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How are technological How are technological components used together in components used together in

systems?systems?

All images drawn by Christopher Ashwood

What are the key components of technology systems?

Typical components include:

• PC • Printer• Scanner• Communications

devices

What types of organisation use

technology systems?• Banks

– Through cashpoints customers can• View the balance • Withdraw money• Move money between

accounts

What types of organisation use

technology systems?• Shops

– Customers can • buy goods in stores

using scanning technology

• buy goods online via the internet (e-Commerce)

What types of organisation use

technology systems?• Manufacturing or

Engineering– Employees (staff) can

• Design products• Automate production

– Many design activities would previously have been done by hand

What types of organisation use

technology systems?• Transport and Logistics

• GPS (Global Positioning System) devices are used instead of maps to provide directions from one destination to another

– Technology used to track parcels

Most organisations will use technology….

• To communicate• With other staff• Customers• Suppliers

• They will use• Mobile phones• Blackberry® devices• PDAs (Personal Digital

Assistants)

Systems have common elements

• Hardware (things you can touch like keyboard, monitor)

• Software (including applications)– Operating system (Windows® or

Linux®)– Applications (Microsoft Office®

for Word Processing)– Security software (like anti-virus

protection)