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What is an ICT system? ICT and computers are NOT the same thing. An ICT system is a set-up consisting of hardware, software, data and the people who use them. It very often also includes communications technology, such as the Internet. Computers are the hardware that is often part of an ICT system. This is why your GCSE is not just about computers, but about how,why and when people use them. It is the power of computers and communications that has allowed ICT systems to become so important. Like any piece of equipment, the important thing about it is what it lets us do. ICT Systems are used in a whole host of places, from offices, shops, factories, aircraft, ships, and communications to medicine and farming. They are everyday and ordinary yet extraordinary in how they can add extra power to what we do and want to do. ICT systems have become important because...

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