Lesson-1-What-is-ICT

Education, health care, or libraries.

Describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user-generated content, usability, and interoperability.

Convergent technologies refer to the integration of different technologies, such as telecommunications, broadcasting, and computing, into a single multifunctional system. This integration allows for the sharing of resources and functionalities, leading to increased efficiency and convenience.

A cell phone, also known as a mobile phone, is a portable device that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

Collaborative platforms are digital tools and software that enable individuals or groups to work together on projects, share information, and communicate effectively, often in real-time.

A generic term used to refer to a group of software or hardware devices by which people with disabilities can access computers.

ICT stands for Information and Communication Technologies. It refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications. This includes the internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums.

A supposed third generation of Internet-based services that collectively comprise what might be called ‘the intelligent Web’ — such as those using semantic web, microformats, natural language search, data mining, machine learning, recommendation agents, and artificial intelligence technologies — which emphasize machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

Computer-mediated tools that allow people or companies to create, share, or exchange information, career interests, ideas, and pictures/videos in virtual communities and networks.

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) refers to the use of communication devices, symbols, strategies, and techniques to supplement or replace speech or writing for individuals with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language.

Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of interconnected physical devices, vehicles, home appliances, and other items embedded with sensors, software, and network connectivity that enables them to collect and exchange data.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

A category of business software that adds broad social networking capabilities to work processes.

Online versions of information systems, which is the process of and tools for storing, managing, using, and gathering of data and communications in an organization.

Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities, ensuring that they can access and use them effectively.

A wireless network is a type of computer network that uses wireless data connections between network nodes. It eliminates the need for physical wired connections for data transfer.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

The combination of different technologies, such as telecommunications, computing, and media, into a single integrated system.

A company providing the Internet's first audio solution for persons with print reading/access barriers. The audio recordings of the literary works produced by Assistive Media are now easily accessible, on-demand, to the ever-growing number of persons with disabilities who now use the Internet.

The internet is a global network of interconnected computers that use the Internet Protocol for communication. It provides various services such as email, file transfer, and the World Wide Web.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

The combination of different technologies, such as telecommunications, computing, and media, into a single integrated system.

Social Media refers to websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking.

Assistive Technology (AT) refers to any device, software, or equipment that helps people with disabilities to perform tasks that they would otherwise be unable to do or have difficulty doing.

Web 3.0 refers to the third generation of the internet that is focused on providing a more intelligent, connected, and secure web experience through technologies like blockchain, AI, and IoT.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

An extension of the term convergence, which means a 'coming together of two or more disparate disciplines or technologies'. For example, the so-called fax revolution was produced by a convergence of telecommunications technology, optical scanning technology, and printing technology.

Tools for sending out communications and storing files in a business.

Blockchain is a decentralized, distributed ledger technology that records transactions across multiple computers in a way that is secure, transparent, and resistant to modification.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

Refers to media devices such as mobile phones which are the primary source of portable media for obtaining information and communicating with one another.

Describes World Wide Web sites that emphasize user-generated content, usability, and interoperability.

A screen reader is a software application that enables people with visual impairments to read the text displayed on a computer screen with a speech synthesizer or braille display.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) refers to the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, particularly computer systems, to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and language translation.

A component of Web 3.0 that emphasizes machine-facilitated understanding of information to provide a more productive and intuitive user experience.

Any communication device or application, including radio, television, cellular phones, computer and network hardware and software, satellite systems, and more.

Information and Communication Technologies.

Outside of the United States.

Blogging, email, Microsoft PowerPoint, and Word.

As digital forms of communication, including tools available on the Internet and computer software.