Introduction To Information

Technology
Department of Information
Technology

Faculty of Engineering & IT

Plasma University

Lecturer

Hassan Haji Ibrahim

hassanhaji222@gmail.com
 Grading System

Semester
Final Exam 60/100
Midterm exam 20/100
Term Project/Lab 10/100
Assignments 5/100
Attendance 5/100
Total 100/100

09/26/19
 Class Rules

Attendance is very important --

.Assignments must be delivered on time --

All assignments are individual assignments unless it is clearly--

.stated that you can work on groups

Assignments or part of them that are copied (including the--

. programming assignments) will be punished by -2 assignments
 Class Rules

You can bring anything to drink but -

NO FOOD PLEASE 

When you come in , DO NOT knock on the -

door as well as when you leave

I do not take attendance every class but if -

you miss one , it might greatly affect your
grade
Introduction To Information
Technology
 Defining Information
• What is Information?
Information is any knowledge that comes to
our attention. That could be voice, image,
text and video
• What is data?
Data is information when dealing with the
machine
What Counts as information
Methods for conveying information
Defining Information Technology
• Information Technologies are
systems of hardware and/or
software that capture, process,
exchange, store and/or present
information using electrical,
magnetic and/or electromagnetic
energy.
IT Example: Cellular Telephony
IT Example: Wireless Internet
 IT in Society (people)
• Personal Communication
– Conversations (phone, cell)
– Messaging (E-mail, SMS)
– Video Coms
• Entertainment
– Web surfing
– Downloading video and audio files
– Interactive gaming
• Day-to-Day living
– Buying airline tecket
– Ordering books
– Electronic banking/ stock market
 IT in Society (business)
• Internal Communication
– Computer network
– Corporate website
– Video teleconferencing
– Messaging (SMS, email)
• Electronic Commerce
– Call Centres
– Electronic transactions
– Online sales
• Business operations
– Factory operation systems
– Databases
 Examples on IT Careers
• Information Security Jobs
– Address information security
• IT Analyst
– Translate business requirement into technical specification
• Network Administration
– Configure and operate computer network
• Management Consulting
– Provide consulting for government and organizations
• Database Administration
– Managing corporate database
• Computer Forensics Expert
– Extracts computer evidence for detecting/preventing /prosecuting crimes
• IT Sales:
– people on frontline to sell products
• Software development:
– develop software solutions