CHAPTER 2

Computers
in our
Daily Life
THE ROLE OF
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
 ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN COMMUNICATION

Technology has changed our lives such as:

Advancements in
• transport,
science and
• health,
technology have
• business,and
made a great
• communication.
impact on the
way we
communicate.
THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPUTERS
IN COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY

 Role of communication technology:

 Technology plays a huge role in all facets of life.
 And as a part of smart city technology we must understand all factors of it.

 Information Access:
 Technology plays a central role in searching for information.
 1.Encyclopedia Britannica Online
 -offer vast amounts of content supplemented by engaging multimedia
and interactive links.
 2. E-book collections
 -offer thousands of texts to make research efficient.
ASSIGN A REPORT TO STUDENTS
What Is The Importance Of Computers In Our Daily Lives?
What Is The Importance Of Computers In Our Daily Live

Computers are important in almost all the

business transactions.
• Computers have gained importance as they
have increased the
 productivity and
 efficiency of work done
 Large amounts of data in the
personal lives as well as in businesses and
industrial sectors are stored on computers.
 WHY DO WE USE COMPUTERS?

 Reason of why people use computer.

 Nowadays , computers had become one of the part in our
daily life . Computers can make our jobs become easier .
They can be used for communicational purposes (internet),
to store and calculate data and to write up massive
documents multiple times while only needing to write it up
once .
WHAT ARE THE DISADVANTAGES OF
COMPUTER?
 Some of the disadvantages of using computers are:
physically weak and lazy.
waste your time.
blood circulation can become poor due to less
physical activities.
It can cause the disturbance in one's meal.
 WHAT ARE THE USES OF COMPUTER IN
COMMUNICATION?
 Computers are critical for communication and the
centerpiece of information technology.
use of email, websites, blogs, social networking, video
chat and Voice-Over-Internet Protocol.
 MAJOR INFLUENCES OF TECHNOLOGY IN
BUSINESS
1. Easy way for product and
service surveying
2. Social interaction with
clients or customers
3. Video conferencing
4. Use of digitalized
networks to communicate.
 TECHNOLOGY HAS SIMILARLY INFLUENCED
INDIVIDUALS’ COMMUNICATION PATTERNS;

I. Text messaging services

II. Social networking platforms

III. Free internet calls

TYPES OF COMPUTERS

Desktop computer
have a lower risk of theft
Is a personal computer designed
for regular use at a single location
on or near a desk or table due to
its size and power requirements.
 LAPTOP COMPUTERS

 A laptop computer (also

shortened to just laptop; or
called a notebook computer)
 portable personal computer
(PC)
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF HAVING A
LAPTOP?

Advantages of a laptop computer, as compared

to a desktop computer: Laptop computers are
highly portable and allow you to use your computer
almost anywhere.
 DESKTOP APPLICATION’S

are what make a computer so useful,

they’re the things you use everyday.
Examples of some applications:
•Windows File Explorer (to find files on
your computer)
•Microsoft Office applications (Word,
Excel, etc.)
•Web browsers (Chrome, Firefox,
Internet Explorer)
•Adobe Photoshop.
 MOBILE APPLICATION’S

 A mobile
application, most
commonly referred to
as an app, is a type
of application
software designed to
run on a mobile
device, such as a
smartphone or tablet
computer.
 COMPUTER NETWORK TYPES
A computer network
is a group of
computers linked to
each other that
enables the computer
to communicate with
another computer
and share their
resources, data, and
applications.
A COMPUTER NETWORK CAN BE
CATEGORIZED BY THEIR SIZE. A COMPUTER
NETWORK IS MAINLY OF FOUR TYPES:

LAN(Local Area Network)

PAN(Personal Area Network)
MAN(Metropolitan Area Network)
WAN(Wide Area Network)
 LAN(LOCAL AREA NETWORK)

• Local Area Network is a group of computers

connected to each other in a small area such
as building, office.
• LAN is used for connecting two or more
personal computers through a
communication medium such as twisted pair,
coaxial cable, etc.
• It is less costly as it is built with inexpensive
hardware such as hubs, network adapters,
and ethernet cables.
• Local Area Network provides higher security.
 PAN(PERSONAL AREA NETWORK)

• Personal Area Network is a network arranged

within an individual person, typically within a range
of 10 meters.
• Personal Area Network is used for connecting the
computer devices of personal use is known as
Personal Area Network.
 Thomas Zimmerman was the first research
scientist to bring the idea of the Personal Area
Network.
• Personal Area Network covers an area of 30 feet.
• Personal computer devices that are used to develop
the personal area network are the laptop, mobile
phones, media player and play stations.
THERE ARE TWO TYPES
OF PERSONAL AREA
NETWORK:

