The Current State of ICT Technologies (Updated)

 

Internet

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- a large computer network that is made up of thousand network worldwide

- in 1969, the Advanced Research Projects Agency Network or ARPANET was launched by US Department of Defense to allow scientists to share information and computer resources

Web Browsers

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- a computer program used to open and browse web pages over the internet

- examples of web browsers are Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, etc.

1. World Wide Web (WWW)

-invented by Tim Berners-Lee in 1989

-an information space where documents and other web resources are identified by Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) interlinked by hypertext links and accessible through the Internet

Web 1.0

Web 1.0 refers to the first stage in the World Wide Web, which was entirely made up of web pages connected by hyperlinks. Although the exact definition of Web 1.0 is a source of debate, it is generally believed to refer to the web when it was a set of static websites that were not yet providing interactive content.

Example of this type of web page is an information found on http://tilde.club/~choire/.

Web 2.0 

Web 2.0 is the term used to describe a variety of web sites and applications that allow anyone to create and share online information or material they have created. A key element of the technology is that it allows people to create, share, collaborate & communicate. 

The social media pages and blogs are examples of Web 2.0.

2. Convergent Technologies

Technological convergence is the synergy of technological advancements to work in a similar goal or task. It is the use of several technologies to accomplish a task conveniently.

3. Social Media

• Social network
• Bookmarking sites
• Social News
• Media Sharing
• Microblogging
• Blogs and Forums

4. Mobile Technologies

The popularity of smartphones and tablets has taken rise over the years. This is largely because of the devices' capability to do tasks that were originally found in personal computers.

Mobile Technologies Operating System:

• iOS
• Android
• Blackberry OS
• Windows Phone OS
• Symbian
• WebOS
• Windows Mobile

5. Assistive Media

It is a non-profit service designed to help people who have visual and reading impairments. A database of audio recordings is used to read to the user. 

Copyright Infringement

• Intellectual Property
• Copyright Law

Folksonomy – allows users to categorize and classify/arrange information.
Hashtag – used to “categorize” posts in website
Convergence – the synergy of technological advancements to work on a similar goal or task
Social media – websites, applications, or online channels that enable users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content.





Sources:
https://www.techopedia.com/definition/27960/web-10
https://copyright.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/.../wikisblogsweb2blue.pdf
https://www.facebook.com/tongohinNHSempowerment/posts/1842441439354596