Information Technology [3 Mark Questions]

(i) ICT
(ii) Bio-Informatics
(iii) Material Convergence
(iv) Intelligent Bio-Science

(i) Dish TV, Reliance BIG TV and Airtel digital TV.
(ii) A Set-Top Box (STB) is an information appliance device.

(i) Computer is an electronic device used to process and transfer data between the devices attached with it.
(ii) E-mail, i.e. electronic mail is a system for receiving, sending and storing electronic messages using Internet.
(iii) She can send E-mail through Internet.

(i) Video conferencing is a communication technology that integrates video and audio to connect users anywhere in the world as ii they are in the same room. It uses a computer, video camera, microphone, video screen and a sound system.
(ii) It is an extremely useful method for communication at long distances. It saves time and expense of travel.
(iii) It is costly to implement and requires special hardware.

It is a communication technology that integrates video and audio to connect users anywhere in the world as if they are in the same room.
Video conferencing term usually refers to communication between two or more users who are in at least two different locations and it often includes multiple people at each location. Each user or group of users who are participating in a video conference typically must have a computer, a camera, a microphone, a video screen, a sound system and communication technology’ (Internet satellite based system or other communication technology).
Through video conferencing, participants can see and hear each other in real-time allowing natural face-to-face conversations and visual elements that are not possible with voice only communication technology, e.g. mobile phone.

The impact of technological convergence in our daily life can be best exemplified with mobile phones.
Apart from the basic purpose of mobile telephone, the latest cellphones support multiple features like:
(i) Internet and E-mail access.
(ii) Multimedia applications like music/video playback and playing games.
(iii) Sending messages.
(iv) Audio and video conferencing.
(v) Camera for images and videos.
(vi) Providing maps for finding locations.
(vii) Basic computer applications like creating documents, presentations, calendar, calculator, dictionary etc.
(viii) The incorporation of all these technologies into a single device has led to the emergence of smart phones, which eliminates the need to carry multiple devices.

3Cs of technologies that are described as follows:
Computer Technology
Computer technology is the activity of designing, constructing and programming of the computer system. Innovation of computer technology in today’s world has made the communication devices (like television, mobile etc.,) attached with it for communication across the latest devices and services.
Communication Technology
It is the activity of designing, constructing and maintaining communication systems. It is popularly known as ICT. It includes communication device or application such as radio, television, etc that allows to send and receive signals of various devices. ICT is often used as an extended synonym for Information Technology (IT).
Content Technology
Using the content technology, content is displayed over the Internet through Websites and stored through different types of media such as CDs, DVDs, Pen drives etc. When anything passes from computer, it becomes digital content and can be universally shared and communicated virtually.