FT Topic 1: Information Age

Question 1

It is also known as Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age

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Information Age

Question 1

When did information age began?

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1970

Question 2

It is an era brought about a time period in which people could easily access information and knowledge

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Information Age

Question 3

The Information Age is a true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information systems operating on both a real-time and as-needed basis. Furthermore, the primary factors driving this new age forward are convenience and user- friendliness which, in turn, will create user dependenc

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JAMES R. MESSENGER, PROPONENT OF THEORY OF INFORMATION AGE (1982)

Question 4

It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves

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humanism

Question 5

The ________ influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions

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Renaissance

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Their discoveries paved the way for modern tools, inventions and innovations

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Scientific Revolution

Question 7

This era had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world

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Industrial Revolution

Question 8

It was invented by Johanne Gutenberg (German goldsmith) in 1440

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PRINTING PRESS

Question 9

A device that applies pressure to an inked surface lying on a print medium (cloth or paper), to transfer ink

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PRINTING PRESS

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Who invented PRINTING PRESS

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Johanne Gutenberg

Question 11

It is the beginning of mass communication that widens the circulation of information, which tremendously brought social change

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HAND MOULD PRINTING

Question 12

It was created by the United States, member of the Allies (Canada, Britain, France, USSR, Australia) during WWII to address the serious shortage of human computers for military calculations

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HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)

Question 13

It is a general-purpose electromechanical computer

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HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)

Question 14

Who designed HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)

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Howard Aiken

Question 15

It is used by Britain to crack the German Navy’s Enigma code

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ENIGMA M4 CYPHER MACHINE

Question 16

it is an enciphering machine that German armed forces used to securely send messages

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Enigma

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Who invented ENIGMA M4 CYPHER MACHINE

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Alan Turing

Question 17

An electromechanical machine enabled the British to decipher encrypted messages of German Enigma machine

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BOMBE

Question 18

Who created BOMBE OVER GERMAN’S ENIGMA 10114

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Alan Turing

Question 19

A theoretical machine presented by Turing in his paper entitled on computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungs problem in 1937

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TURING’S MACHINE

Question 20

It is the foundation of computer science and the invention of a machine called computer

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TURING’S MACHINE

Question 21

can solve problem by performing any task from a written program

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Computer

Question 22

It is the dawn of computer age

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1970’s – THE GENERATION OF “ELECTRONIC BRAINS”

Question 23

Created by Steve Wozniak in 1976

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APPLE I / APPLE-1 / APPLE COMPUTER 1

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Who created APPLE I / APPLE-1 / APPLE COMPUTER 1

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Steve Wozniak

Question 25

It is the most technological advancement of the new millennium

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Question 26

It is designed to facilitate the creation and exchange of information in a virtual space

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SOCIAL MEDIA

Question 27

It was introduced from 1973 onwards from variations of the following which enables information exchange at its most efficient level.

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SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS