Information system to Digital World Relation with Hardware
Information system to Digital World Relation with Hardware
Introduction:
The perfect definition of hardware which is a device that is physically connected to a computer or something that can be physically touched. Most hardware will contain circuit board, ICs, and other electronics. Hardware works together with the firmware and the set of instruction which is called software. If we look at the Information System (IS), we can clearly see that hardware is playing an important role rather than the other four main components. In this digitalized world every step of our life relies on technology, and if we explore the basic of technology it has two major parts, one is software, and another is hardware.
Impacts of Hardware:
Digital world is a word to express the effect and power of digital systems and technology in present society. Everyone is always surrounded by images and links associated with staying connected and being in the “know” through cell phones, and other devices. Being developing the hardware technology every task of our daily life is becoming much easier and save our valuable times. At this stage, the most significant invention in hardware is biometric technology. “A biometric system is essentially a pattern recognition system that operates by acquiring biometric data from an individual, extracting a feature set from the acquired data, and comparing this feature set against the template set in the database (1).” In the 21st century, there are lots of applications of biometric systems. As an example, AirAsia is the biggest airline in Malaysia has started a biometric technology which named by Fast Airport Clearance Experience System (FACES) in Kuala Lumpur International Airport and they also claimed that this invention increases passenger traffic by 16 percent to 3.6million this year (2). The National Identity Card or NID card is a mandatory identification certificate assigned to every Bangladeshi citizen who is above 18years old. This card issued with a photo which is also a biometric, microchip embedded, smart identity card. It consists of national identity, driving license, passport details of a person. Another example of biometric technology in the daily life of a student is a student card or matric card, by this one card a student can access all the facilities of his institution such as the library, attendance, cafeteria, transportation, medical insurance (3).
The succeeding surge in the millennia of computing will be outside the sheath dimension of colloquial desktop. In the context of IoT, objects surrounding us will be on an ever-synching cloud forming a network either one way or another. RFID and sensor technology will rise to take the occasion and may even take the mantle further proving ICT systems being sheathed and being more than what meets the eyes. As a result, decades of incomprehensible data must be safely stored, compressed and retrieval with ease (4). On a yearly basis, the number of IoT devices usage is exponentially rising and predicted as much as 75.44 billion devices will be connected in the IoT system (5). There are three IoT elements which enable seamless ubicomp: (a) Hardware—which made up of sensors, actuators, and installed communication hardware. Internet of Things plays an important role in our daily life such as, Smart Communication, Remote Operation, Supply Replenishment, Maintenance of Machinery and Equipment, Power, Fuel and Energy Savings, augmented Reality (AR), Security Control, Managing Workers, Workers Health and so on. By using IoT Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) of Malaysia assumes that the growth of the construction sector is eight percent in 2018 (5).
Conclusion:
The world is an ever-evolving sphere sustaining all organic life. Now putting the word “Digital” in front and it becomes a whole new meaning. Starting from the Abacus dating back to the 2nd Century BC, all machines no matter how small or large contributed to the ease of life of a human being. Fast forward to 2019, the “Digital World” is the absolute epitome of all human creation merging to create a single paragon. Just like the physical world, the digital world too is a growing concept, progressing every second towards simplicity itself. The first commercially available microprocessor, Intel 4004’s main application was for Busicom calculation and arithmetic manipulation (6). Now the flagship 9th generation Intel i7-9700k can handle multithreaded workload boosting to a frequency of 5.1Ghz with it is embedded 8 cores (7). With time, all hardware reaches obsoletion but a new one emerges to take the throne, completing what the predecessor could do both faster and easier and guaranteeing simpler solution. This is the function of hardware in Digital World, to evolve to a new generation and support the foundation on what it was created for.
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