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It is the development of Information Technology that has made it possible to
transmit news and details of events in real time from one farthest part of the
world to the other, due to the speeds of data and information exchange.
Information technology and its backbone, the “computer,” has penetrated in its
various forms and sizes. We say that it has penetrated all aspects of human life.
Has it You now see a person walking on the streets or appearing anywhere
without a “mobile phone” or what is currently called smart phones, which is a
complete and integrated computer in the smallest possible form. Information
technology companies are currently being creative in seeking to reduce the units
and components of the computer to the smallest possible size to enable humans
to easily carry and use.

To simplify the concept of information technology, it is “all the operations that
the computer and its various accessories carry out in general.” In this regard, it
must be noted that communications technology is included in information
technology because it is concerned with linking computers to each other, whether
near or remotely.

Information technology has penetrated the lives of all human beings, and you find
only a few doing work that has no relationship at any stage with computers. All
the modern terms that we hear now are derived from the use of information
technology. Terms such as: digital transformation - artificial intelligence -
cybersecurity - Big Data - Internet of Things.

With the emergence of the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which is based
on the digital revolution and the knowledge economy, which witnessed a boom in
information technology, artificial intelligence, and cloud computing. Using this
technology, it was possible to produce self-driving cars and drones.

The Egyptian Constitution included in its Article No. (25) the text: “The state is
committed to developing a comprehensive plan to eliminate alphabetical and
digital illiteracy among citizens of all ages and is committed to developing
mechanisms for its implementation with the participation of civil society
institutions, according to a specific time plan.”

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