Intro to ICT

• Information & Communication Technology


  study of computers as data processing tools
• ICT in the Philippines

  Philippines is dub as the "ICT Hub of Asia" because of the huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one of which is Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) or call centers.
• Computer


  an electronic device for storing & processing data, typically in binary form
• Internet


  • the global system of interconnected computer networks that use the internet protocol suite (TCP/IP) to link billions of devices worldwide.
  • sometimes called as "The Net"
• World Wide Web


  allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links ; moving from one document to another

  where documents & other web resources are identified by URLS
• Folksonomy


  allows user to categorize & classify info using keywords (e.g. tagging)
• Rich User Experience


  content is dynamic & is responsive to user's input
• User Participation


  others are able to place a content by means of comments, reviews, evaluation (e.g. Lazada)
• Long Tail


  synonymous to subscribing a data plan that charges u for the amount of time u spent on the internet ; has subscription
• Software as services


  rather than installing software directly on your computer, it is instead stored and deployed through the cloud (e.g. google docs)
• Mass Participation


  diverse information sharing through universal web access
• Social Networks


  type of social media that allows people from similar backgrounds or with similar interests to connect online (e.g. facebook, twitter)
• Social News


  type of social media that allow users to post news links to external sites, on which other users can then vote submissions up or down in a way that affects their overall exposure (e.g. reddit)
• Bookmarking Sites


  type of social media that allow users to save and organize links to any number of online resources and websites (e.g. pinterest)
• Media Sharing


  type of social media that allow users to share a range of media online (e.g. youtube)
• Microblogging


  type of social media that allow users to post short written entries, which can include links to product and service sites, or links to other social media platforms (e.g. twitter)
• Blogs & Forums


  type of social media that lets users engage in conversations by posting and responding to community messages
• LTE


  currently the fastest internet that latest model devices use
• Mobile Operating System


  some examples are iOS, Android, Blackberry OS, Web OS
• Assistive Media


  a non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments.
• Public Cloud


  type of cloud that allows systems and services to be easily

  accessible to the general public. this also may be less secured bc of its openness
• Private Cloud


  type of cloud that allows allows systems and services to be accessible within an organization; more secured
• Community Cloud


  type of cloud that allows systems and services to be accessible by a group of organizations
• Hybrid Cloud


  type of cloud that is a mixture of public and private cloud. however, the critical activities are performed using private cloud while the non-critical activities are performed using public cloud.
• Web 1.0 (read only)


  static web page ; "as-is", cannot be manipulated by user
• Web 2.0 (read-write)


  dynamic web page; website is different for each user

  (e.g. social media sites)
• Web 3.0 (read-write-execute)


  semantic web; extension of the current web (e.g. ads in a webpage that give suggestions)