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Unit-3 ICT SKILLS-I
INFORMATION & COMMUNICATION 3
TECHNOLOGY
ICT i.e., Information and Communication Technology refers to the convergence of tools of
Information and Communication. Here, ‘information’ refers to the processed data or output that
is generated by computing devices and ‘communication’ refers to the transfer of knowledge
and information. ICT includes a diverse set of technological tools and resources that are used
to communicate, create, disseminate, store, and manage information needed to be processed
or shared. ICT has enabled a vast array of new communication capabilities. The resources of
telecommunication include broadcast media, transmission, network-based control, telephone lines
and wireless signals whereas the resources of information technology include data, information,
software, audio & video processing, etc.
ROLE AND IMPORTANCE OF ICT
ICT deals with digital data and the way to create, store, retrieve and transmit data. The resources
of ICT are being applied in all sectors of human activity, leading to a life of more facilities. The
convergence of different technologies in ICT is being applied in academic, health, business and
government communities to widen the use of their resources.
Basic ICT skills that you need are:
knowing how to operate computers.
knowing how to use the Internet to browse for collecting, storing and disseminating information.
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