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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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