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    Information technology (IT) involves the study and application of computers and any type of telecommunications that store, retrieve, manipulate and transmit data. IT has had a profound impact on modern life and has defined the current era as the Information Age. Technology has progressed through four main ages - premechanical, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic - with each building on the innovations and discoveries of prior eras to bring us to the digital world of today driven by computers and the internet. Current IT plays a crucial role in business, commerce, manufacturing and nearly all other sectors by minimizing time, providing security and storage, and enabling efficient communication.

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    Information technology (IT) involves the study and application of computers and any type of telecommunications that store, retrieve, manipulate and transmit data. IT has had a profound impact on modern life and has defined the current era as the Information Age. Technology has progressed through four main ages - premechanical, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic - with each building on the innovations and discoveries of prior eras to bring us to the digital world of today driven by computers and the internet. Current IT plays a crucial role in business, commerce, manufacturing and nearly all other sectors by minimizing time, providing security and storage, and enabling efficient communication.

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    Information technology (IT) involves the study and application of computers and any type of telecommunications that store, retrieve, manipulate and transmit data. IT has had a profound impact on modern life and has defined the current era as the Information Age. Technology has progressed through four main ages - premechanical, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic - with each building on the innovations and discoveries of prior eras to bring us to the digital world of today driven by computers and the internet. Current IT plays a crucial role in business, commerce, manufacturing and nearly all other sectors by minimizing time, providing security and storage, and enabling efficient communication.

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    Information technology (IT) involves the study and application of computers and any type of telecommunications that store, retrieve, manipulate and transmit data. IT has had a profound impact on modern life and has defined the current era as the Information Age. Technology has progressed through four main ages - premechanical, mechanical, electromechanical and electronic - with each building on the innovations and discoveries of prior eras to bring us to the digital world of today driven by computers and the internet. Current IT plays a crucial role in business, commerce, manufacturing and nearly all other sectors by minimizing time, providing security and storage, and enabling efficient communication.

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    Subject: GE ELEC4

    What is living the it era?


    Living in the IT Era addresses the need to uncover the concepts behind ICT and understand its
    basic operations.
    This course explains how the influence of Information Technology defines the way we live
    today. Identify the different discoveries and inventions on computers that help mold
    Information Technology as we know it.

    What is the role of information technology in today's era?


    Information technology helps to build and grow the commerce and business sector and
    generate maximum possible output. The time taken by different sectors to generate business is
    now minimized with an advancement in Information technology. It provides electronic security,
    storage, and efficient communication.

    What is information technology?


    Information technology (IT) involves the study and application of computers and any type
    of telecommunications that store, retrieve, study, transmit, manipulate data and send
    information. Information technology involves a combination of hardware and software that is
    used to perform the essential tasks that people need and use on the everyday basis.

    Why do we consider now that we are in the information age?


    The Information Age is now. Every era from the Stone Age up to The Industrial Revolution has
    led to the world as we know it. Without the information, knowledge and discoveries of those
    from the past, we would not be where we are today. The past has shaped our present and will
    continue to shape our future.

    What are the 4 ages of technology?


    Technology are divided in to 4 main ages. Only the latest age (electronic) is affects us today, but
    it is important to learn about how technology is develop from the past until today.

    There are:
    • premechanical,
    • mechanical,
    • electromechanical and
    • electronic.

    Premechanical
    The premechanical age is the earliest age of information technology. It can be defined as the time
    between 3000B.C. and 1450A.D. We are talking about a long time ago. When humans first started
    communicating they would try to use language or simple picture drawings known as petroglyths
    which were usually carved in rock.
    This is where the first books and libraries are developed. You’ve probably heard of Egyptian
    scrolls which were popular ways of writing down information to save. Some groups of people
    were actually binding paper together into a book-like form. Also during this period were the first
    numbering systems. Around 100A.D. was when the first 1-9 system was created by people from
    India. However, it wasn’t until 875A.D. (775 years later) that the number 0 was invented. And yes
    now that numbers were created, people wanted stuff to do with them so they created
    calculators. A calculator was the very first sign of an information processor. The popular model of
    that time was the abacus.

    Mechanical
    The mechanical age is when we first start to see connections between our current technology and
    its ancestors. The mechanical age can be defined as the time between 1450 and 1840. A lot of
    new technologies are developed in this era as there is a large explosion in interest with this area.
    Technologies like the slide rule (an analog computer used for multiplying and dividing) were
    invented. Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline which was a very popular mechanical computer.
    Charles Babbage developed the difference engine which tabulated polynomial equations using
    the method of finite differences.
    Technology has increased every manufacturing. Businesses have creating more work
    opportunities. Developments in technology have become more fast. Technology has improved.
    Computer and Internet are everywhere. They have changed every segment such as tourism,
    medicine, entertainment and education. Technology has affected every part of life. Technology
    has changed our living. Businesses are growing and expanding across countries due to
    technological advancements. If it isn’t technology, how would complex industrial processes be
    carried on? If not for machines, how would large-scale production of goods be possible? If not for
    computers, how would the software industry have grown? Growing businesses create
    employment opportunities for people and technology plays a big role in business growth. That's
    how important technology is.

    Electro-Mechanical Technology (or mechatronics)


    is one of the most in-demand and highly sought-after careers in the manufacturing industry.
    The combination of electrical and mechanical skills based in computer-aided drafting, and
    machine technology create a unique blend of knowledge desirable to industry.
    Electronics technology
    is the application of scientific theories and principles in the design, production, installation,
    testing, service, use, and control of electrical and electronic parts, equipment and systems.
    Electronics technology is used across all industries, including commercial, residential, and
    industrial.

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