The ways in which ICT is used

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Index
Communications applications Satellite and mobile phone network communications Data handling applications Modeling applications Control and monitoring applications Robotic Banking applications Expert systems

Communication applications Categories

Methods of communication Ways of communicating information
Multimedia presentations Printing flyers and posters Websites Music Production Cartoon animation

Video Conferencing VOIP Systems

E-mail

Satellite and mobile network communications

Mobile phone networks
Towers inside many cells networked together, allow the transmission of data covering large areas. Each tower transmits within its own cell.

Embedded Web technology (EWT) Allows users in a remote location to control or interact a device (it could be at home or as part of an industrial application. The device must contain an embedded microprocessor for this system

Global positioning satellite systems (GPS)

Satellites surrounding the Earth transmit signals to the surface Computers installed in the mode of transport receive and interpret these signals. The computer on board the mode of transport calculates its exact position based on the information of at least three satellites.

Modeling applications

Real system

Model computer generated

Simulation

Predict the behavior of the system

Control and Monitoring applications

Monitoring
The computer reviews data from the sensors and updates its files It can a warning signal No changes are made to the process. Examples:
monitoring a patients vital signs in a hospital, measuring oxigen levels in a river

Control The computer reviews the data form the sensors but if it is outside given the parameters, it takes an action It can give signals to devices controlling the process. Examples:
a greenhouse environment, chemical process

ROBOTICS
Robot programmed with a sequence of instructions to carry out a series of tasks

Robots

Control robot is through embedded microprocessors or linked to a computer system

A human operator manually carries out a series of tasks and how each tasks is done is relayed back to the robot

Banking applications
Internet banking
People can manage their bank accounts through internet staying at home.

Chip and Pin technology

Many credit cards are eduipped with a chip as well as a manetic stripe, this contains key information such as the PIN

Automated teller Machines (ATMs)

Customers can get cash or carry out certain other banking activities using credit or debit card