Information and Communications Technology (Leaving Cert Engineering): Flashcards
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ICT acronym meaning
ICT acronym meaning
Information and Communications Technology
Primary goals of ICT
Primary goals of ICT
Improve how humans create, process & share data
Relationship between IT and ICT
Relationship between IT and ICT
IT is a subset of ICT
What ICT includes that IT does not
What ICT includes that IT does not
Telecommunications devices and technologies
Examples of ICT components
Examples of ICT components
Hardware, software, networks, data, cloud, security policies
Modern ICT technology examples
Modern ICT technology examples
IoT, AI, robotics, cloud computing, 5G, social media
Business benefit: automated processes
Business benefit: automated processes
Reduce costs through highly automated business processes
Business benefit: big data
Business benefit: big data
Turn vast data into insights for new products & services
ICT challenge: bad actors
ICT challenge: bad actors
Gain unauthorised access to systems, steal data or money
ICT social challenge examples
ICT social challenge examples
Cyberbullying, trolling, isolation, loneliness, depression
ICT's industrial revolution connection
ICT's industrial revolution connection
Credited with ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Digital divide definition
Digital divide definition
Unequal access to ICT between richer & poorer populations