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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 newsgroups 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.





















            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.
            •  The presence of the Internet has opened the gates to the rest of the world for Indian companies.
            •  Storing, retrieving and processing the data related to the raw materials 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.
            •  Promotional advertisement of the products and services through the Internet.
            •  Online shopping, bill payments and funds transfers using communication and information technology.
            •  Using application software for making presentations and conducting meetings.


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