EMPOWERMENT TECHNOLOGIES

CONNECTION COMMUNICATION
1.Do Connection is related to communication?
We must possess the good connection to have a good
communication.
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CHUNK THE WORDS FROM ICT

INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY
 Technology Communication
Cellphone-Hardware Messenger- Information
Technology Software technology
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
TECHNOLOGY (ICT)
It includes any communication device or application,
encompassing: radio, television, cellular phones,
computer and network hardware and software,
satellite systems and so on, as well as the various
services and applications associated with them.
ICTs are often spoken of in a particular
context, such as ICTs in education, health
care, or libraries.
 EDUCATION
Hardware
• Computers,
• Cellphones
• Printers
Software
• Google: Yahoo
• MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
• Other educational software/ application
 HEALTH
• X-ray machines
• ECG
 LIBRARIES

OPAC (Online Public Access Catalog)

Desktop Computers with Internet Connection
It may also be defined as Information and
Communication Technologies
(ICT or ICTs) are digital forms of
communication including tools available on the

Internet, such as blogging and email, as well

as computer software, such as Microsoft

PowerPoint and Word

 ICT

• Information (google,yahoo etc)

• Communication ( Facebook, Skype, etc)
• Technology (Gadgets)
 ICT KEY TERMS
ALT KEYS- Can be found on the either side of the space
bar on a computer keyboard. They are commonly used in
conjunction with a set of numbers to enable foreign
characters to typed.

BACKUP OR BACK-UP- Used as a verb, to back up means

to copy a File or Folder from computer to another Storage
Device.
CACHE- The cache contains information stored by a Web
browser on your hard disc, so that you don’t have to
download the same material repeatedly from a remote
computer.

CATHODE RAY TUBE (CRT)- An older type of Computer

Display Screen or monitor in which beams of high- voltage
electrons are fired at a screen.
CD-ROM (Compact Disc Read Only Memory)
A CD-ROM is an optical Disc onto which data has been
written via laser, a process often referred to as a burning
CD.
Once Written, the data on a CD-ROM can be fixed and
rendered unalterable.
CENTRAL PROCESSING UNIT (CPU)
Also known as Central Processor. In a modern computer
the CPU is a single microprocessor CHIP. Or Microchip.

In essence, the CPU is the computer’s “brain”

CLIENT- A computer that receives services from another
computer.

A computer is connected to a Local Area Network (LAN) is

a client that can receive information from and send
information to the server.
DESKTOP- The main workspace in windows is often
referred to as a desktop, which is displayed on the screen
that you see when Windows is started.

Desktop Computer
Monitor
FLOPPY DISK- A plastic covered in magnetisable
material, enclosed in case.

ETC
-A TYPICAL 3.5 INCH FLOPPY DISC CAN FLOPPY
DISC CAN STORE UP TO 1.44MB DATA
-CAN STORE AMOUNT OF DATA SUCH AS WORD,
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION.
-REPLACE BY FLASH DRIVE AND CD’S
HARD COPY- Printed output from a computer, as
opposed to output on screen.

HARD DISC- a hard disc consist of a rigid magnetic disc

or a set of such discs drive, which mounted internally in
your computer.

ICON- A small symbol or picture used in graphical User

Interface (GUI)
- THE ICONS ON THE COMPUTER SCREEN
REPRESENT PROGRAMS OR FILES.
INPUT DEVICE- Any device that is capable of inputting
information into a computer system

Ex. Keyboard, Microphone, Mouse or scanner.

LAN (LOCAL AREA NETWORK)- A network of computers at one
site that provides services to other computers connected to it.

-Limited
Certain area
KEYBOARD- The keyboard of a computer is used to enter
information which the computer displays or processes.

LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)- A technology used for

producing a type of flat panel computer Display screen.
-LCD replace the CRT.
OPERATING SYSTEM (OS) – It manages and runs all the
other programs installed.

-Windows
-Produce by Microsoft Corporation
-Linux
- Created by Linus Turvalds
OPTICAL DISC- generic name for a type of computer disc
which uses a laser to read and write data.

-CD ROM
-CD R/W
-DVD- DIGITAL VIDEO DISC
DIGITAL VERSATILE DISC
PHERIPERAL DEVICE- Often abbreviated to peripheral
Virtually any device which can be connected to a computer.

This term includes modems, printers, scanners.

SEARCH ENGINE- It enables the user to search the whole of
the web for keywords and phrases and to locate related
websites.

Ex. Google Yahoo

Larry Page & Sergey Brin Jerry Yang &David File
Rank 1 Rank 4
Mail 15 Gig 1 terrabyte
Social Network Tumblr, Flickr
Youtube
USB(Universal Serial Bus) - A means of connecting a
wide range of devices
Ex. Digital Camera, Camcorder, Ipods, Mobile phones,
printer, scanner.

-USB port takes the form of a socket into which a plug at

one end of the cable can be inserted.
Video Graphics Adaptor- (VGA) An older type of video
card or circuit board used to control the output on a
computer.

HDMI VS. VGA

VIRUS- A nasty devised program by a clever programmer.
It enters to your hard drive and it can cause damages to
your software.

-Use antivirus Softwares

Trojan, Malwares
WIRELESS FIDELITY (WIFI)
Also known as wireless networking, a way of
transmitting information without cables.