Tech Topic Connection

Programming Languages and Network Architecture in IT 

While participating in this course, I have been focusing on two key aspects of information technology. Programming languages and network architecture, both topics can be directly tied to some fundamentals of IT and the history of how the developed through out time. 

Connection to Fundamentals 

Information Technology consist of multiple aspects such as hardware, software, and networks. Programming languages is the connection point between what human telling the computer what to do and how to operate, all while allowing the software and networks to work together. These components are key areas of the power and connectivity it takes to have an operating system. 

Relation to IT and Computer Science 

Looking in the history of computing these two things have always been a key part, program languages as evolved into advanced coding such as Python and Java. Same goes for networks seeing how storage has moved to a cloud-based server compared to old hard drives and floppy disk has been a great step in computing history. Both have contributed to the advancement of IT and how they connected systems can be. 

Modern Systems and Hardware

Programming languages rely heavily on the core hardware parts such as CPU, storage, and memory. Code is being stored somewhere and will need to be translated to machine language by CPU. Networks are also dependent on hardware but would be different parts such as routers and switches. These make communication smooth between multiple computers, without hardware these functions would not be possible. 

Databases and Management 

When it comes to programming and networks working together, I like to think of how databases work. Take an app for example, this could be considered a database the language being used is to manage data and network make it available from anywhere on different platforms. Also, networks play a role in keeping the data secured and private in the database. In today’s technology world network security plays a crucial role, such as encryption, firewalls, and auto detection. If security was secured the programming or connectivity would matter due to the safety of information being stolen.