Computer - electronic device capable of aspects of process such as human

carrying out a sequence of instructions. interaction.

Procedure - is a step of steps employed to
● HARDWARE carry specific business or organizational
● SOFTWARE activity.
● PEOPLE
● PROCEDURE Network - a group of two or more devices
● DATE/INFORMATION that communicate.

Information technology - is the use of any Software - is a collection of computer

computers, storage, networking and other programs and related data that provides the
physical devices, infrastructure and process instructions for telling a computer.what to do
to create, process, store, secure and and how to do it.
exchange all forms of electronic data.
SYSTEM SOFTWARE - is computer
Information system - is the collection of software designed to operate the computer
technical and human resources that provide hardware to provide basic functionality and
storage, computing, distribution and to provide a platform for running application
communication for the information required software.
by all or some part of an enterprise.
BIOS - basic input/output system gets the
Hardware- refers to the physical, tangible computer system started after you turn it on
computer equipment and devices, which and manages the data flow between the
can provide support for major functions operating system and attached devices.
such as input, processing and
communication.
PROGRAMMING SOFTWARE - include
Software- is a generic term for an tools in the form of programs or applications
organized collection of computer data and that software developers use to
instructions. create,debug,maintain, or otherwise support
other programs and applications.
Application software- users solve a
particular problem or carry out specific Application software - a program or group
tasks. of programs designed for end users.

System software - coordinates the SOFTWARE APPLICATION - designed to

activities and function of hardware and run on mobile devices such as smartphones
software and controls the operation of and tablets computers.
computer hardware.
MOBILE APPS - are designed with
Peopleware - refers to the role people play consideration for the demands and
in technology and the development of constraints of the devices and also take
hardware or software. It can include various advantage of any specialized capabilities
they have.
NATIVE APPLICATIONS - generally built Advantages
with a familiar operation system and - Cost
user-friendly interface but portability of the - Does not need updates
code cannot be deployed in other - Customization
applications. - No download
- Can easily adopt
- The majority of application in mobile Disadvantages
phones are considered as native - App size tend to get increased
apps. - Lacks the feature of quality
control system
Advantages of native apps - Rare to find and often lack
- Fast and responsive experience supports
- Easy to tap into wider - Dependent on website
functionality - Needs internet connection
- Uses push notifications
- Ensures app interface is user
friendly DATA REPRESENTATION
Disadvantages\
- Interoperability in terms of
operating cost - Refers to the manner in which data
- System cost is stored
- There are several different formats
for data storage
HYBRID APPS - applications that are - It is important for computer problems
installed like a native app but really a web solvers to understand the basic
based application. formats.
BIT PATTERN - universal storage format
Advantages for all data types..
- Easy maintenance All data is stored in the computer as a
- Developing is much more easy sequence of bits binary digits
- Scalability
- Allows access to device feature BIT - is the smallest unit of data stored in a
Disadvantages computer and it has a value of 0 and 1
- Lack of performance
- Cross platform is not easy DATA - is coded then stored and when
- Not so much responsive retrieved it is decoded

BYTE - is a string of 8 bits and is called

Web based application - applications are character when the data is text
available in an online browser which is
accessible only with internet connection. ASCII - AMERICAN STANDARD CODE
FOR INFORMATION INTERCHANGE
The performance of these application is
calculated by internet speed.
DATA - is a collection of values. Characters,
numbers, or any other data type.

INFORMATION - is data that was

processed so a human can read,
understand and use it.

DATA- is a stream of raw facts representing

things or events that have happened

Data is made up from four basic types

- Numbers
- Text
- Images
- sound

Data + meaning = information

INFORMATION - is data that has been

processed to make it meaningful and useful

ENCODING - processing turns data into

information.

SOURCES OF DATA
INTERNAL
EXTERNAL
DIRECT
INDIRECT

GOOD QUALITY INFORMATION

ACCURATE
CURRENT
RELEVANT
COMPLETE
ECONOMICAL

Coding- categorizes information and can

replace long, description strings with a few
letters or numbers