ICT PRELIM REVIEWER

• The evolution of communication started with Cave Paintings & Stone Carvings around 30,000 BCE, then moved on to Carrier Pigeons in 776 BCE, Marathon Man in 530 BCE, First Daily Newspaper in 1650, Telegraph in 1840, Telephone in 1876, Radio Signal in 1902, Television Broadcast in 1927, and finally Internet in 1969.
• The World Wide Web was introduced in 1994 and Blogging in 1999.
• The Philippines is known as the ICT Hub of Asia due to the huge growth of ICT-related jobs around the country, one of which is Call Center or BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) Center.
• According to the 2013 edition of Measuring the Information Society by the International Telecommunication Union, there are 106.8 cellphones per 100 Filipinos in the year 2012.
• In a data gathered by the Annual Survey of Philippines Business and Industries in 2010, the ICT industry shares 19.3% of the total employment population.
• Makati City, Philippines was ranked 1 as the “Selfiest Cities” around the world by Time Magazine in 2013, and Cebu City was ranked 9.
• The World Wide Web (Web) is a system of internet servers that support documents formatted using HTML
• WIFI stands for Wireless Fidelity
• HTML stands for Hypertext Markup Language
• CSS stands for Cascading Style Sheet
• HTTPS stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure
• BPO stands for Business Process Outsourcing
• WWW stands for World Wide Web
• GPS stands for Global Positioning System
• Web 1.0: Also known as "static web", "flat page" or "stationary page" read only web and is coded by html
• Web 2.0: Also known as "dynamic web" Allows users to interact with the page, Users can create their own account and Includes social media sites
• Folksonomy – allows users to categorize information through

  tagging (using of freely chosen keywords); e.g. use of hashtags
• User participation – others are able to place their own content; e.g.

  commenting, reviewing products, participating in polls
• Rich user experience – dynamic content that is responsive to user’s

  input; e.g. modifying settings on social media sites
• Long tail – services that are offered on demand; e.g. subscriptions

  (Netflix, YouTube Premium, Spotify, Data plans)
• Software as a service – subscribing to software only when needed;

  e.g. using Google Workspace (GDocs, GSheets, GSlides) instead of

  purchasing MS Office.
• Software as a service – subscribing to software only when needed;

  e.g. using Google Workspace (GDocs, GSheets, GSlides) instead of

  purchasing MS Office.
• Convergence – synergy of technological advancements to work similar goal or task;

  e.g. using Gdocs shared with groupmates which can be accessed using PCs or

  smartphones
• Mobile technologies – technologies you can bring with you anywhere, e.g.

  smartphones, tablets, smartwatches
• Assistive Media – non-profit service designed to help people with visual and

  reading impairments; e.g. Siri, Google assistant
• Social Media – website/application that enables web users to create, discuss,

  modify, and exchange user-generated content
• Web 3.0 - Also known as “semantic web”
• Web 3.0- Movement led by World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and Tim Berners-Lee
• Compatibility – HTML files and current web browsers could not

  support Web 3.0
• Security – machines save user preferences, thus information is

  vulnerable to hackers
• Vastness – WWW contains billions of webpages
• Vagueness – certain words are imprecise
• Logic – there are limitations for a computer to predict what user is

  referring to
• Social networks – sites that allow users to connect to other people

  with the same interest/background
• Bookmarking sites – allows users to store and manage links to

  various websites or resources
• Social news – allows users to post their own news items, comment

  on posts and voting on these news articles
• Media Sharing – sites that allow users to upload and share media

  content
• Microblogging – sites that focus on short updates
• Blogs and Forums – users can post their own content, typically part

  of a certain website/web service
• Android – open-source OS developed by Google. Several mobile phone

  companies use this OS for free