COMPONENTS OF AN ICT SYSTEM

Peopleware -refers to the role people play in technology and the development of hardware or software.
It can include various aspects of the process such as human interaction, programming, productivity, teamwork,
and other factors.
Examples:
Computer Engineering -is a branch of engineering that integrates several fields of computer science and
electronic engineering required to develop computer hardware and software.
Software Designer -is the process by which an agent creates a specification of a software artifact, intended to
accomplish goals, using a set of primitive components and subject to constraints.
Assembler -is a program that takes basic computer instructions and converts them into a pattern of bits that the
computer's processor can use to perform its basic operations.
Technician -is a person whose job or training involves a specific technical process, or is someone skilled or
trained in a specific art or craft.
Server Administrator -has the overall control of a server. This is usually in the context of a business
organization, where a server administrator oversees the performance and condition of multipleservers in the
business organization, or it can be in the context of a single person running a game server.
Data -is information processed or stored by a computer. This information may be in the form of
text documents, images, audio clips, software programs, or other types of data. Computer data may
be processed by the computer's CPU and is stored in files and folders on the computer's hard disk.
Examples:
Storage Data -refers to the use of recording media to retain data using computers or other devices. The most
prevalent forms of data storage are file storage, block storage, and object storage, with each being ideal for
different purposes.
Recovery Data -is a process of salvaging inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged or formatted data from
secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in a normal way.
Network Data -is a telecommunications network which allows computers to exchange data. In
computer networks, networked computing devices exchange data with each other using a data link. The
connections between nodes are established using either cable media or wireless media.
Backup Data -refers to the copying into an archive file of computer data that is already in secondary storage—
so that it may be used to restore the original after a data loss event.
App Data -is the data that is accumulated and stored (often unnecessarily) on your device when you use
certain apps. CCleaner Android identifies app data that you should be able to safely remove from your device.
Procedures -refers to the development or acquisition, testing and implementing applications and
databases to support the department's business needs to capture, store, retrieve, transfer, communicate the
information through automated systems.
Examples:
Capture -refers to saving the information currently displayed on a display screen. You can capture the screen to
a printer or to a file. The act of saving a display screen is called a screen capture. (2)(n.) Video capture refers to
storing video images in a computer.
Store -is the action of saving information for later use. In computers, that may be to a storage device, such as
an internal hard drive, optical disc drive, or an external storage device. ... The OS (operating system) of
the computer is responsible for storing data on your computer.
Retrieve -get back data or information that has been stored in the memory of a computer retrieve something
from somebody/something to retrieve information from the database retrieve something The program allows
you to retrieve items quickly by searching under a keyword.
Transfer -is any information that is transferred from one location to another through some communication
method.
Communicate -the transmission of data from one computer to another, or from one device to another.
A communications device, therefore, is any machine that assists data transmission
Software -is a generic term used to describe computer programs. Scripts, applications, programs and a set
of instructions are all terms often used to describe software.
Examples:
Microsoft Word -is a Graphical word processing program that users can type with. It is made by the computer
company Microsoft. Its purpose is to allow users to type and save documents. Similar to other word processors,
it has helpful tools to make documents.
Microsoft Excel -is a spreadsheets present tables of values arranged in rows and columns that can be
manipulated mathematically using both basic and complex arithmetic operations and functions.
Microsoft PowerPoint -is a powerful presentation software developed by Microsoft. It is a standard component
of the company's Microsoft Office suite software, and is bundled together with Word, Excel and other Office
productivity tools. The program uses slides to convey information rich in multimedia.
Microsoft Outlook -is an e-mail software program by Microsoft that enables users to send and receive e-mail on
their computer. There are two versions of Outlook; Microsoft Outlook Express and Microsoft Outlook.
Microsoft Office -is a computer program for free-form information gathering and multi-user collaboration. It
gathers users' notes (handwritten or typed), drawings, screen clippings and audio commentaries. Notes can be
shared with other OneNote users over the Internet or a network.
Hardware -is a collective term used to describe any of the physical components of an analog or digital
computer. The term hardware distinguishes the tangible aspects of a computing device from software, which
consists of written instructions that tell physical components what to do.
Examples:
Motherboard -is one of the most essential parts of a computer system. It holds together many of the crucial
components of a computer, including the central processing unit (CPU), memory and connectors for input and
output devices.
Keyboard -is one of the primary input devices used with a computer. Similar to an electric typewriter, a
keyboard is composed of buttons that create letters, numbers, and symbols, as well as perform other functions.
The following sections provide more in-depth information and answers to some of the more frequently asked
questions about the keyboard.
Mouse - is a small handheld input device that controls a computer screen's cursor or pointer in conjunction with
the way it is moved on a flat surface. The mouse term name originates from its likeness to a small, corded and
elliptical shaped device that looks like a mouse tail.
CPU -is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but
more commonly calledprocessor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place.
RAM -is the hardware in a computing device where the operating system (OS), application programs and data
in current use are kept so they can be quickly reached by the device's processor.
Information -the communication or reception of knowledge or intelligence.
Examples:
Television -an electronic system of transmitting transient images of fixed or moving objects together with
sound over a wire or through space by apparatus that converts light and sound into electrical waves and
reconverts them into visible light rays and audible sound.
Internet -an electronic communications network that connects computer networks and organizational
computer facilities around the world —used with the except when being used attributively.
Satellite -an object that giving information from the orbit of Earth,Moon etc…
GPS -a navigational system using satellite signals to fix the location of a radio receiver on or above the
earth's surface.
Cell Phone -a portable usually cordless telephone for use in a cellular system.