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Information and communications technology

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  Information and communications technology   ( ICT ) is an extensional term for   information technology   (IT) that stresses the role of   unified communications [1]   and the integration of   telecommunications   ( telephone   lines and wireless signals) and computers, as well as necessary   enterprise software ,   middleware , storage and audiovisual, that enable users to access, store, transmit, understand and manipulate information. ICT is also used to refer to the  convergence  of audiovisual and  telephone networks  with  computer networks  through a single cabling or link system. There are large economic incentives to merge the telephone network with the computer network system using a single unified system of cabling, signal distribution, and management. ICT is an umbrella term that includes any communication device, encompassing radio, television, cell phones, computer and network hardware, satellite systems and so on, as well as the various services and appliances with them