Information Technology is a huge term as it encompasses different industries within. For example the information technology as an umbrella, it encompasses different courses within including Information systems, Computer science, Computer engineering, Cyber security and other more.
So, one can take a look and studying a certain career within this aspect of Information Technology on his/her own.
Information technology means the use of Computers, Storage,
networking and other physical computerized devices, and some other
infrastructure to create, processing and securing as well as storing all forms
of electronic data.
In other words, we could say that, Information Technology means
any computing device capable of storing information and or electronic data.
The word Technology itself means that any tool designed and
being developed through the use of scientific knowledge to derives its value of
data storage.
Examples of Information Technology.
Common examples of Information Technologies including devices
that we normally using in our daily life including PC, PDAs, Tablets, Android smartphones,
Apple iOS and so on.
Other may including even telephones, radio equipments,
networking devices as well as some video and audio tools.
The purpose of Information Technology is to help individuals and
organizations to carry out their works well through the help of computers as to
facilitate and improving the rate of productivity through useful and designated
softwares and programs for example including, word processors for
documentation, spreadsheets for statistical as well as issues visual
presentation tools like Microsoft powerpoint for both lecturers in teaching and
for business people.
Also Information Technology have some services including
Transaction processing and management systems known simply as ATM machine, Data
managing system or databases, even office automation systems.
Generally, Information Technology playing a key role in creating and maintaining applications, assisting on some tasks in offices or in homes and even in data managing using various tools hence increase the working and productivity rate.
IT forms part of Information, Communication and Technology.
The main factor distinguishing them is that, since both are
interrelated in nature in terms of using different technologies like computers,
storage and other computerized devices, but only their components do so. For
instance IT plays as a self course applied and used within organizations or
companies where as ICT is of small scale mainly being applied in institution
offices, working areas, etc.
For example, in ICT mainly is about learning the computer
components (that is softwares and hardwares), about storage devices, learning
how to use nmicrosoft office suite and things that do not require much efforts.
But in other side of Information Technology is that, you will
learn a lot about computer and its related resources, about operating systems,
telecommunication, networking & internet, application development, web
development, databases concepts, cloud computing, servers and supports and so
on.
You see now, in IT there are some modules requiring the
knowledge on how to coding the programming languages intended. So until now I
hope that you start to get the picture I trying to give you.
Thereby, to sum up, Information Technology experts works on building, testing, installing, repairing and maintaining of all computer resources and related devices within the organizations or even in individually as their key role.
Careers in Information Technology.
Information Technology serves different job opportunities and
careers. Fulfilling your studies within a certain IT industry can give you an
opportunity to works indepently or even get employed by a company.
Among the careers that an IT student can obtaining including
becoming an;
- Internet and Network
engineer
- web developer
- Application
developer
- IT specialist
- IT
manager
- Computer engineering
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