Information
and Communication Technology is a term used to describe technologies which
receive, record, process, transmits and retrieves information (Ebisine, 2011).
According to him, Information and Communication Technology 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. Information and Communication
Technology 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 Information and Communication Technology as a technology that merges
computer with high speed communication links carrying data sounds and videos. Information
and Communication Technology 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.
Information and Communication Technology
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 Information and
Communication Technology 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 Information
and Communication Technology is concerned with handling and processing of
information using electronic devices. Agboola (2001) presented Information and
Communication Technology as the range of products and systems, which handle
process and produce information using computers, and/or telecommunication
technologies. In effect, Information and Communication Technology 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 ICT
Technologies are information handling tools. They include the old ICT
Technologies of radio, television and telephone and the new ICT Technologies 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.
Information and Communication Technology
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. Information and Communication
Technology is the fusion of Information Technology (IT) and Communication
Technology (CT).
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