• Wired Personal Area Network

• Wireless Personal Area
Network
Wireless Personal Area Network: Wireless
Personal Area Network is developed by
simply using wireless technologies such as
WiFi, Bluetooth. It is a low range network.
Wired Personal Area Network: Wired
Personal Area Network is created by using
the USB.
EXAMPLES OF PERSONAL AREA NETWORK:

 Body Area Network: Body Area Network is a network that

moves with a person. For example, a mobile network
moves with a person. Suppose a person establishes a
network connection and then creates a connection with
another device to share the information.
 Offline Network: An offline network can be created inside
the home, so it is also known as a home network. A home
network is designed to integrate the devices such as
printers, computer, television but they are not connected to
the internet.
 Small Home Office: It is used to connect a variety of devices
to the internet and to a corporate network using a VPN
 MAN(METROPOLITAN AREA
NETWORK)
• A metropolitan area network is a network that covers a larger
geographic area by interconnecting a different LAN to form a
larger network.
• Government agencies use MAN to connect to the citizens and
private industries.
• In MAN, various LANs are connected to each other through a
telephone exchange line.
• The most widely used protocols in MAN are RS-232, Frame Relay,
ATM, ISDN, OC-3, ADSL, etc.
• It has a higher range than Local Area Network(LAN).
USES OF METROPOLITAN AREA
NETWORK:
MAN is used in communication between the
banks in a city.
It can be used in an Airline Reservation.
It can be used in a college within a city.
It can also be used for communication in the
military.
 WAN(WIDE AREA NETWORK)

A Wide Area Network is a network that extends over a large

geographical area such as states or countries.
A Wide Area Network is quite bigger network than the LAN.
A Wide Area Network is not limited to a single location, but it
spans over a large geographical area through a telephone
line, fibre optic cable or satellite links.
The internet is one of the biggest WAN in the world.
A Wide Area Network is widely used in the field of Business,
government, and education.
 EXAMPLES OF WIDE AREA NETWORK:

Mobile Broadband: A 4G network is

widely used across a region or country.
Last mile: A telecom company is used to
provide the internet services to the
customers in hundreds of cities by
connecting their home with fiber.
Private network: A bank provides a
private network that connects the 44
offices. This network is made by using the
telephone leased line provided by the
telecom company.
 ADVANTAGES OF WIDE AREA
NETWORK:
Following are the advantages of the Wide Area Network:
Geographical area: A Wide Area Network provides a large geographical
area. Suppose if the branch of our office is in a different city then we
can connect with them through WAN.
Centralized data: In case of WAN network, data is centralized.
Therefore, we do not need to buy the emails, files or back up servers.
Get updated files: Software companies work on the live server.
Therefore, the programmers get the updated files within seconds.
 ADVANTAGES OF WIDE AREA NETWORK:

Exchange messages: In a WAN network, messages are

transmitted fast. The web application like Facebook,
Whatsapp, Skype allows you to communicate with friends.
Sharing of software and resources: In WAN network, we
can share the software and other resources like a hard
drive, RAM.
Global business: We can do the business over the internet
globally.
 DISADVANTAGES OF WIDE AREA
NETWORK:

