Chapter 3 lesson 1 Flashcards
It is defined as a “period starting in the last quarter of the 20th
century when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and the
management of information by computers and computer networks”
The Information Age
According to Webster’s Encyclopedic Unabridged
Dictionary, information is?
Is knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.
The Information Age is also called?
Digital Age or New Media Age
Who proposed the Theory of the Information
Age in 1982
James R. Messenger
The Information Age is a new era where computers are connected through telecommunications. These systems work in real-time or whenever needed. What makes this age grow are the ease of use and convenience, which will make people rely more on them.
Theory of the Information
Age
Who introduce Information Anxiety
Richard Wurman
Truths of the Information Age (Robert Harris)
- Information must compete
- Newer is equated with truer
- Selection is a viewpoint
- The media sells what the culture buys
- The early word gets the perm
- You are what you eat and so is your brain
- Anything in great demand will be counterfeited
- Ideas are seen as controversial
- Undead information walks ever on
- Media presence creates the story
- The medium selects the message
- The whole truth is a pursuit
The most important contributions of advances in the Information
Age to society
Computers
is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information). It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem.
computer
TYPES OF COMPUTER
- Personal Computer (PC)
- Desktop Computer
- Laptops
- Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
- Server
- Mainframes
7.Wearable Computers
It is a single-user instrument. PCs were first known as microcomputers since they were
complete computers but built on a smaller scale than the enormous systems operated by
most businesses
- Personal Computer (PC)
It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. The assumption with a desktop
is that it will be set up in a permanent spot
- Desktop Computer
These are portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a
battery-powered package, which are somewhat larger than a typical hardcover book.
- Laptops
These are tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch
screen for user input. They are typically smaller than a paperback, lightweight, and
battery-powered
- Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other
computers. It usually boast powerful processors, tons of memory, and large hard
drives (UShistory.org, 2017)
- Server
These are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room. They are used especially
by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of
transactions every day. The term “—–” has been replaced by enterprise server.
Although some supercomputers are single computer systems, most comprise multiple,
high-performance, parallel computers working as a single system (UShistory.org, 2017).
- Mainframes
It are commonly used in various computing environments, including small
businesses, data centers, cloud computing platforms, and web hosting services.
Servers
They are typically found in large enterprises, financial institutions,
government agencies, and other organizations with demanding computing needs. They
are used for critical business operations that require high levels of reliability, security, and
processing power.
Mainframes
They involve materials that are usually integrated into cell phones, watches, and other
small objects or places. They perform common computer applications such as databases,
email, multimedia, and schedulers (UShistory.org, 2017).
7.Wearable Computers
An American Mathematician who was considered as the “Father of Information
Theory. He worked at Bell Laboratories and at age 32, he published a paper proposing
that information can be quantitatively encoded as a sequence of ones and zeroes.
Claude Shannon
It is a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data
transmission among innumerable computers. It was developed during the 1970s by the
Department of Defense. In case of an attack, military advisers suggested the advantage
of being able to operate on one computer from another terminal.
The Internet
They are directors of a Stanford research project, built a search
engine that listed results to reflect page popularity when they determined that the most
popular result would frequently be the most usable.
Sergey Brin and Larry Page,
It is now the world’s most popular search engine, accepting more than 200 million
queries daily.
It was a suitable way to send a message to fellow workers,
business partners, or friends. Messages could be sent and received at the convenience
of the individual. A letter that took several days to arrive could be read in minutes.
Electronic mail, or email,
