Information
and Communication Technology is a term used to describe technologies which
receive, record, process, transmits and retrieves information (Ebisine, 2011).
According to him, ICT is the combination of networks, hardware and software; as
well as the means of communication, collaboration and engagement that enable
the processing, management and exchange of data,
information and knowledge. ICT
also stand for the various ways the computer works together with other
telecommunication equipment which are needed in data processing and information
transmission to solve different aspects of human endeavor (Eze, 2007). This is
probably why it is referred to handling and processing of information using
electronic devices (Adeoja, 2002) and as the range of products and systems,
which handles, process and produce information using computers and/or
telecommunication technologies. In one sense, Eguridu (2008) presented ICT as a
technology that merges computer with high speed communication links carrying
data sounds and videos. ICT he emphasized is an umbrella term that refers to
all technology for communication of information. According to him, it includes
any medium to record information that is paper, magnetic disk flash.
ICT is a process of networking –
connecting any part of the world by mere touching a combination of keyboard
buttons on electronic device like radio, television, telephone, computer and so
on with this innovation in our ever changing society, it is crystal clear that
more pressure will be on the young people mostly students. Thus, the need to
fully inculcate ICT into the Nigerian education system in order to gradually
bring them to the reality of the universal phenomenon comes to play (Orukokan,
Olaleye, Odumosu and Akinneye, 2009).
Adedoja (2002) contended that ICT is
concerned with handling and processing of information using electronic devices.
Agboola (2001) presented ICT as the range of products and systems, which handle
process and produce information using computers, and/or telecommunication
technologies. In effect, ICT is a process of networking – connecting any part of
the world by mere touching a combination of keyboard buttons on electronic
devices like radio, television, telephone, and computer and so on. This is in
line with Ayannuga (2006) that ICTs are information handling tools. They
include the old ICTs of radio, television and telephone and the new ICTs of
computer, satellite and wireless technology and the internet. According to him,
information and communication technology is a general term sometimes used to
refer to a variety of tools, all of which make it possible to improve dialogue
between individuals and groups.
ICT according to Bamikole (2000) is the
creation, collection, storage, processing, transmission, displaying and use of
information by people and machine. It encompasses so many a concept among which
is the internet. Abimbade (2006) observed that development in computer
technology and telecommunication networks had given rise to the internet and
intranet, thus information and communication are interwoven and one is
dependent of the other. ICT is the fusion of Information Technology (IT) and
Communication Technology (CT).
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