TECHNOLOGY

FRANCISCO JUSTINIANO

Introduction
What is Technology?
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Definition
• Technology is the skills, methods, and processes
used to achieve goals.
• People can use technology to:
• Produce goods or services
• Carry out goals, such as scientific investigation or
sending a spaceship to the moon
• Solve problems, such as disease or famine
Definition
• Technology can be knowledge of how to do
things. Machines are examples of embed. This lets
others use the machines without knowing how
they work. Technological systems use technology
by taking something, changing it, then producing a
result. They are also known as technology
systems.
Definition
• The simplest form of technology is the
development and use of basic tools. The
discovery of fire and the Neolithic Revolution
made food easier to get.
Definition
• Other inventions, such as the wheel and the ship,
helped people to transport goods and themselves.
Information technology, such as the printing
press, the telephone, and the Internet, has led to
globalization.
Etymology
• The word "technology" comes from two Greek
words:
techne, meaning "art, skill, or cunning of hand“
-logia, a suffix meaning "the study of“
• From the Greek tekhnologia, meaning systematic
treatment or science of craft.
• It is the specific methods, materials, and devices used to
solve practical problems.
What is Information Technology?
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Definition
• IT or information technology refers to the
development, maintenance, and use of computer
software, systems, and networks. It includes their
use for the processing and distribution of data.
Data means information, facts, statistics, etc.,
gathered for reference, storage, or analysis.
• The word technology on its own refers to the
application of scientific knowhow for practical
purposes.
Definition
• According to Information Technology Trends in
2019:
• “Information technology refers to anything related to
computing technology. The Internet, for example,
comes under the umbrella term IT. So does computer
hardware, software, and networking.”
What’s needed in the
Information Technology
• Software includes all the computer programs –
codes and instructions – within a computer.
Computers do not work without software.
• Hardware, in this context, refers to the physical
components of a computer system. The screen
(monitor), mouse, and motherboard, for example,
are hardware items.