L1: Introduction to IT Flashcards
To store, study, retrieve, transmit, and manipulate information
IT
When did the term IT appeared first
1985
Where did the term IT appeared first
Harvard Business Review publish article
Who authored the article where the word ‘Information Technology’ first appeared
Harold J. Leavitt
Thomas L.
Commonly used as a synonym for computers and computer networks
IT
Give the Four (4) Distinct Ages of Information Technology Development
- Pre-mechanical Age (3000)
- Mechanical Age (1450-1840)
- Electromechanical Age (1840-1940)
- Electronic Age (1940-Present)
Currently, how many generations of computers are there?
Up to fifth generation
The earliest age of information technology
Pre-mechanical Age (3000 BC 1450 AD)
3000 BC-1450 AD
Pre-mechanical Age
Humans first started communicating by using language or by drawing picture called______?
Petroglyphs
Usually carved in rock and later developed as Phoenician alphabet.
Petroglyphs
What age does the first books and libraries were developed
Pre-mechanical Age (3000 BC - 1450 AD)
What is a Codex
The first bind paper like a book
The first information processor machine
Abacus
Suan Pan
Pre-mechanical Age
Slide rule
Mechanical Age
Year of Mechanical Age
1450-1840
Pascaline Computer by Blaise Pascal
Mechanical Age
Difference Engine of Charles Babbage
Mechanical Age
A lot of different
machines created during this era
and sizes of the machines invented in this time are big.
Mechanical Age
The start of Telecommunication Technology
Electromechanical Age
1840-1940
Electromechanical Age
Morse Code by Samuel Morse
Electromechanical Age
Who invented telephone and what age
- Alexander Grahambell
- Electromechanical Age
