2. “ICT” means Information
and Communication
Technology and refers to the
combination of
manufacturing and services
industries that capture,
transmit and display data
and information
electronically.
3. The “Information &
Communications Technologies
Sector” shall without in any way
limiting the ordinary meaning of the
terms, mean the sector in which
employers and employees are
associated for the carrying on of any
one or more of the following
activities:
4. marketing, manufacturing, assembling,
servicing, installing, maintaining and/or
repairing systems, software, equipment,
machines, devices and apparatus, whether
utilizing manual, photographic, optical
mechanical, electrical, electrostatic or
electronic principles or any combination of
such principles, that are primarily intended
for the recording and/or processing and/or
monitoring and/or transmission of voice and
/or data and/or image and/or text or any
combination thereof for use in any one or
more of the following activities:
5. accounting, calculating, data processing, data
transmission, duplicating, text processing,
document reproduction, document
transmission, record keeping and record
retrieval, broadcasting or transmission for
entertainment or information purposes of
voice and/or image and/or text or any
combination thereof and/or; the provision of
services relating to the above.
“ICT Enterprise” means an enterprise that
conducts business at any stage of the value
chain of the ICT sector.”
6. The Internet, sometimes called simply "the Net," is a
worldwide system of computer networks -- a network
of networks in which users at any one computer can,
if they have permission, get information from any
other computer (and sometimes talk directly to users
at other computers). It was conceived by the
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) of the
U.S. government in 1969 and was first known as the
ARPANET. The original aim was to create a network
that would allow users of a research computer at one
university to "talk to" research computers at other
universities. A side benefit of ARPANet's design was
that, because messages could be routed or rerouted in
more than one direction, the network could continue
to function even if parts of it were destroyed in the
event of a military attack or other disaster.
7. Today, the Internet is a public,
cooperative and self-sustaining facility
accessible to hundreds of millions of
people worldwide. It is used by many
as the primary source of information
consumption, and fueled the creation
and growth of its own social ecosystem
through social media and content
sharing. Furthermore, e-commerce, or
online shopping, has become one of the
largest uses of the Internet.
8. How the Internet works
Physically, the Internet uses a portion of
the total resources of the currently
existing
public telecommunication networks.
Technically, what distinguishes the
Internet is its use of a set of protocols
called Transmission Control
Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Two
recent adaptations of Internet technology,
the Intranet and the extranet, also make
use of the TCP/IP protocol.
9. COMMUNICATION
ICT is an umbrella term that includes any
communication device, encompassing radio,
television, cell phones, computer and network
hardware, satellite systems and so on, as well as the
various services and appliances with them such as
video conferencing and distance learning.
ICT include devices and applications that provide
access to information and enable electronic
communications, like sending text messages or
engaging in video chats. Mobile phones,
smartphones, computers, and laptops are typical
ICT devices.
