ICT IN THE PHILIPPINES

WHAT IS ICT?

            Information and Communication Technologies deal with the use of different communication technologies such as mobile phones, telephones, etc. ICT refers to technologies that provide access to information through telecommunications.             

            It is similar to Information Technology (IT), but focuses primarily on communication technologies. This includes the Internet, wireless networks, cell phones, and other communication mediums.

            Philippines is dub as the "ICT Hub of Asia" because of the huge growth of ICT-related jobs, one of each is Business Process Outsourcing (BPO). ICT Department of the Philippines is responsible for planning, development and promotion of the country's ICT agenda in support of national development.

WORLD WIDE WEB

        Popularly known as WWW, this is an information system on the Internet that allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another. This WWW was found by Sir Tim Berners Lee, an English Engineer and a computer scientist.

       By October of 1990, Tim had written the three fundamental technologies that remain the foundation of today’s web (and which you may have seen appear on parts of your web browser):

• HTML: HyperText Markup Language. The markup (formatting) language for the web.
• URI: Uniform Resource Identifier. A kind of “address” that is unique and used to identify to each resource on the web. It is also commonly called a URL.
• HTTP: Hypertext Transfer Protocol. Allows for the retrieval of linked resources from across the web.

WEB PAGES

         This is a hypertext document connected to the WWW. It is a document that is suitable for the WWW. A web browser displays a web page on a monitor or mobile device. The web page is what displays, but the term also refers to a computer file, usually written in HTML or comparable markup language. 

WEBSITES

         This is a location connected to the internet that maintains one or more pages on the WWW. 

      Also, this is a collection of related webpages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server.

WEB BROWSER

          This is a software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the WWW. As a client/server model, the browser is the client run on a computer that contacts the Web server and requests information. The Web server sends the information back to the browser which displays the results on the computer or other Internet-enabled device that supports a browser.

SOCIAL MEDIA

WHAT IS SOCIAL MEDIA?

             This is a website, application or online channel that enables web users to create, co-create, discuss, modify, and exchange user-generated content. Also, it is the collective of online communications channels dedicated to community-based input, interaction, content-sharing and collaboration.

               Internet-based software and interfaces that allow individuals to interact with one another, exchanging details about their lives such as biographical data, professional information, personal photos and up-to-the-minute thoughts.

          Social media originated as strictly a personal tool that people used to interact with friends and family but were later adopted by businesses that wanted to take advantage of a popular new communication method to reach out to customers, for example, by informing them of sales and offering them special coupons. 

SIX TYPES OF SOCIAL MEDIA

1. SOCIAL NETWORKS

          This allows you to connect with other people with the same interests or background.

2. BOOKMARKING SITES

           These are sites that allow you to sort and to manage links to various websites and resources.

3. SOCIAL NEWS
            These are sites that allow users to post their own news items or links to other new sources.

4. MEDIA SHARING

           These are the sites that allow you to upload and share media content like music, images and video.

5. MICROBLOGGING
             These sites focuses on short updates from the user.

6. BLOGS AND FORUMS

             These sites allow users to post their content. Other users are able to comment on the said topic.