Information
technology (IT) is the technology needed to
acquire, store, process and distribute information by electronic means. Data is raw,
unorganized facts that need to be processed, can be something simple and
seemingly random and useless until it is organized. Storage Is the name given to a storage
technology dedicated to sharing the storage capacity of a computer. Information is stimuli that has meaning in some context for its receiver.
Processing is a flexible software sketchbook and a language for
learning how to code within the context of the visual arts. Computer is a programmable machine. The two
principal characteristics of a computer are: It responds to a specific set of instructions in a well-defined manner and it can execute a prerecorded list of instructions (a program). Evolution Over the last decades, governments all over the world
have tried to take advantage of information and communication technology (ICT)
to improve government operations and communication with citizens. ICTs (information and
communications technology - or technologies) is an umbrella term that includes
any communication device or application, encompassing: radio, television,
cellular phones, computer and network.
