Information and communications technology,
or ICT, is often used as an extended synonym for information technology
(IT) but is usually a more general term that stresses the role of
unified communications and the integration of telecommunications
(telephone lines and wireless signals), intelligent building management
systems and audio-visual systems in modern information technology.
ICT consists of all technical means used to handle
information and aid communication, including computer and network
hardware, communication middleware as well as necessary software. In
other words, ICT consists of IT as well as telephony, broadcast media,
all types of audio and video processing and transmission and network
based control and monitoring functions.
