Information Technology refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information. Information Technology is the area of managing technology and spans wide variety of areas that include but are not limited to things such as processes, computer software, information systems, computer hardware, programming languages, and data constructs. In short, anything that renders data, information or perceived knowledge in any visual format whatsoever, via any multimedia distribution mechanism, is considered part of the domain space known as Information Technology (IT). Information Technology refers to both the hardware and software that are used to store, retrieve, and manipulate information.
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (IT) is just like a bundle of all these things:
the water piping system; the electrical lining system; the bicycle; roads and highways; the library; the printing press; the telephone; the airplane; and many more. A career in IT is not a dead-end job; it's a continuous learning and innovating of a lot of things.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of the water piping system and electrical lining system. When we say water piping system, it is a system of pipes used to convey or transmit liquid or water from one location to another. When we say electrical lining system, it is a system used to transport current to different ways flowing in the lines. They also make the liquid or water and current transport or move free and safe. When we compare these systems to Information Technology (IT), like IT, they have similar process of transmission, water piping system and electrical lining system transport liquid or water and current while Information Technology transport information or results of what Information Technologists discovered. The transportation of information is similar to the whole process of water piping system and electrical lining system. The transportation of information will be safe and free.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of bicycle. A bicycle also known as a bike, pushbike or cycle, is a human powered, pedal driven, single track vehicle, having two wheels to attach a frame, one behind the other. As you noticed, there are many parts of a bike and many functions too. A bicycle needs a user. When you use a bicycle, you have to know the functions of the parts and how to use it, because if you don’t know it, you will crash or out balance. You should focus or concentrate yourself on using a bicycle; you have to analyze how to balance it. It is like Information Technology (IT), it needs a user to work with it. You must study and analyze the function so that the program that you are making will be working and effective.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of roads and highways. Road is a thoroughfare, route, or way or land between two places, a highway is a public road, especially a major road connecting two or more destinations. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a highway system, a highway network, or a highway transportation system. Highway is a kind of road, they are similar. Roads and highways are the path to our destination. Connections between one place to another place, there are many directions that you need to follow. Many signs that you have to follow. It is like Information Technology (IT), there are directions you need to follow and understand so that the program will work effectively, when you are running a program be sure to follow all the instructions that is given so that it will work effectively, so that you will not commit errors.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of library. When we talk about a library, it is a collection of sources, resources, services, and the structures in which it is housed. In the library, there are much information we can get, many knowledge we can put in our head, and also we can gather facts in the library. The library gives information to us especially to students. It is like Information Technology (IT), IT is a source of information, for example; in the internet, contains much information. the advantage of information technology is you will just click and then the information will appear, unlike the library it takes effort to find the specific information you want but they have the same purpose. They are both source of information.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of printing press. When we say Printing press, it is a device applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (such as paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink. With the use of printing press, there are many books that are printed; it is spreading the information all over the world. It is like Information Technology (IT) is similar to the function of the printing press; IT is also spreading the information with the use of internet. Information technology and printing press are working together. We gather information through the internet that is spread by the information technologists and copied by the users and print out using the printing press.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of telephone. When we say telephone, it is a telecommunication device that transmits and receives sounds, most commonly the human voice. Telephones are a point to point-to-point communication system that’s most basic function is to allow two people separated by large distances to talk each other. With this device (telephone), we can communicate even if we are separated or in a long distance place. It is just like information technology (IT), it is advance in telephone. Information Technologists made a website that people can easily use and manage. Like facebook, yahoo messenger, these are the product of Information Technology (IT) where you can communicate to other country, in a very long distance places that telephone can’t reach. Telephone can transmits and receives sounds only unlike the products of IT or the websites that IT made where you can even communicate face to face with the use of a webcam.
Information Technology (IT) is like a bundle of airplane. When we talk about airplane, it is an aircraft that has a fixed wing and is powered by propellers or jets. The airplane can travel anywhere through flying in the sky. It is used to transport people that land vehicles can’t go. It is just like Information Technology (IT), people is like information and data that is transported to any websites. And when it says that airplane can travel anywhere, IT can do that too, there are websites in the internet, in that website, there are many different places you can see. But when it comes to airplane, you will see the place personally unlike in the internet, you can see only pictures.
A career in IT is not a dead-end job; it is a continuous learning and innovating of a lot of things. As I made the discussion above, I understand well about Information Technology. I learned that it can be used anywhere. I can say that IT is not a dead-end job because every time our technology innovates, it is a nonstop business and continuous learning. Technology is continuous as long as we are alive because our technology is changing fast.
