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Information and Communication Technology (ICT) encompasses all technologies used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and network management, extending beyond traditional information technology. It plays a crucial role in modernizing communication, education, and economies, impacting daily life through devices and applications. Understanding and using ICT responsibly is essential as it has become integral to various industries and personal lives.

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ICT

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) encompasses all technologies used for telecommunications, broadcasting, and network management, extending beyond traditional information technology. It plays a crucial role in modernizing communication, education, and economies, impacting daily life through devices and applications. Understanding and using ICT responsibly is essential as it has become integral to various industries and personal lives.

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What is Information and Communication Technology (ICT)?

Information and Communication Technology (ICT) refers to all the technology used to
handle telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building management systems,
audio-visual processing and transmission systems, and network-based control and monitoring
functions. Although ICT is often considered an extended synonym for information
technology (IT), its scope is more broad.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) often deals with the use of different
technologies such as mobile phones, telephones, computer, Internet, and other devices, as
well as software and applications to locate, save, send, and manipulate information.
Empowering ICT is important for its innovative uses impacts our daily lives. It has affected
our ways of communicating, made our lives more convenient, and assisted countries towards
their modernization plans. Thus, there is a need to create a foundation of understanding in the
world of ICT.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) often deals with the use of different
technological inventions like mobile phones, telephones, computer, Internet, and other
devices, as well as software and applications to locate, save, send, and manipulate
information. ICT has greatly contributed to how easy our lives has been today. Our gadgets
have become part of our necessity that we check on them after we wake up. It made
communication easier. We can use cellular phones that are designed for communicating with
other people even they are miles away from us. It has also assisted us in our work since there
are Internet-based jobs. It has revolutionized our education and in the modernization of our
economy.

What is ICT?
Information Communication Technology (ICT) is an umbrella term referring to
communication hardware or software that allows the access, storage, transmission and
manipulation of information. In terms of Hardware, ICT specifically encompasses radio,
television, communication devices (smart and non-smart phones), desktops computers,
laptops and network hardware and technologies. ICT is also comprised of software,
applications and platforms that allows information to be accessed, stored, transmitted and
manipulated.
ICT is used across by many industries and disciplines and in some, it is a crucial element for
them. ICT is now a part of many people’s lives, for better or for worst. Ultimately, this
technology depends on your behavior as an end user, thus learning how to use ICT properly
and responsibly is a must.

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