3. WHAT IS IT ?
IT IS A COMBINATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS &
COMPUTING TO OBTAIN , PROCESS, STORE,
TRANSMIT AN OUTPUT INFORMATION IN THE FORM
OF VOICE , PICTURES OR TEXT.
4. IT CAN ATLEAST DO 3 THINGS
i) IT CAN PROCESS RAW DATA INTO USEFUL
INFORMATION.
ii) IT CAN RECYCLE PROCESSED INFORMATION
& USE IT AS DATA IN ANOTHER PROCESSING
STEP.
iii) IT CAN PACKAGE INFORMATION IN A NEW
FORM SO ITS EASIER TO UNDERSTAND, MORE
ATTRACTIVE, OR MORE USEFUL.
5. OUR SOCIETY IS BEING RESHAPED BY RAPID ADVANCE IN
IT , COMPUTERS,
TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS & OTHER DIGITAL
SYSTEMS THAT HAVE
VASTLY INCREASED OUR CAPACITY TO KNOW, ACHIEVE &
COLLABORATE. THESE
TECHNOLOGIES ALLOW PEOPLE TO TRANSMIT
INFORMATION QUICKLY & WIDELY,
LINKING DISTANT PLACES & TO CREATE COMMUNITIES
THAT JUST A DECADE AGO
WERE UNIMAGINABLE.
PRESENT SCENARIO OF IT
7. HAZARDS OF IT
• LACK OF SECURITY TO PERSONAL INFORMATION
UPLOADED TO A SERVER
• DIFFICULT TO FIND RELEVANT DOCUMENTS
• PEOPLE NOT AWARE ABOUT
PHISHING,VISHING,HACKING
• DATA STORAGE DRIVES ARE NOT SAFE DUE TO
VIRUS,MALWARE,E.T.C.
