The document discusses technologies of information and communication (TIC). It defines TIC as a set of technological and communication tools used to facilitate the emission, access, and processing of information through various codes that can correspond to texts, images, sounds and others. It classifies TIC based on a technological approach into telecommunications markets, audiovisual markets, and information technology services markets. It also lists some key characteristics of TIC such as instantaneity, the ability to transmit information over long distances very quickly, and digitization, where information is represented in a universal digital format.