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L1: Introduction to IT Flashcards

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1
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To store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate information

A

IT

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When did the term IT appeared first

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1985

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Where did the term IT appeared first

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Harvard Business Review publish article

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Who authored the article where the word ‘Information Technology’ first appeared

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Harold J. Leavitt
Thomas L.

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Commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks

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IT

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Give the Four (4) Distinct Ages of Information Technology Development

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  1. Pre-mechanical Age (3000)
  2. Mechanical Age (1450-1840)
  3. Electromechanical Age (1840-1940)
  4. Electronic Age (1940-Present)
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Currently, how many generations of computers are there?

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Up to fifth generation

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The earliest age of information technology

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Pre-mechanical Age (3000 BC 1450 AD)

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3000 BC-1450 AD

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Pre-mechanical Age

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Humans first started communicating by using language or by drawing picture called______?

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Petroglyphs

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Usually carved in rock and later developed as Phoenician alphabet.

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Petroglyphs

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12
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What age does the first books and libraries were developed

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Pre-mechanical Age (3000 BC - 1450 AD)

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13
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What is a Codex

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The first bind paper like a book

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14
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The first information processor machine

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Abacus

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15
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Suan Pan

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Pre-mechanical Age

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16
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Slide rule

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Mechanical Age

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Year of Mechanical Age

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1450-1840

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Pascaline Computer by Blaise Pascal

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Mechanical Age

19
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Difference Engine of Charles Babbage

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Mechanical Age

20
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A lot of different
machines created during this era
and sizes of the machines invented in this time are big.

A

Mechanical Age

21
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The start of Telecommunication Technology

A

Electromechanical Age

22
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1840-1940

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Electromechanical Age

23
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Morse Code by Samuel Morse

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Electromechanical Age

24
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Who invented telephone and what age

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  1. Alexander Grahambell
  2. Electromechanical Age
25
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The age where the first radio was developed by Guglielmo Marconi in 1894

A

Electromechanical Age

26
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In this age, the first large-scale automatic digital computer was created.

Give its name and when and who

A

Electromechanical Age

  • Mark 1
  • 1940 by Harvard University
27
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8ft high, 50ft long, 2ft wide, and weighed 5 tons computer

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Mark 1 - The first large-scale automatic digital computer

28
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Year of Electronic Age

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1940-present

29
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This age is what we currently live in

A

Electronic Age

30
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Characterized by the development of the ENIAC

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Electronic Age

31
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What is ENIAC

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The first high-speed, digital computer

32
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These computers use vacuum tubes and punch cards like the ENIAC and Mark 1

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First Generation Computers

33
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Rotating magnetic drums were used for internal storage

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First Generation Computers

34
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These computers replaced vacuum tubes with transistors, punch cards were replaced with magnetic tape,

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Second Generation Computers

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Rotating magnetic drums were replaced by magnetic cores for internal storage.

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Second Generation Computers

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During this time, high-level programming languages were created such as FORTRAN and COBOL

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Second Generation Computers

37
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These computers replaced transistors with integrated circuits

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Third Generation Computers

38
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Magnetic tape was used throughout all computers

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Third Generation Computers

39
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Magnetic core turned into metal oxide semiconductors

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Third Generation Computers

40
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Actual operating system showed up around this time along with the advanced programming language BASIC.

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Third Generation Computers

41
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The latest generation of computers which uses CPUs

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Fourth Generation Computers

42
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The first personal computer called Apple II was developed and the graphical user interface (GUI

A

Fourth Generation Computers

43
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Still in development up until today

A

Fifth Generation Computers

44
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What generation where a computer have the power of human intelligence

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Fifth Generation Computers

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