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Syed Zaffar Iqbal · #1 Monday, April 21, 2008

Introduction to IT

By: S. Zaffar Iqbal

INTRODUCTION OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Through Information Technology consist of two words and a single term but it encloses in itself a vast measuring relating to any country’s development and progress. Since its an era of computer the introduction of IT has proved to be quit useful. When the field of communication science was near to decline, another field of computer sciences arose which was felt beneficial in uprising the level of communication sciences; then they were being merged into one-another to form a new field called IT (Information Technology). In this technology computer is being used as a useful tool. We are living in an information age, bombarded with loads of information around us. Information Technology is the use of science to store, handle, process and transmit information. Rapid changes are taking place in IT every movement all over the world. Not too long ago, the telephone was once of the few means which we can use to communicate with a friend over seas. Today’s, we have many other choices such as the fax machine and the computer Internet.

DEFINITIONS
When we learn study the latest information about the technology which is now a days enhanced to utilize these information practically and solve the requirement of the casual person is called as IT. Information Technology is the methods, for using modern technology for storing, processing, analyzing and communication of information. Modern technology includes big Networks on which data can process, store and travel from one location to other location. The technology that mergers computing with highspeed communication links carrying data, sound and video. The Technology to store, send, receive, process and present the information is called Information Technology. IT is the mergers of two Sciences, i.e. Computer Sciences & High-speed Communication Sciences.

IT REVOLUTION
The IT revolution is the fastest emerging revolution seen by the human race. And the Internet surpasses all. Electricity was first introduced in 1873 and it took 46 years for its mass scale use, telephone introduced in 1876 and took 35 years for mass use. Television introduced in 1926 took 26 years for mass use. PC introduced in 1975 took 16 years; mobile phone in 1983 took 13 years for mass use while the web introduced in 1994 took only 4 years for mass use. While in the United States 57 per cent Americans have Internet access, it is said that only 0.6 per cent people living in the developing countries can access the Internet. In Pakistan, Information Technology is fast becoming a necessity. With the shrinking global scenario, Pakistan urgently needs to revolutionize its Information Technology infrastructure.