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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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