CATOGARY OF

COMPUTER

PERSONAL COMPUTER

SUPERCOMPUTER

-Fit on the lap

-Full room equipment

-Process more than 1
quadrillion instructions
per second
-Store more than 20,000
times the data than
average computer

MAINFRAME

-Speed depends on memory and

processors
-Storage depends on size of hard
drive

INTRODUCTION
TO INFORMATION
TECHNOLOGY
SELANGOR
MATRICULATION
COLLEGE

MOBILE DEVICE

-Fits on lap,palm & pocket

-May slower than personal

-Partial-full room
equipment
-Handle
hundreds/thousands
connected users at a time.
-Store tremendous
amount of data.

Selangor
Matriculatio
n Colledge
Address:
Kathong, 42700 Banting,
Selangor, Malaysia
Phone:
+60 14-262 4590

Zahrul Ulum Bin

Nurhudawi
SM2K3P1

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

INTRODUCTIO
N

APPLICATION
S

DEFINITION

8 FIELDS OF IT

-Computer software and

hardware to store, retrieve,
and manipulate
information.

EDUCATION

ADVANTAGES

-Easier communication
-Creation of new jobs
-Globalization of knowledge
-Improves data storage and
file management

DISADVANTAGES

-Health risk
-Impact on environment
-Unemployment
-Violation of privacy

-Courseware
-Web based learning
-Learning management
system

SCIENCE
-Cochlear Implant
-Electrodes implant
-Neural network

PUBLISHING
-Design and produce e-books
TRAVEL
-GPS

FINANCE
-Online banking

-Oonline registration
-Onilne Intelligence
Trasnportation IS (ITIS)

-Online investment
-Electronic Payment System

MANUFACTURING

GOVERNMENT
-myGoverment
-e-solat
-e-Penyata Gaji & Laporan

HEALTH CARE
-Telemedicine
-Telesurgury
-Medline
-Counter Registration
System

-Computer-aided
manufacturing (CAM)
-Computer-aided Design (CAD)
-A bar code system