Information and communications technology (ICT) is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT), but is a more specific term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications and computers, as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information [1].
The term ICT is also used to refer to the convergence of audio-visual and telephone networks with computer networks
through a single cabling or link system [1].
Modern information and communication technologies have created a "global village," in which people can communicate with others across the world as if they were living next door. For this reason, ICT is often studied in the context of how modern communication technologies affect society [2].
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Definition
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology
[2] http://techterms.com/definition/ict
Modern information and communication technologies have created a "global village," in which people can communicate with others across the world as if they were living next door. For this reason, ICT is often studied in the context of how modern communication technologies affect society [2].
Sources
Definition
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_and_communications_technology
[2] http://techterms.com/definition/ict
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