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Information Technology and Application

Notes 6.8 Keywords

ICT : Information and communications technology is often used as an extended
synonym for information technology(IT), but is usually a more general term
that stresses the role ofunified communications and the integration of
telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers,
middleware as well as necessary software, storage- and audio-visual systems,
which enable users to create, access, store, transmit, and manipulate information.
IM : Instant messaging (IM) is a form of real-time direct text-based chatting
communication in push mode between two or more people using personal
computers or other devices, along with shared clients.
Combination : The joining of two or more things or people.
Perception : The ability to see, hear or become aware of something through the senses.

6.9 Review Questions

1. Describe the role of ICT in society and education.
2. Explain briefly about the uses, advantages and disadvantages of ICT.
3. Define communication and its process.
4. Discuss the meaning and importance of communication.
5. Explain in detail the fundamental of communication media and the characteristics of each
transmission.
6. What is wireless communication and its various types?

Answers : Self Assessment

1. ICT 2. ICT tools 3. Effective communication
4. The message must be received 5. (a)
6. (b) 7. (c) 8. (a)
9. True 10. True 11. False
12. True

6.10 Further Readings

Books Best Careers. U.S. News & World Report USnews.com.
BLS Inflation Calculator, BLS.gov.
Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2010-11 Edition.
McCook, Kathleen de la Peña. Introduction to Public Librarianship,p. 65. Neal
Schuman, 2011.
R. Hoetzlein. The Organization of Human Knowledge: Systems for Interdisciplinary
Research. 2007.

Online links http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0012/001295/129538e.pdf
http://www.nraismc.com/img/bscmcaj101b.pdf

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