EVOLUTION OF

INFORMATION AND
COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY.
DEFINITIONS:
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT): IS THE
APPLICATION OF COMPUTERS AND OTHER
ELECTRONIC DEVICES TO STORE, RETRIEVE,
TRANSMIT AND MANIPULATE DATA AND
INFORMATION.
INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY IS THE APPLICATION OF
COMPUTERS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC
COMMUNICATION MEANS TO MANAGE AND
PROCESS INFORMATION EFFECTIVELY.
TELECOMMUNICATION IS THE SPREAD OF
INFORMATION OVER A DISTANCE BY
TECHNOLOGICAL MEANS.
STAGES OF
INFORMATION
EVOLUTION
ICT has developed through various stages
characterized by various inventions.
They include;
1. Invention of printing
The printing press process began in 1440 by a German
inventor named Johannes Gutenberg. Printing is a
process of transferring lettering or images onto paper
or similar material.
THE PRINTING PRESS
FUN FACT
“The quick brown fox jumps
over the lazy dog” 
2. Invention of the telephone
The telephone was invented in 1876 by Alexander Graham
Bell. The telephone is used to transfer voice and data signals
over long distances.
3. Invention of the Radio
The radio owes its invention to Guglielmo Marconi. The radio
was invented in the year 1894.
Radio is the wireless transmission of signals over the
atmosphere. It consists of a transmitter and a receiver .
4. Invention of the television
The television was invented by an American inventor named Philo
Taylor Farnsworth. Television was invented in the year 1927.
The television is an electronic device that transmits images and sounds
over a distance. it also consists of a transmitter and a receiver for
sending and receiving signals.
5. Invention of the computer

Not one but there are many geniuses behind the development and
growth of this phenomenal technology.
The 1st computing device, Pascal's calculator (also known as the
arithmetic machine or Pascaline), was invented by BLAISE PASCAL in
1642. however invention of modern computers is credited to CHARLES
BABBAGE, who is also the world acclaimed “father of the computer”.
6. Invention of the computer network
 Invention of the computer led to the invention of the internet, e-mail,
world wide web and the computer has become an indispensable
business tool.
 The first-ever computer-to-computer link was established on
ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), the
precursor to the Internet, on October 29, 1969.
 Originally funded by ARPA (Advanced Research Projects Agency),
now DARPA, within the United States Department of Defense,
ARPANET was to be used for projects at universities and research
laboratories in the US.
RELATIONSHIP/ LINK BETWEEN
THE COMPUTER AND ICT
1. Computers led to most discoveries in ICT
2. Computers and ICT gadgets interconnect and
function as one.
3. Computers and ICT gadgets are programmable.
4. Computers can perform the functions of other ICT
gadgets.