Application of ICT

When do you use a computer?

• Word Processing
• Web Surfing
• Instant Messaging/Email
• Air traffic control
• Car diagnostics
• Climate control
In the Beginning
 Most people’s computer...
“The Box”
CRT Display CD-ROM Drive

Floppy
Disk
Drive

Keyboard

Mouse
Trends

• Faster
• Smaller
• More reliable
• Less expensive
• Easier to use

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 Computers are everywhere

Rick Graziani graziani@cabrillo.edu

Rick Graziani graziani@cabrillo.edu
 The Computer Defined

• Black Box
• Problem Solver
• An Electronic device that converts data into information
which is useful to people

Input Processing Output

 Data vs. Information
Data Information
• raw facts • data with context
• no context • processed data
• just numbers and text • value-added to data
• Example – summarized
– 6.34 – organized
– 6.45
– analyzed
– 6.39
– 6.62
– 6.57
$7.20
– 6.64
$7.00
– 6.71
$6.80
– 6.82 $6.60

Stock Price
– 7.12 $6.40
– 7.06 $6.20
$6.00
$5.80
$5.60
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Last 10 Days
 What is Information?

• Information is:
– Knowledge derived from data.
– Data presented in a meaningful context.
– Data processed by summing, ordering, averaging, grouping, comparing, or other similar
operations.
 Characteristics of Good Information?

• Accurate – entering incorrect sales data creates false information.

• Timely – Production doesn’t have enough raw materials

• Relevant – if your boss needs to know how many shipments were late last month,
you shouldn’t give him a list of all items that shipped.
 Information Technology vs. Information Systems?

Because many people confuse the two terms, compare what each one
consists of and how the two differ.

• Information technology pertains to • Information Systems include five

components
• New Products
• New Methods
– Hardware
• Inventions
– Software
• Standards
– Data
– Procedures
– People

Information technology drives the development of new information systems.

Information Systems
Information Systems
Web-based Information Systems
Web-based Information Systems
stand alone computer system
Client Server Architecture
 Information Systems Architecture

Application
Developers
Database Server
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User /
Clients
 Registration Module

Registration Form
Name
Contact
Database
Email
Password

id Name contact Email Password

1 Abc 123 abc@gmail.com A3312cs3
2 Xyz 432 xyz@gmail.com x12y333