3.2.8 Introduction to Types of ICT System & Their Uses

3.2.8 Introduction to Types of ICT System & Their Uses

1. Information need to be:

   • Stored
   • Categorised
   • Searched
   • Sorted

2. 2.5 quintillion bytes of data are created daily

3. Information systems help us:

   • Create
   • Control
   • Store
   • Find
   • Access

4. An information system is a set of computer-based tools for collecting, storing & processing data

5. eg. corporations use information systems to reach potential customers

   • targeted messages over the web

6. Governments provide cost-effective services to citizens using information systems

   • manage economy
   • gather taxes

7. Digital goods & social networks are all provided by information systems

8. A typical system has:

   • Somewhere to store the data eg. database
   • Program to help use the data with user interface

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