Computer and information literacy
Computer literacy is the basic knowledge of hardware, software, internet, and anything related to computer technologies.
Information literacy is knowing how to find, analyse and communicate in regards of the information
Digital generation
- Silent generation
- Boomers
- Gen X
- Millennials (Gen Y) 1979-1995
- Gen Z 1996-2010 - the generation of people that have grown up with easy access to digital information and other technologies
Digital culture and society
- Digital culture is a concept that describes how a technology is shaping the way we interact as humans
- Digital society is a progressive society that has been formed as a result of adaptation of advanced technologies into their daily life
Current technology and trends
- E-hailing system
- electronic hailing which enable drivers to access riders through digital platform such as Grab - E-commerce
- is buying and selling good services through the use of the internet - E-booking
- an information system for managing reservations and payments - Social media information system
- the use of IT to support sharing content among users of the internet such as Instagram - Intelligent information system
- AI (artificial intelligence) technologies that stimulate and reproduce human thoughts and behaviours
6 major branches of AI
- Expert system- stores knowledge
- Robotics- computer devices
- Vision systems- capture, store, and manipulate images
- Natural language processing- computer understands and commands in its default language such as English or Malay
- Learning system- computer changes its functions based on feedbacks
- Neural network- computer that can understand the ability of the human brain
Digital currency and its pros and cons
Digital currency only exist on the internet and it is completely intangible
Pros- provide users with more payments streamlined alternative, peer to peer transactions.
Cons- Can be used for illegal transactions and double spend can happen.
What is double spending
It refers to the act of spending the same unit more than once. It occurs when someone successfully uses the same currency or transactions to make multiple purchases or payments and also deceiving the user.
Cryptocurrency and Blockchain
Cryptocurrency is a digital currency that uses cryptography to secure its transactions and because of this, it is difficult for hackers to steal because of its security feature.
Blockchain is a growing list of records that are called blocks and they are linked and secured by using cryptography.
