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Welcome to the ICT department web-site for Cambridge House.

STUDENTS
This web-site contains all the resources you will need for the IGCSE and A level courses in ICT.

Use the menu on the left to find resources,
past papers and general information about the ICT courses.

If you need to contact me: cindy@cambridgehouse.es




WHY STUDY ICT
The study of ICT provides an insight into the significance and relevance of computers, applications and communications in the work environment and everyday life. ICT is used in areas as diverse as manufacturing, education and medicine and ICT skills are valued in virtually all areas of business and society.

What could I do next?
ICT is offered by universities either as a subject in its own right or in combination with a wide range of subjects, e.g. IT & Psychology; IT & Business; IT & Multimedia. It is also a good foundation for a degree in Computer Science. The advanced skills you will develop will also be valuable in gaining many types of employment.

What jobs could I get with ICT?
A better question might be: what jobs could I get without ICT. Most jobs now require people to have a good level of ICT skills. Just about everyone in the workplace (including teachers!) depend heavily on the use of ICT to enable them to do their jobs.

If you want to specialise in an industry using ICT, there are plenty of areas to choose from including:

  • Development: programmer, systems analyst, interface designer, website designer, game developer, multimedia designer, software developer, systems engineer
  • Networking: network engineer, database administrator, technician, technical help, telecommunications
  • Applied: artificial intelligence, music technology, forensic computing, data modelling, information management, teaching, bioinformatics

AND LADIES ...
One of the first computer programmers:
    Grace Hopper

Author of the first computer language:
    Augusta Ada Byron (Lord Byron's daughter)

Author of the programming language FORMAC:
    Jean E. Sammet

So, remember, it's not a guy thing!
A brief history of computers:





















1944
One of the first computers ever built - the Harvard Mark I.



One of the main programmers for the Mark I was Grace Hopper who, after a moth flew into the machine and caused it to malfunction, created the term "debugging" which means to remove a "bug" from a computer program.


1959
IBM build a smaller computer, the STRETCH but it still fills a room.




In the 1970s came the IBM 7090 (a mainframe computer).









By the 1980s, personal computers were common-place ...








... and by the 1990s, they were faster, lighter and more powerful with additional features such as speakers and CD/DVD burners:







By 2000, they became portable ...











and smaller.












Some do not even have a keyboard and mouse ...









... and some obey us when we speak.












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