A British film about computers from 1969. It is presented here as a historical look at how computers used to be in the 1960's when PC's and Macs were over 10 years away.

Year 12 ICT Assignment. Create a new version of this video. Bring it up-to-date! Think about:

Capabilities of ICT

Advantages of ICT over manual methods of processing data

• Repetitive processing

• Speed of processing

• Data storage capacity

• Speed of searching

• Accuracy and speed of data communications

• The ability to produce different output forms.

Factors affecting the efficiency of data processing systems

• Hardware specs

• Software limitations

• Suitability of the operating system

• Communication (type and speed)

• Input (GIGO) Garbage In Garbage Out (information is only as reliable as the data put in)

• Requirements of the user - software development, testing, communication with the user, cost, support etc.