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Vocabulary Term Details

Information and communication technologies

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communication_technology)

Information and communications technology (ICT) is often used as an extended synonym for information technology (IT), but is a more specific term that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals), computers as well as necessary enterprise software, middleware, storage, and audio-visual systems, which enable users to access, store, transmit, and manipulate information. (Wikipedia)

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Technology
Communication technology
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This term is used for the following terms: 
ICTs

Approved Date
30-Jan-2014

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