The arrival of the year 2000 kept humanity on the edge of their seats on New Years Eve of 1999, a night when the world’s technology could have been completely paralyzed. The effects were, almost certainly, exaggerated but it helped everyone realize how our society and daily lives have become so dependent on technology.
The new economy is based on apparently weak pillars: data. These abstract sequences of numbers that travels electronically by air or cable are not only weak but also powerful, as properly processed data transforms into useful information. Information analyzed, stored, transmitted, reused and shared generates knowledge.
Ideaspropias Publishing House is pleased to present this book which details the main concepts about information and communication technologies, the basics of IT and telecommunications, the components of a personal computer, the different kinds of local and telecommunication networks, as well as information structure, software applications and tendencies of the information society.
The aim of this book is to explain to the reader in a simple way the complexity of information and telecommunication systems