This term includes the design, installation, and maintenance of computer hardware and software.
Information Technology (IT)
This phase lasted from the 1940s through the 1960s and was characterized by room-sized computers.
Giant Computers
These are the daily activities that keep a business running, including managing employees and tracking inventory.
Business Operations
Doing what is right, fair, and responsible, even when it is not required by law.
Ethics
A small computer built into another device to control or manage specific tasks.
Embedded Computer
This describes having the skills needed to use computers safely and effectively.
Computer Literacy
This phase occurred from the 1970s through the 1990s and featured complete desktop-sized computers.
Personal Computers
Using machines or software to perform tasks humans used to do manually is called this.
Automation
Protecting personal information collected online.
Data Privacy
The amount of data that travels on a network.
Bandwidth
This is the ever-expanding progression of technical, economic, and cultural changes brought about by computers.
The Digital Revolution
This phase occurred from the mid-1990s to early 2000s and involved interconnected devices exchanging data and sharing resources.
Networked Computers
Buying and selling products or services online is called this.
E-commerce
Being open and clear about how a company uses technology.
Transparency
Adding digital images, animations, or information on top of the real world in real time.
Augmented Reality (AR)
This is the global network of connected computers that allows computers around the world to share information.
The Internet
This phase began in the early 2000s and lets people store and access files over the Internet instead of only on their device.
Cloud Computing
This technology is used to complete sales transactions, from cash registers to tablet-based systems.
Point of Sale (POS) System
Permission from users or customers to collect or use their data.
Consent
A fully immersive experience where a headset places you inside a completely digital world.
Virtual Reality (VR)
This is a collection of websites and web pages accessed using the Internet and a web browser.
The World Wide Web
The Web uses this to work, but the Web is only one part of it.
The Internet
This is the entire process of moving products from manufacturers to customers.
Supply Chain
When AI systems give unfair or unequal results.
Algorithm Bias
A scannable barcode that can store links, text, or other data.
QR Code