The following are the disadvantages of the Wide Area

Network:
 Security issue: A WAN network has more security issues as
compared to LAN and MAN network as all the technologies
are combined together that creates the security problem.
Needs Firewall & antivirus software: 
 The data is transferred on the internet which can be changed
or hacked by the hackers, so the firewall needs to be used.
High Setup cost: An installation cost of the WAN
network is high as it involves the purchasing of
routers, switches.
Troubleshooting problems: It covers a large area
so fixing the problem is difficult.
 INTERNETWORK
•An internetwork is defined as two or more computer network
LANs or WAN or computer network segments are connected
using devices, and they are configured by a local addressing
scheme.
•An interconnection between public, private, commercial,
industrial, or government computer networks can also be
defined as internetworking.
•An internetworking uses the internet protocol.
•The reference model used for internetworking is Open
System Interconnection(OSI).
 TYPES OF INTERNETWORK:
1. Extranet: An extranet is a communication network based on
the internet protocol such as Transmission Control
protocol and internet protocol. It is used for information
sharing. It can be categorized as MAN, WAN or other computer networks.
An extranet cannot have a single LAN,
2. Intranet: An intranet is a private network based on the internet protocol
such as Transmission Control protocol and internet protocol. An intranet
belongs to an organization which is only accessible by the organization's
employee or members.
 INTRANET ADVANTAGES:
•Communication: It provides a cheap and easy communication. An
employee of the organization can communicate with another employee
through email, chat.
•Time-saving: Information on the intranet is shared in real time, so it is
time-saving.
•Collaboration: Collaboration is one of the most important advantage of
the intranet. The information is distributed among the employees of the
organization and can only be accessed by the authorized user.
•Platform independency: It is a neutral architecture as the computer can
be connected to another device with different architecture.
•Cost effective: People can see the data and documents by using the
browser and distributes the duplicate copies over the intranet.
 WHAT IS A PLATFORM, AND WHAT ARE
EXAMPLES OF WHAT IS AND WHAT IS N
OT A PLATFORM, AND WHY?
 Almost every software entrepreneur nowadays builds some kind of a
‘platform’.
 What kind of platform do you build?
All platforms are not created equal.  Uber
 Google Search  AirBnB
 Facebook  Waze
 Amazon Web Services  WeWork
 Amazon Market Marketplace,  Twilio and even Bitcoin are
 Android all platforms
 WHAT IS A PLATFORM, AND WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF
WHAT IS AND WHAT IS NOT A PLATFORM, AND WHY?

What are IT platforms?

A platform is a group of technologies
that are used as a base upon which
other applications, processes or
technologies are developed. In
personal computing, a platform is
the basic hardware (computer) and
software (operating system) on which
software applications can be run.
THE 9 TYPES OF SOFTWARE PLATFORMS
1.Technology Platforms
2.Computing Platforms
3.Utility Platforms
4.Interaction Networks
5.Marketplaces
6.On-demand Service Platforms
7.Content Crowdsourcing Platforms
8.Data Harvesting Platforms
9.Content Distribution
Technology Platforms
 Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Twilio are examples of
Technology Platforms.
 Technology Platforms provide building blocks or services that are reused in a
large number of products.
The reason we included Technology Platforms in Platform Hunt is that platforms
like AWS are routinely lumped together with multi-sided platforms like Uber or
AirBnB.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
is a comprehensive, evolving
cloud computing platform
provided by Amazon.
Airbnb is a community-based,
two-sided online platform that
facilitates the process of
booking private living spaces
for travelers.
Computing Platforms

 Computing Platforms, enable interactions between platform users and 3rd party
developers. In Technology Platforms the developer “owns” the user.
• Computing Platforms, like Apple iOS, Google Android or Microsoft Windows,
allow developers extend the platform with new use cases, making the platform
more valuable to users.
• In modern Computing Platforms the connection between users and developers
is through an app store/marketplace.
Utility Platforms

 Utility Platforms attract users by providing a useful, typically free service.

Google Search.

• Users attract businesses, but businesses on the platform do not necessarily

attract users. We go to Google Search looking for information, not to see ads.
Interaction Networks

• Facebook, WeChat and Bitcoin are examples of

Interaction Networks.
• The common element is that this type of platform
facilitates interactions between specific participants
(people and/or businesses).
Marketplaces
Marketplaces like:
• eBay, Amazon Marketplace,
• AirBnB,
• UpWork are two-sided platforms connecting supply with demand.
• Marketplaces enable transactions between demand-side participants (buyers)
and supply-side participants (sellers).
On-demand Service Platforms

 Uber, Munchery and Heal are examples of On-demand Service Platforms.

This type of platform is designed to deliver end-to-end services fulfilled by a
network of independent service providers/contractors.
 The user/buyer typically has very little freedom.
Content Crowdsourcing Platforms

• This platform type is about collecting content from a subset of users (video,
blog posts, reviews, ratings, etc.) and sharing this content with a wide user
base of the platform.
• YouTube, Yelp and TripAdvisor are examples of Content Crowdsourcing
Platforms.
Data Harvesting Platforms

• Waze, OpenSignal and InsideSales.com are examples of Data Harvesting

Platforms.
• The data collected from all users of the platform is fed back to the service
making it more useful for users.
• Usage generates data, which in turn makes the platform more valuable for
users, which attract more users.
Content Distribution Platforms

• Google AdSense,
• Outbrain,
• Smaato and Millennial Media are examples of Content Distribution Platforms.
Such platforms connect owners of user touch-points (web sites, mobile apps,
devices) with content owners wishing to deliver the content (or ads) to the users.
• The more touch-points the platform aggregates, the more attractive it becomes to
the content owners.
 SEATWORK NO.3

1. What is the role of Technology in

Communication?
2What is the importance of Computers
in our daily Life?