Introduction to IT Presented by: Ishan Agarwal ABV-IIITM, Gwalior

e-commerce Electronic commerce, commonly known as e- commerce, consists of the buying and selling of products or services over electronic systems such as the Internet and other computer networks.

e-commerce cont. Some common applications related to electronic commerce are the following: Content Management Systems Accounting and finance systems Orders and shipment information Enterprise and client information reporting Domestic and international payment systems On-line Shopping and messaging

Multimedia Multimedia represents the convergence of text, pictures, video and sound into a single form. A site with a specific purpose can use Multimedia to make it more attractive to user.

Multimedia Cont. Multimedia Applications Distance and interactive training CAD/CAM Air traffic control Public Digital libraries business/Office Executive information systems Remote consulting systems Video conferencing Multimedia documents Advertising Electronic publishing

e-governance Electronic Governance is the application of Information Technology to bring SMART governance. The Indian government is using IT to facilitate governance. The IT industry is doing its bit to help as public-private partnerships become the order of the day.

e-governance IT enables the delivery of government services as it caters to a large base of people across different segments and geographical locations. The effective use of IT services in government administration can greatly enhance existing efficiencies, drive down communication costs, and increase transparency in the functioning of various departments. It provides citizens easy access to tangible benefits, be it through simple applications such as online form filling, bill sourcing and payments, or complex applications like distance education and tele-medicine.

Robotics Robotics requires a working knowledge of electronics, mechanics and software. The commonly used programming language for robots is labview. All robotic applications need parallelism and event-based programming.

Robotics Cont. Robots are used in welding as arc welding and plasma cutting. In material handling like loading and unloading of heavy machines and goods. Except this they are also used in Robotic Assembling, Drilling etc.

Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence, by claiming to be able to recreate the capabilities of the human mind, is a both challenge and an inspiration for IT industry.

Artificial Intelligence Cont. game playing speech recognition computer vision expert systems heuristic classification

Wireless Networking Wireless telecommunications networks are generally implemented with some type of remote information transmission system that uses electromagnetic waves. Cellular phones are part of huge wireless network systems. Also in battle field this technology is used for communication. walkie-talkie is an example of this type of communication.

Speech Processing Speech processing refers to the acquisition, manipulation, storage, transfer and output of human utterances by a computer. The main goals are the recognition, synthesis and compression of human speech. Voice security systems are example of this technology.

Web 2.0 Web 2.0 is a term describing changing trends in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aim to enhance creativity, information sharing, and collaboration among users. Rich-Internet application techniques such as AJAX, Adobe Flash, Flex, Java, Silverlight and Curl have evolved that have the potential to improve the user- experience in browser-based applications.

Dot Net The Microsoft.NET Framework is a software technology that is available with several Microsoft Windows operating systems. It includes a large library of pre-coded solutions to common programming problems. Languages that are supported by this platform to develop software are C#, J#, Visual C++, VB.Net, ASP.Net.

Linux The name "Linux" comes from the Linux kernel, originally written in 1991 by Linus Torvalds. It is a free open source software. The system's utilities and libraries usually come from the GNU operating system, this contribution is the basis for the alternative name GNU/Linux.

XML XML stands for Extensible Markup Language. It is classified as an extensible language because it allows its users to define their own elements.