Information and communication technologies

A wide array of technologies used to collect, store, retrieve, process, analyse and transmit information.

"Information and communication technology (ICT) has become, within a very short time, one of the basic building blocks of modern society. Many countries now regard understanding ICT and mastering the basic skills and concepts of ICT as part of the core of education, alongside reading, writing and numeracy."
(United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Information and communication Technology in Education. A Curriculum for Schools and Programme of Teacher Development, 2002, visited 2010-10-04)