extended synonym forinformation technology (IT), but is a more specific term that stresses the role ofunified communications and the integration of telecommunications(telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise softwaremiddleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.

Information Technology

Information technology (IT) is a branch of engineering dealing with the use of computers and telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data.The Information Technology Association of America has defined IT as "the study, design, development, application, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems" The term is commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks, but it also encompasses other information distribution technologies such as television and telephones.