UGC NET PAPER 1 · UNIT 08 · REVISION
ICT Rapid-Recall Sheet
Each line is a typical direct-recall item. Use it in the last days of revision, after you have read the topics and the exam traps.
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High-yield facts
| Item | Key fact |
|---|---|
| SWAYAM | Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds. National MOOC platform, launched 2017, courses from class 9 to postgraduate, free to learn and paid proctored certificate. Four quadrants: video lecture, reading material, self-assessment and discussion forum. National Coordinators: NPTEL (engineering), UGC (non-technical postgraduate), CEC (non-technical undergraduate), NCERT and NIOS (school), AICTE (self-paced and international), IGNOU (out-of-school), IIMB (management) and NITTTR (teacher training). UGC allows up to 40% of a programme's credits to be earned through SWAYAM courses (raised from 20%) |
| SWAYAM Prabha | Group of DTH educational TV channels (34 initially, now more), 24x7, broadcast through GSAT-15 satellite. INFLIBNET is the coordinating and technical partner. Content from IITs, UGC, CEC, IGNOU, NCERT, NIOS and others |
| NPTEL | National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning, 2003, by IITs and IISc. Web and video courses in engineering, science and now humanities and management |
| e-PG Pathshala | Postgraduate e-content in about 70 subjects, by UGC and INFLIBNET. Four-quadrant model: e-Tutorial, e-Text, Web Resources and Self-Assessment |
| e-Pathshala | Web portal and app of NCERT with e-books and resources for school students and teachers |
| NDLI | National Digital Library of India, single-window search for educational resources, developed at IIT Kharagpur under NMEICT, launched 2016 |
| Shodhganga | Repository of Indian electronic theses and dissertations (ETDs), by INFLIBNET, 2010. UGC regulations require submission of PhD theses |
| Shodhgangotri | Repository of research synopses of PhD scholars |
| Shodhshuddhi | Plagiarism detection facility provided by INFLIBNET to academic institutions |
| INFLIBNET | Information and Library Network Centre, an inter-university centre of UGC at Gandhinagar (Gujarat) |
| e-ShodhSindhu | Consortium giving access to e-journals and e-books, formed by merging UGC-INFONET, N-LIST and INDEST-AICTE |
| Vidwan | National database of experts and researchers (profiles) |
| ONOS | One Nation One Subscription, nationwide access to international research journals for government higher education institutions, run through INFLIBNET, launched in January 2025 |
| NAD | National Academic Depository, digital storage of academic awards (degrees and certificates), run by NSDL and CDSL, linked to DigiLocker, 2017 |
| DigiLocker | Cloud-based digital document wallet (2015), documents are legally valid (IT Act rules) |
| ABC | Academic Bank of Credits, launched July 2021, stores credits earned from multiple institutions, enabling credit transfer, multiple entry and exit (NEP 2020). Students register through DigiLocker |
| APAAR | Automated Permanent Academic Account Registry, One Nation One Student ID, a 12-digit lifelong ID linked to ABC, as per NEP 2020 |
| NMEICT | National Mission on Education through ICT, launched 2009 by the Ministry of Education (then MHRD), for content generation and connectivity |
| Virtual Labs | Remote access to simulated experiments, IIT-led project under NMEICT |
| e-Yantra | IIT Bombay, robotics education initiative |
| Spoken Tutorial | IIT Bombay, short audio-video tutorials on open-source software, in many Indian languages |
| PM e-Vidya | Programme (May 2020) combining digital, online and on-air education: DIKSHA, TV channels (One Class One Channel), radio, podcasts |
| DIKSHA | Digital Infrastructure for Knowledge Sharing, school-level platform for teachers and learners, with QR-coded textbooks, based on open-source Sunbird |
| AISHE | All India Survey on Higher Education, annual survey by the Ministry of Education, gives GER, enrolment and institution counts |
