Learning Outcome

At the end of this chapter, the students will be able to:

Appreciate the differentiate between ICT and information system

Describe the five main components of an information system

Describe the difference between the mainframe, minicomputer, supercomputer and the personal computers

Explain the features of the hardware devices used for input, processing, storage, output and communications

Explain the features of some common storage devices

Understand how computers can be connected to a network, Internet and the Web