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1 What is the internet? A global computer network providing a variety of information and communication facilities. 2 What is a browser? Application program that provides a way to look and interact with all the information on the World Wide Web. Examples: Mozilla Firefox, google chrome, APPLE safari, Opera and Microsoft internet explorer 3 What is a search engine?  Software designed to search for information on the World Wide Web  Examples: Google, Bing, Yahoo, AOL and DUCKDUCKGO 4 What is a cloud service? Service made available to users on demand via the internet from a cloud computing providers servers. Examples: Picasa, Google cloud, GMAIL, Google docs and Google drive.

1 What is a network? A group of devices that can communicate. 2Which are the types of networks PAN, LAN, WLAN 3What is World Wide Web? Information space where documents and other resources are identified by uniform resource location. Source: study guide

Areas where ICTs are used Banks The banks have changed a lot over the years they came from using safes to save all the money to the bank's electronic systems to keep all the money from the bank.    Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) Banks use mainframe computers to maintain their customer accounts by dealing with transactions generated as a result of withdrawals and deposits. The ATMs can be used to  Withdraw cash, check account balance  Internet   The internet is used to transfer the electronic money to the bank account  This feature is used to buy in the internet in pages like amazon, Netflix, eBay e.t.c. Call centers Call center is a facility where large numbers of workers spend the day answering telephones calls from their customers this can be used to Check any problem with your credit, report a lost credit card etc Online banking   Now the customers can open account in the comfort of their homes to check their account ba...