Information and communications technology
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search Information and communications technology or ( ICT ) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications [1] and the integration of telecommunications ( telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software , middleware , storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. [2] 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. There are large economic incentives (huge cost savings due to elimination of the telephone network) to merge the telephone network with the computer network system using a single unified system of cabling, signal distribution and management. ICT is a broad subject and the concepts are evolving. [3] It co...