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Introducing ICT systems
Information and communication technologies (ICTs) systems now dominate our everyday lives. This free course, Introducing ICT systems, will explain what constitutes such a system and how ICT systems work. You will also look at how ICT systems convey, store and manipulate data, and how they process data. Finally you will learn how these systems are used.
Course learning outcomes
After studying this course, you should be able to:
- understand the meaning of all the terms highlighted in the text
- demonstrate an awareness of the main processes in an ICT system (sending, receiving, storing, retrieving, manipulating, conveying)
- demonstrate an awareness of some of the hardware, software and communication components used in ICT systems
- use a system map or a block diagram to identify the components of an ICT system
- use the units for conveying data and those for storing data appropriately, including use of the prefixes kilo, mega and giga.
First Published: 09/08/2012
Updated: 14/05/2019
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This is still a relevant course. The information in it is very good, although, I think that it needs to be updated a little. Some of the technology mentioned in some of the later chapters is dated (i.e. Zip Drives, and PDA's). The information could be still included in an appendix. But the overall structure of the course is excellent, well explained and simple. I hope that this will receive an update or an overhaul.