Information technology & It's Applications

What is Information Technology

Information Technology refers to anything related to computing technology that uses computing with high speed communication links to spread information form one place to an other. The interconnection of computers enable the people to send and receive information. The communication links are also used to interact with different people in the world.

Overview of Information Technology

We are living in the information age of a Global Village today. That means information is the key factor in this era and it is rightly said that "Information is the most precious commodity of today's day-to-day business". Everything Evolves around it whether it is education, medicine, history, geographical phenomena, Sports, Research or Business. You name the system and information is there to play a key role in its functionality and existence

"Data processing" OR "Computing " Information can be defined as the facts & Figures about anything i.e. the know-how about any object that exists and plays its role in any system. the system is any identified & known work that Accepts data/information into itself, manipulates in the shape of certain output(s) and delivers so that is become useful & meaningful. and precisely, that is what is known as "Data Processing" or "Computing" for which we need a computer to accomplish the task.

Modern Scenario

The modern impact of Information Technology has broadened the base of computing and communication through satellite, fiber-Optic, mobile phone, fax machine, multi-media/hyper-media, e-commerce, m-commerce etc. etc. Thus enhancing the implications of this shift from single, isolated technologies to a unified digital convergence and enhancing the computer users to experience a beautiful and fantastic scenario of computer utilization in the fields of I.T.

Applications of I.T.

i. Artificial Intelligence ii. Web-based Applications iii. E-commerce iv. M-commerce(Mobile Commerce) v. Computer Animation vi. Multi-media, Hyper-media vii. Distributed Computing

Artificial intelligence

1 The branch of computer science concerned with making computers behave like human-like qualities such as learning, seeing and hearing etc.

Web Based Applications

It is a type of software application that is available on the Web. The user can use it by connecting to the internet to save time, money and improve communication.

E-Commerce

Ecommerce or electronic commerce, a subset of e-business, is the purchasing, selling, and exchanging of goods and services over the Internet.

M-Commerce

Mobile commerce is the buying and selling of goods and services through wireless handheld devices such as cellular telephone and personal digital assistants (PDAs).

Computer Animation

It is a process to create moving images using computer.

Multimedia & Hypermedia

Multimedia is a collection of graphics, animations, audio and video presented by computer. Hypermedia is a process of creating links to files that contain photographs, audio, video and text etc.

Distributed Computing

It refers to multiple computer systems working on a single problem. The computers are networked, they can communicate with each other to solve the problem.

Summary

There are numerous fields of computer applications, the information technology has brought about a revolution in our life style. We may call it the Computer Revolution, Multi-Media Revolution or Whatsoever. So it is beyond any doubt that today, we are living in a society that is making use of “Information Highway” which is heading towards a real future “Global Village” of the Human history.