Chapter 6: The Information Age Flashcards
It began in India.
They used these and traditional writing materials to keep information and to send messages to other people.
Old Fabric / Paper.
These are painted drawings on cave walls or ceilings, often depicting animals. It started 40,000 years ago and the exact purpose of the Paleolithic paintings or cave paintings is not known.
Cave paintings.
It originated in China.
It was used as the main media for documents during prehistoric era.
Bamboo Inscription.
During prehistoric era, they used these to capture attention or to call everybody’s attention if there are important messages that everyone needs to hear.
Horn.
They used these as their “electricity” during prehistoric age and they also used these to call for everyone’s attention.
Fire and Smoke.
These are just like the cave paintings, but originated in Egypt. They are carved on rocks or clay tablets.
Hieroglyphics.
This invention was a result of finding a way to improve the manual, tedious and slow printing methods.
Printing press.
He invented the printing press around 1440.
Johannes Gutenberg.
A device that applies pressure to an inked surface lying on a print medium, such as cloth or paper, to transfer ink.
Printing press.
The beginnings of _______ can be traced back to the invention of the printing press
Mass communication.
This revolutionized long-distance communication. It worked by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations.
Telegraph.
He invented the telegraph.
Samuel Morse.
A code that assigns a set of dots and dashes to each letter of the English alphabet and allowed for the simple transmission of complex messages across telegraph lines.
Morse code.
Inventors of the typewriter?
- Cristopher Latham Sholes (main)
- Carlos Glidden
- Samuel W. Soule
This device was the “calculator” during industrial age.
Difference and Analytical Engine.
Inventor of difference and analytical engine.
Charles Babbage.
Also called “gramophone,” this was invented for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound.
Phonographs.
Inventor of phonograph?
Thomas Edison.
It is a small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry.
Transistor Radio.
This became the most popular electronic communication device in history, with billions manufactured during the 1960s and 1970s.
Transistor Radio.
Created as a joint project between Industrial Development Engineering Association (I.D.E.A.) and Texas Instruments.
Transistor Radio.
A machine with a screen.
This receives broadcast signals and turns them into pictures and sounds.
Television.
The word television comes from two (2) Greek words, which are?
- Tele (“far away”)
- Vision (“sight”)
An early British computer considered to be the first stored program electronic computer.
It ran the first computer graphical game.
Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator (EDSAC).
EDSAC was invented by?
Maurice Wilkes and his team.
The first general purpose electronic digital computer.
These giant computers, which used thousands of vacuum tubes for computation, were the forerunners of today’s digital computers.
Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC).
UNIVAC was designed and invented by?
Dr. J. Presper Eckert and Dr. John Mauchly.
Used primarily by large organizations for critical applications, bulk data processing, such as census, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning and transaction processing.
Often referred to as “big iron.”
Mainframe Computers.
A multipurpose computer whose size, capabilities and price make it feasible for individual use.
Personal computers (PC).
A software application for retrieving, presenting and traversing information resources on the world wide web.
Web browsers.
A discussion or informational website published on the world wide web consisting of discrete, often informal diary-style text entries (posts).
Posts are typically displayed in reverse chronological order so that the most recent post appears first.
Blogs.
Computer-mediated technologies that facilitate the creation and sharing of information, ideas, career interests and other forms of expression via virtual communities and networks.
Social media.
The content is typically smaller than that in a traditional blog.
These allow users to exchange small elements of contents such as short sentences, individual images or video links.
Microblogs.
(Examples: X/Twitter, Tumblr)
An electronic medium for broadcasting, playback, recording, copying and display of moving visual media.
Video.
(Example: YouTube)
Comprises the technology for the reception and transmission of audio-video signals by users at different locations, for communication between people in real-time.
Video chat.
Software systems that are designed to search for information on the world wide web.
The search results are generally presented in a line of results often referred to as search engine results pages.
Search engines.
(Example: Google)
These are computers designed to be moved from one place to another and includes a display and keyboard.
Portable computers.
Handheld personal computers with mobile operating system and an integrated mobile broadband cellular network connection for voice, SMS and internet data communication; most if not all also support wi-fi.
Smartphones.
