Information and Communications Technology (Leaving Cert Engineering): Flashcards
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ICT full form
ICT full form
Information and Communications Technology
Primary goals of ICT
Primary goals of ICT
Improve how humans create, process & share data/information
Key difference: ICT vs IT
Key difference: ICT vs IT
ICT includes telecommunications, IT does not
Relationship between IT and ICT
Relationship between IT and ICT
IT is a subset of ICT
Examples of modern ICT technologies
Examples of modern ICT technologies
IoT, AI, robotics, cloud computing, VR, social media, 5G
ICT benefit for businesses: processes
ICT benefit for businesses: processes
Highly automated business processes that reduce costs
ICT benefit for businesses: data
ICT benefit for businesses: data
Big data capabilities for insights into products & services
ICT challenges: security threats
ICT challenges: security threats
Cybercrimes, bad actors, unauthorised access, data theft
ICT connection to industrial change
ICT connection to industrial change
Credited with ushering in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
Define: digital divide
Define: digital divide
Unequal access to ICT between richer & poorer populations
AI impact on ICT: network management
AI impact on ICT: network management
Algorithms adapt to anomalies that disrupt performance
AI impact on ICT: cybersecurity
AI impact on ICT: cybersecurity
Examines anomalies, determines issues, provides solutions
ICT social challenges
ICT social challenges
Cyberbullying, trolling, isolation, loneliness, depression