| NIRF | National Institutional Ranking Framework, launched 2015, first rankings in 2016. Parameters: Teaching, Learning and Resources (TLR); Research and Professional Practice (RPP); Graduation Outcomes (GO); Outreach and Inclusivity (OI); Perception (PR) |
| SAMARTH | e-governance ERP platform for higher education institutions (admissions, fees, exams, HR) |
| UDISE+ | Unified District Information System for Education, school data |
| DIKW | Data → Information → Knowledge → Wisdom |
| Generations | Vacuum tube → Transistor → IC → Microprocessor → AI |
| Memory (fast to slow) | Register → Cache → RAM → SSD/HDD → Optical/Tape |
| Data units | Bit → Byte → KB → MB → GB → TB → PB |
| Network size | PAN → LAN → MAN → WAN |
| Mobile generations | 1G → 2G → 3G → 4G → 5G |
| Web versions | 1.0 → 2.0 → 3.0 |
| Timeline | ARPANET (1969) → TCP/IP (1983) → WWW (1989–1991) → VSNL public internet in India (1995) → IT Act (2000) → SWAYAM (2017) → ABC (2021) → 5G in India (2022) |
| ARPANET | Advanced Research Projects Agency Network |
| ASCII | American Standard Code for Information Interchange |
| BIOS | Basic Input Output System |
| BISAG-N | Bhaskaracharya National Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics |
| BIT | Binary Digit |
| CAD / CAM | Computer-Aided Design / Manufacturing |
| CAPTCHA | Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart |
| C-DAC | Centre for Development of Advanced Computing |
| CD-ROM | Compact Disc Read Only Memory |
| CEC | Consortium for Educational Communication |
| CPU | Central Processing Unit |
| DNS | Domain Name System |
| DPI | Dots Per Inch |
| DVD | Digital Versatile (Video) Disc |
| ERP | Enterprise Resource Planning |
| FTP | File Transfer Protocol |
| GIF | Graphics Interchange Format |
| GPS | Global Positioning System |
| GUI | Graphical User Interface |
| HTML | HyperText Markup Language |
| HTTP(S) | HyperText Transfer Protocol (Secure) |
| IC | Integrated Circuit |
| IMAP | Internet Message Access Protocol |
| IoT | Internet of Things |
| IP | Internet Protocol |
| ISP | Internet Service Provider |
| JPEG | Joint Photographic Experts Group |
| LAN / MAN / WAN | Local / Metropolitan / Wide Area Network |
| LCD / LED | Liquid Crystal Display / Light Emitting Diode |
| LMS | Learning Management System |
| MeitY | Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology |
| MICR | Magnetic Ink Character Recognition |
| MODEM | Modulator-Demodulator |
| MOOC | Massive Open Online Course |
| NFC | Near Field Communication |
| NIC | Network Interface Card (also National Informatics Centre) |
| NPCI | National Payments Corporation of India |
| OCR / OMR | Optical Character / Mark Recognition |
| OER | Open Educational Resources |
| OTP | One-Time Password |
| Portable Document Format | |
| POP3 | Post Office Protocol version 3 |
| RAM / ROM | Random Access Memory / Read Only Memory |
| RFID | Radio Frequency Identification |
| SIM | Subscriber Identity Module |
| SMTP | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| SQL | Structured Query Language |
| SSL / TLS | Secure Sockets Layer / Transport Layer Security |
| TCP/IP | Transmission Control Protocol / Internet Protocol |
| UIDAI | Unique Identification Authority of India |
| UPS | Uninterruptible Power Supply |
| URL | Uniform Resource Locator |
| USB | Universal Serial Bus |
| VLSI | Very Large Scale Integration |
| VoIP | Voice over Internet Protocol |
| VPN | Virtual Private Network |
| VR / AR | Virtual / Augmented Reality |
| WWW | World Wide Web |
| XML | Extensible Markup Language |
Where each fact is explained
Open the topic for the concept behind any line you cannot recall.
- 1 Basics of Information and Communication Technology
- 2 Computer Fundamentals
- 3 Hardware and Software
- 4 Input and Output Devices
- 5 Memory and Storage
- 6 Operating Systems
- 7 Internet and World Wide Web
- 8 Computer Networks
- 9 Networking Devices
- 10 Communication Technologies
- 11 Digital Learning
- 12 E-Learning
- 13 ICT in Education
- 14 Online Learning Platforms and Indian Digital Initiatives
- 15 Cybersecurity
- 16 ICT Applications (E-Governance and Digital India)
- 17 Exam Pattern, Recent Trends and Question Formats
- 18 Abbreviations You Must Know
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