Ict Media

Media Integration

Methods used for input to and output from ICT systems vary a lot. In your revision you need to be familiar with examples of input and output formats.

Input and output formats are the different kinds of media that are used to:

+EITHER gather up and collect data and instructions
+OR to display, present or issue the outputs of processing.

Up until recently most media formats required dedicated devices to run on - for example, digital cameras to take digital photographs, scanners to digitise images for use on a computer, or VCR players for video playback - so you needed the correct matching device in order to work with each media format.

There is now a growing tendency for multi-purpose ICT devices. The driving force is the communication power of the Internet, and the increasing availability of small high-powered electronic technology. This means that you can now get an all-in-one box that can do the same thing as several different ones did before. Here are some examples:
+combined printers, scanners and photocopiers
+televisions with built in Internet connections and web browsers
+mobile phones and phones with Internet access and digital cameras.
+laptop, palmtop and table computers that have mobile Internet access and built in handwriting recognition.

There are now single devices available which incorporate the following features: phone, camera, disk storage, TV and Internet access.

Media means storing of digital data, such as a floppy disk, DVD, hard drive or a digital camera flash card ; or means of presenting information to the user via pictures,vidio and sound- as in the phrase multi media.