Lesson 1 Flashcards
When was the Sumerian writing system used with pictographs?
3000 BC
When did the beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphics writing start?
2900 BC
When were tortoise shell and oracle bone writing used?
1300 BC
When was papyrus rolled?
500 BC
When was Chinese small seal writing developed?
220 BC
When was the book parchment codex created?
100 AD
When was woodblock printing and paper invented by the Chinese?
105 AD
When did the Electronic/Information era begin?
1940-Present
Who are the pioneers of the Information Age?
Blaise Pascal, Alexander Graham Bell, Steven Wozniak, Steven Jobs, Bill Gates
When was the Internet developed?
1970s
When was the World Wide Web developed?
1990s
Who is regarded as the Father of the Information Age?
Claude Shannon
Who proposed the birth of the field of information theory?
Claude Shannon
Who developed the Planar transistor?
Jean Hoerni
Who developed HyperCard?
Bill Atkinson
What are the four periods of the Information Age?
Mechanical, Pre-Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Electronic/Information
When did the Pre-mechanical period begin?
3000 BC-1450 AD
When did the Mechanical period begin?
1450-1840
When did the Electro-Mechanical period begin?
1840-1940
Who standardized English dictionary spelling?
Samuel Johnson
Who demonstrated high-speed photography?
Eadweard Muybridge
Who invented the television camera tube?
Zvorkyn
Who foresaw the invention of hypertext?
Vannevar Bush
When was the Apple Macintosh computer introduced?
1984
When was artificial intelligence separated from information science?
Mid 1980s
When was HyperCard developed by Bill Atkinson?
1987
When was the CD-ROM containing 450 complete works of literature released?
1991
When was the RSA encryption code cracked?
January 1997
When was the UNIX operating system developed?
1969
When did Intel introduce the first microprocessor chip?
1971
When was the optical laser disc developed by Philips and MCA?
1972
When did MCA and Philips agree on a standard videodisc encoding format?
1974
When was the Altair Microcomputer Kit released?
1975
When did RadioShack introduce the first complete personal computer?
1977
When was Vannevar Bush Foresaw the invention of hypertext?
1945
When was the ENIAC computer developed?
1946
When was the Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude Shannon?
1948
When was the Planar transistor developed by Jean Hoerni?
1957
When was the First integrated circuit created?
1958
When was LC MARC (machine readable code) developed by the Library Congress?
1960s
When was the Motion picture special effects used?
1902
When was the electronic amplifying tube triode invented by Lee De Forest?
1906
When was the Television camera tube invented by Zvorkyn?
1923
When was the First practical sound movie made?
1926
When did regularly scheduled television broadcasting begin in the US?
1939
When was the beginning of information science as a discipline?
1940s
When did Augusta Lady Byron write the world’s first computer program?
1830s
When was the invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States?
1837
When were motion pictures projected onto a screen?
1861
When was the Dewey Decimal system introduced?
1876
When did Eadweard Muybridge demonstrate high speed photography?
1877
When was the printing press using movable metal type invented by Johaness Gutenberg?
1455
Another term of Information age:
Digital age
Computer age
New media age
Another term of Mainframe
Big Iron computer
What are the different changes of Information age in the aspects of people’s lives
•Emergence of online companies
•Creation of economically and stimulating businesses
•More mature and educated people
•Reshaping governments with new technologies
It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem
Computers
Types of computers
Personal computers
Desktop computers
Laptops
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
Server
Mainframes
Wearable computers
Types of computers
Personal computers
Desktop computers
Laptops
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
Server
Mainframes
Wearable computers
It is a single user instrument. It is known as microcomputers since they were a complete computer built on a smaller scale than the enormous systems operated by most business
Personal computer
It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. The assumption with 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. It is usually for personal information and for setting schedules
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers. Usually boast powerful processor, tons of memory, and large hard drives
Servers
These are huge computers systems that can fill an entire room. They are used by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions everyday
Mainframes
They involve materials that are usually integrated into cell phones, watches, and other small objects or places. They perform common computer application such as database, email, multimedia, and schedules
Wearable computer
