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Fundamentals of Information Technology: Lecture #2 by Laraib Abbas

This document provides an overview of Lecture #2 on fundamentals of information technology by Laraib Abbas. The lecture covers the definition of information and technology, the history and timeline of information technology, how IT has impacted lives and society through the information age, and the benefits and costs of information technology. Key topics discussed include how IT encompasses computing, telecommunications, databases and more to store, exchange and use information, as well as major milestones in the development of technologies like the telegraph, telephone, computer and internet.

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Fundamentals of Information Technology: Lecture #2 by Laraib Abbas

This document provides an overview of Lecture #2 on fundamentals of information technology by Laraib Abbas. The lecture covers the definition of information and technology, the history and timeline of information technology, how IT has impacted lives and society through the information age, and the benefits and costs of information technology. Key topics discussed include how IT encompasses computing, telecommunications, databases and more to store, exchange and use information, as well as major milestones in the development of technologies like the telegraph, telephone, computer and internet.

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Fundamentals of

Information
Technology
Lecture #2
By
Laraib Abbas
Lecture Overview
Introduction to Information Technology
Information Technology Timeline
Information Age and Information
technology impacts on lives
Benefits if Information Technology
Cost of Information Technology
Comments for next Class
Information and
Technology:
Information (Latin: idea, conception)
Knowledge communicated or received
concerning a particular fact or circumstance
Quantity needed by a system to complete a
task
Technology (Greek: systematic treatment)
The practical application of knowledge in a
particular area (ex: Engineering, science, etc..)
The human process of applying resources to
satisfy our wants and needs to extend our
capabilities
Information Technology:
IT (information technology) is a term that
encompasses all forms of technology used to
create, store, exchange, and use information
in its various forms.

It is a convenient term for including both


telephony and computer technology in the
same word. It is the technology that is driving
what has often been called The Information
Revolution."
Information Technology: Cont.
The term Information Technology Comprehensively can
be defined as:
Use of Computing along with high speed telecommunication
networks in order to spread the information from a source
to the remote destination over the globe of world.
IT discipline includes:
Computing
Information Engineering
Telecommunication
Database Management
Software Engineering
Organizational Behavior
The Various Forms of Information
Images
Sound
Text
Alphanumeric Characters
Numbers

Business data, voice conversations, still images,


motion pictures, multimedia presentations, and
other forms, including those not yet conceived.
Historical Perspective
Information and its uses have always been an integral
part of mankind
Mankind initially utilized non-verbal communication methods
to convey information (gestures, etc.)
The very first indication of information
communication/storage/retrieval is considered to be through
cave drawings
Words and subsequently languages were later developed to
efficiently communicate with each other
Information sharing across a wide audience was made
possible by the invention of the printing press in the early
1450s by Johannes Gutenberg through the process of printing
and distributing manuscripts
The printing press is widely thought of as the origin of mass
communication. It marked Western culture's first viable method of
disseminating ideas and information from a single source to a large
and far-ranging audience (Jones telecom & multimedia encyclopedia)
Some significant developments in IT include:
The telegraph by Samuel Morse in 1837
The telephone by Alexander Graham Bell in 1876
Black and white TV in the 1940s
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) between 1937-1942
The ENIAC (first electronic digital computer) during WW-II
The transistor by Bell lab scientists, replacing the vacuum tube in 1947
The integrated circuit by Jack Kilby in the late 1950s
ARPANET in the 1960s
The personal digital computer in the 1970s
The world wide web in 1991
Information Technology Timeline
Information Technology Timeline
(cont.)
The Information Age
Information technology impacts every aspect
of our lives
Work: IT industry-has become a major economic
sector
Home: Information appliances, information
utilities
Leisure: audio/video, gaming
Social: Web communities
Financial: on-line trading and banking
And so on
The Information Age
Today, information technology touches every
aspect of our lives.
Day-to-Day Living Online shopping, virtual education,
telecommuting, online banking and bill payment, online
course registration, airline reservations.
Entertainment Television, movies, radio, CDs, video
cameras, computer games, web surfing.
Social Life Web communities, instant messaging,
email, cell phones, personal communication devices.
Economics IT use in business and government has
causes significant productivity increases. The IT
industry itself has become a major economic sector.
Benefits of Information Technology
Increased productivity
Information flow
Access to information (ex: the Internet)
Access to personnel
Data entry

Personal flexibility
Virtual workplaces

Recreation
Gaming
Costs of Information Technology
Equipment expense
Ex: personal computers and CPUs

Social costs
Increased unemployment
Job elimination
Reduction in middle management

Personal costs

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