A person start to use the blessing of
information technology when he/she takes the first breath at the
time of born and end after he/she get buried. For example, the news of a new
born baby spread out through the technology and also the news of a death spread
out as like as it is.
Time goes on, everything get changed from
time to time. Information Technology is one of the crucial terms that occurs
changes in the society. So what is IT? Information technology (IT) is the use of computers and telecommunications
equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and manipulate data. (WiKi, Anonymous,
ndt)
IT has influenced the growth
of the society from its pre-mechanical period. The chronological order of IT
development is shown on the table:
Year
|
Invention
|
1969
|
ARPANET
|
1970
|
First automatic teller machine
|
1971
|
First single chip central
processing unit, the Intel 4004
|
1972
|
Word Processing systems by Lexitron,
Wang and VYTEC
|
1973
|
Development of the Alto by the
Xerox Paulo Alto Research Centre
|
1979
|
First electronic spreadsheet
program
|
1981
|
First
personal computer with an operating system developed by Microsoft by IBM
|
1983
|
The beginning
of the global Internet by using switchover to the TCP\IP protocol.
|
1985
|
Windows operating system by
Microsoft
|
1989
|
The proposal of the world wide
web project to the European Council for Nuclear Research (CERN).
|
1990
|
Windows version 3.0 in IBM
Personal Computer
|
1993
|
Development of Mosaic NCSA by
the National Centre for Super-computing Applications
|
Late 1990’s
|
The
emergence of electronic commerce.
|
IT has influenced many
sectors of the society that it is impossible to describe all the sectors. Here
we will share the influence on the following sectors:
Educational
Governmental
Commercial
Medical
Media Services
Educational: It has brought a revolutionary change in educational field. IT
development give chance to study on internet without going to class. Today the
students can get a lot of information via internet that helps them to learn
independently and enthusiastically. IT has provided a wider access to the
information to the researchers. E-book has made the study easier and time
saving.
Governmental: Nowadays the prosperity of any
nations relies on the IT services. The development of IT has enabled the
government to provide various types of services to the citizen. Advance
Database systems help government to collaborate with other countries to create
an international network. IT also has a vital role in intelligent and defense
field of any nations. The modern weapons are constructed based on IT. B2 Bomber
is one of the examples of the blessing of IT in defense sector.
Commercial: IT has extended the horizon of the business in not only national but
also in international zone. The globalization is one of the results of IT
development. Online business has become a great phenomenon in the business
part. E-banking is another invention that makes the trading easier and safer.
Use of Robot has lessen down the hard effort of human which help the producer
to produce more product in a short time.
Medical: Previously due to lack of IT services many vulnerable patients used to
die often. But in this technological world medical services have improved
tremendously due to IT. Nowadays doctor can manipulate the patients’
information very easily by using computer and it can also be shared from
different part of the world.
Medical Check UP a Blessing of IT
Media Services: It was hard to know the news of one part of the world from another part
in the history. But with the blessing of IT we can easily see what’s going on
in and around the world. The news of one continent spread out in another
continent within a second. People can share their news, views in many social
websites.
What is One Laptop per Child (OLPC)?
One
Laptop per Child (OLPC) is a project supported by
the Miami-based One Laptop per Child Association (OLPCA)
and the Cambridge-based OLPC Foundation (OLPCF), two U.S. non-profit organizations set up to oversee the creation of
affordable educational devices for use in the developing world. (WiKi, ndt)
Actually this program is to introduce the modern technology to the children of
developing countries by providing laptop. The project was originally funded by
member organizations such as AMD, Chi Mei, eBay, Google, Marvell, News Corporation, Nortel, Red Hat, and Quanta. (WiKi, ndt)
IT services for Marginalized People
However, I think that OLPC
is a nice step to provide facilities to the marginalized community of the
world. As we know that the people of developing country do not have the
capacity to effort the high cost of computer technologies, it will assist them
to make proper use of the facilities in order to create a bright future. Hereafter
they will not be leg behind in the progress. Report of FAQ on official site of
OLPC informs that as of 2011
there were about over 2.4 million XO laptops delivered. (WiKi, ndt) This is very
delighted news and I believe that there will be some more effective steps which
will consider the facts of the poor people.
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