ICT Fundamentals

Foundation   

This course is the first part of a comprehensive introduction to ICT, Information and Communication Technology, covering what you will need to know as you prepare for the exams. This course will take you through all the necessary stages.

Section 1: Types and components of computer systems

  Introduction

• What is ICT?

• Identify main components of computer systems.

• Hardware and Software.

• Identify internal hardware such as:

• Motherboard

• CPU

• RAM

• ROM

• Internal storage devices

• (HDD)/(SSD)

• sound card

• video card

• Identify external hardware such as:

• Input devices

• Output devices

• Secondary storage devices 

• Information Processing Cycle

• Software: Identify different types of software.

  • Operating system

  • Utility programs

  • Compiler

  • Linkers

  • Device Driver

• HCI- Human-Computer –Interface:

• Identify  Types of computer system

Section 2: Impact of emerging technologies   

• Artificial intelligence ( A.I)

• Vision Enhancement

• Bio-metrics

• Robotics

• Quantum Cryptography

• Computer Assisted Translation (CAT)

• 3D and Holographic Imaging

• Virtual Reality.

Section 3: Types of Input Devices
Manual input

1. Keyboards

2. Pointing devices

3. Inputting Images:

4. Inputting Sound & Music

Direct input systems

1. Magnetic ink character recognition (MICR)

2. Optical mark recognition (OMR)

3. Optical character recognition (OCR)

4. Radio Frequency ID Reader (RFID)

5. Magnetic stripe readers

6. Chip-and-PIN readers

7. Barcode readers

Sensors

1. Temperature  sensors

2. Pressure sensors

3. Light sensors

4. Moisture

5. pH(potential of Hydrogen)

Section 4: Types of Output Devices

• Monitors

• Printers

• Plotters

• 3D Printers

• Speakers

• Control Device 

  
  

Section 5: Storage Devices and Media

• Magnetic media

• Optical media

• Solid-State media

• Backups and Archives

Section 5: Networks

• Understand what a computer communication is, and the basic elements of a communication system.

• Understand what a computer network is, network strategy, and network servers.

• Identify types of network and the characteristics of Local Area Network (LAN), and Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN).

• Identify types of Networking Hardware  such as:

      •Network interface cards

     •Hubs

     •Switches

     •Bridges

     •Routers

     •Modems

     •Network Cables

Section 6: Databases

• What is Database?

• Types of Database

• Database structure

• Using Database and DBMS

• Data Validation and Verification.

Section 7:  Expert System

• What is an expert system?

• The main parts of expert systems.

• How Do Expert Systems Work?

• How such a system would be created.

• Examples of their uses.

Section 8: ICT  Applications

An overview of ICT  Applications, and the ways in which ICT is used in our lives:

• BANKING APPLICATIONS

• COMMUNICATION APPLICATIONS

• Publicity and corporate image publications

• RETAIL INDUSTRY,

• RECOGNITION SYSTEMS,

• MONITORING AND TRACKING SYSTEMS,

• SATELLITE SYSTEMS.