Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) education teaches citizens valuable skills around computing devices, software, applications, and systems. ICT has come to describe the convergence of technologies that transmit diverse data over common lines. While ICT was used in academia since the 1980s, a 1997 UK report popularized its use, and it was incorporated into the revised National Curriculum in 2000, though computing is now preferred. Azerbaijan promotes ICT development to ensure security and aims to be a regional leader by attracting major companies and startups to its Bakutel exhibition to share experiences in building an information society.