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•   Many games are created by using animated software. These games can either be played online, through apps or
                   through dedicated video game machines.
                 •  Amazon, Netflix, Disney Hotstar and many more are live streaming services that use Information Technology to sell
                   their content to the customers on a subscription basis.
                 •  Digital connection service providers like Tata Sky, Airtel, Dish TV, Videocon, etc., are giving freedom to its customers
                   to select channels of their choice, customise their own entertainment packages and pay just for the same.

                 IT in Communication

                 Communication is the transmission of information from source to destination. It can be done through postal mail,
                 telephones, mobiles, emails, video conferencing, verbal face-to-face, online chats etc. Earlier, we were just dependent
                 on phones and postal mail for sending and receiving messages.
                 Nowadays, we have a long list of different and easy ways to
                 send our message to the correct destination, and that too in
                 the blink of an eye. Let us now see how IT has enhanced our
                 different ways of communication:
                 •  Cell phones, social networking websites, e-mail, and instant
                   messaging are the modern ways of communication.
                 •  The presence of the Internet has shrunk the world into a
                   small village.
                 •  Online news groups are used for posting individual articles and can be distributed through the Internet.
                 •  Internet Relay Chat facilitates participation in public discussion with many people over the Internet.

                 IT in Business

                 Today’s business depends too much on Information Technology for more productivity and efficient functioning. Some
                 of the main applications in business are:
                 •  IT has increased the productivity of industries and reduced the time required to achieve the desired goal.
                 •  IT facilitates marketing, customer visit, product browsing, shopping basket checkout, tax and shopping, receipt and
                   process order.
                                                                •   IT has increased the productivity of industries and reduced
                                                                   the time required to achieve the desired goal.
                                                                •   Smart cards, such as credit cards and debit cards are used in
                                                                   shops. These cards have a metallic strip on which the user’s
                                                                   Personal Identification Number (PIN), and account number
                                                                   is stored and can be read when it is passed through a special
                                                                   card reader.
                                                                •   The presence of the Internet has opened the gates to the rest
                                                                   of the world for the Indian companies.

                 •  Storing, retrieving, and processing the data, related to the raw material and finished products in the company using
                   application software.
                 •  Dealing with the sales and marketing figures for analysis in terms of profits and loss and also comparative analysis
                   of the figures from the other competitive companies in the market.

                 IT in Science and Engineering
                 Engineering  involves  knowledge  of  science  and  mathematics  in  the  development  of  new  technology.  Powerful
                 computers are used to simulate dynamic processes in Science and Engineering.


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