Title :
Information revolution through Information and Communication Technology
Author :
Agbonifo, Oluwatoyin C. ; Adewale, Olumide S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Fed. Univ. of Technol., Akure, Nigeria
Abstract :
The global perspective about the term “information” is indeed a reflection of the strength of any nation, in order words, “information is power”. Information is the key that transforms to knowledge. The amount of information received, stored, processed, retrieved and disseminated can bring about positive changes in the development of any nation. The employment of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has revolutionized the information power of knowledge-based society. This has significant impact on all things that concerns God´s given endowment on man and life generally. Hence, this paper presents the state of art of “information” before and after the advent of ICT vis-à-vis its mode of accessing and disseminating.
Keywords :
history; information technology; social aspects of automation; telecommunication; communication technology; information power; information revolution; information technology; knowledge-based society; Chaotic communication; Fires; IP networks; Lead; Privacy; Variable speed drives; Information and Communication Technology; Information is power; knowledge-based; state of art;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications Conference (HISTELCON), 2010 Second IEEE Region 8 Conference on the History of
Conference_Location :
Madrid
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7450-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7451-6
DOI :
10.1109/HISTELCON.2010.5735301