Web/Mobile Applications and the Basics of Information Technology
Web/Mobile Applications and the Basics of Information Technology Building web and mobile applications has become ubiquitous in the modern world. These applications do not become far-reaching innovations overnight but are founded on the basic tenets of information technology (IT) and computer science. We look at how web and mobile applications play with the IT fundamentals, covering everything from historical evolution to hardware, programming, database, and network architecture. IT Fundamentals to IT Core Web and mobile applications are not just the result of convergence between the three core tenets of IT data processing, algorithmic logic, and user-centric design. They are the perfect example of it. Fundamentally, these applications transform inputs into outputs, reflecting the input-process-output paradigm fundamental to computing (ZyBooks, 2025). This mirrors the historical progression from early computing hardware, such as the ENIAC that implemented batch p...