Modern Scenario of Information Technology

The Technology used for processing, storing, and communicating information is called Information technology or IT. It is a combination of telecommunication technology and computer technology ( hardware and software). It combines computing with high-speed communication links for carrying data from one place to another, all over the world. The website is a type of information technology.

      Following are major components of information technology.

1. Data or Information
2. Medium or communication network
3. Computer hardware and software

Before information technology, the telephone system was the only source of communication today in addition to telephone systems fax machines mobile phones, and computer networks are the main source of communication. The users can share and exchange information for messages all over the world through computer networks internet for mobile phones networks. Computer hardware and software are playing the main role in information technology. Internet is the best example of IT.

The world has become a global village due to Information Technology. The Global Village means that people living in the world known Each Other as if they are living in a village. People can exchange information on messages in such a manner as if they are sitting in a drawing-room face to face.

Digital Convergence

Due to Information Technology, different organizations industries, and institutes are linked with each other. They are linked with each other by using modern technology and other electronic devices. This electronic merging of different organization industries and Institute to exchange information between them is called digital convergence the information can be in the form of video audio text and graphics etc.

Modern Scenario of Information Technology

The world scenario means a ''state'' or ''situation'' of anything or system. The modern impact of Information Technology has expanded the base of computing and communication. Now information can be exchanged through satellite, fiber optics, mobile phones, and fax machines, etc. Information Technology was brought a revolution in our Lifestyle. The computer utilization is increased some important utilization is as follows.

• Artificial intelligence: It is the latest technology that is used in some electronic machines. These machines can think, decided themselves, and communicate like human beings.
• Web-Based Applications: These are computer programs or software. These are used for connecting to the internet for exchanging information.
• E-Commerce: It is a process of performing business transactions through computer network internet.
• M-Commerce (Mobile Commerce): It is a process of performing business transactions on the internet through mobile phones.
• Computer Animation: Animation means cartoon or moving picture. Animation is the process of creating moving pictures and other special effects for television shows, commercials, movies, and cartoons.
• Multimedia & Hypermedia: It refers to an application in which text, graphics, animation, audio, and video effect are combined together and we are represented by the computer. The main uses of multimedia applications are in video games and computer-based training.
• Hypermedia is the process of creating links to multimedia files.
• Distributed Computing: In distributed computing, a single tasks form on multi computers.