IT VS ICT

IT
 Refers to an entire industry that uses computers, networking, software and other
equipment to manage information.
 Widely used in the industry (paper data base to computerized data base)

ICT
 Can be seen as an integration of IT with media broadcasting technologies, audio/
video processing and transmission and telephony.
 An extended acronym for IT
 Widely used in the context of education
 Refers to the integration of telephone and audio/ visual networks with computer
networks
 In simplest term, ICT can be seen as emigration of information technology with
communication technology
 It covers products that will store, retrieve, manipulate, transmit or receive
information electronically or digital form (example: personal computer, digital
television, robots, email)
 ICT areas are:
-education -business -hobbies and leisure
-data processing -security -art and design
-communication -social -sports. etc
-information gathering -shopping
-jobs -traveling