Stands
for "Information and Communication Technologies." 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, computers and other communication mediums. Information and communications
technology (ICT) refers to all the technology used to handle
telecommunications, broadcast media, intelligent building management systems,
audiovisual processing, storage and transmission systems, and network-based Although ICT
is often considered an extended synonym for information technology (IT), its
scope is more broad.
ICT
has more recently been used to describe the convergence of several technologies
and the use of common transmission lines carrying very diverse data and communication
types and formats, control and monitoring functions.
