ICT Systems

Relation to business

What is ICT?
ICT

(Information

and

Communications

Technology) is the use of technology for the

input, storage, processing and transfer of
data and the output of information.

What is a system?
A system is the way something is done.

Any system involves input, processing and

output.

What is ICT System?

A set-up consisting of hardware, software,
data and the people who use them. It
commonly

includes

communications

technology, such as the Internet.

A system that uses any form of digital
technology to input and process data and
output the information which goes directly to
a human or into another system.

What is ICT System?

All systems involve the three steps of input,
processing and output. ICT systems are those
where the output from the system goes directly to
a human being or into another ICT system.

What is ICT System?

Input -involves capturing or entering the data.

Processing - performing actions on the input data. This

would involve performing calculations, searching, sorting,
arranging,

presenting,

converting,

transferring,

classifying, etc.

Output -these are the results or the information

produced when the data has been processed.

Three main types of ICT

systems
Information

systems

are

focused

on

managing data and information.

Control systems - mainly control machines.
Communications systems - transport data from
one place to another.

Six components of an ICT System

People - needed to supply the data to the ICT
system.
- They are the source of the data.
Data - is the raw material of any IT system and this is
processed by the system to provide the information
which is the output produced by the system.

Six components of an ICT System

Procedures - are the ways in which tasks should be
done

as

directed

by

the

management

of

an

organization.

Hardware - the physical devices that are needed to

enter the data, to process the data, and to display
the information in the most appropriate format.

Six components of an ICT System

Software - these are the computer programs
which provided the step-by-step instructions to
get the job done.

Information - the results from processing data.

Six components of an ICT System

To remember the components, use this sentence:

PeopleHateSlimyDogsInPoland

(People,Hardware,Software,Data,Information,Pr
ocedures)

The importance of ICT systems

ICT

Systems

are

used

in

number

of

environments, such as: offices, shops, factories,

aircraft, ships. They're also used in fields such as:
communications, medicine, farming.

The importance of ICT systems

Increased productivity - complete a greater
number of tasks in the same time at reduced
cost.

The importance of ICT systems

Increased capacity - able to deal with vast
amounts of information and process it quickly.

The importance of ICT systems

Fast information transfer - able to transmit
and receive information rapidly.