IT Role in Country Progress

IT Role in Country Progress

The word “technology” refers to that branch of knowledge, which deals with scientific and industrial methods and their practical use in industry. This explains why some refer to it simply as “practical science”. It is in this sense that Langley and Shain, as quoted by Chiesenga (1995) define information technology as “the acquisition, processing, storage, and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a micro-electronic-based combination of computing and telecommunication”.

Whereas the computer provides facilities for processing, storage and retrieval, telecommunications, on the other hand, make available such facilities as are needed ...