Fundamentals of Digital Technology

What is Digital Technology?

• The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

• electronic tools, systems, devices and resources that generate, store orprocess data.

• Tools for communication

What is technology?

• electronic tools, systems, devices and resources that generate, store orprocess dat.

• The application of scientific knowledge for practical purposes.

• Tools for communication

What are the advantages of Technology?

• Removes the manual effort in performing a task

• Leave a negative impact on the environment

• Allows us to perform multiple tasks simultaneously

• Results in unemployment due to machines taking ove

What are the disadvantages of technology?

• Results in unemployment due to machines taking over

• Improves the quality of a product

• Makes humans lazy as they do not need to utilize their energy

• Allows us to perform a task with the same speed and accuracy

What are the key components of a computer?

• Hardware

• Internet

• Software

• Storage

Define the term software

• Software is a collection of data or computer instructions that tell the computerhow to work. Without software, most computers would be useless.

• Software refers to the physical elements of a computer.

• Software are tools used to fix a computer

Software is sometimes called themachinery or the equipment of the computer.

• True

• False