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Lesson 1 Flashcards

1
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When was the Sumerian writing system used with pictographs?

A

3000 BC

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2
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When did the beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphics writing start?

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2900 BC

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3
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When were tortoise shell and oracle bone writing used?

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1300 BC

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4
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When was papyrus rolled?

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500 BC

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5
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When was Chinese small seal writing developed?

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220 BC

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6
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When was the book parchment codex created?

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100 AD

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7
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When was woodblock printing and paper invented by the Chinese?

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105 AD

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8
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When did the Electronic/Information era begin?

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1940-Present

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9
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Who are the pioneers of the Information Age?

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Blaise Pascal, Alexander Graham Bell, Steven Wozniak, Steven Jobs, Bill Gates

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10
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When was the Internet developed?

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1970s

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11
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When was the World Wide Web developed?

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1990s

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12
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Who is regarded as the Father of the Information Age?

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Claude Shannon

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13
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Who proposed the birth of the field of information theory?

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Claude Shannon

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14
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Who developed the Planar transistor?

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Jean Hoerni

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15
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Who developed HyperCard?

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Bill Atkinson

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16
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What are the four periods of the Information Age?

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Mechanical, Pre-Mechanical, Electro-Mechanical, Electronic/Information

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17
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When did the Pre-mechanical period begin?

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3000 BC-1450 AD

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18
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When did the Mechanical period begin?

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1450-1840

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19
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When did the Electro-Mechanical period begin?

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1840-1940

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20
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Who standardized English dictionary spelling?

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Samuel Johnson

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21
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Who demonstrated high-speed photography?

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Eadweard Muybridge

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22
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Who invented the television camera tube?

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Zvorkyn

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23
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Who foresaw the invention of hypertext?

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Vannevar Bush

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24
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When was the Apple Macintosh computer introduced?

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1984

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25
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When was artificial intelligence separated from information science?

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Mid 1980s

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26
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When was HyperCard developed by Bill Atkinson?

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1987

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27
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When was the CD-ROM containing 450 complete works of literature released?

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1991

28
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When was the RSA encryption code cracked?

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January 1997

29
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When was the UNIX operating system developed?

A

1969

30
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When did Intel introduce the first microprocessor chip?

A

1971

31
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When was the optical laser disc developed by Philips and MCA?

A

1972

32
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When did MCA and Philips agree on a standard videodisc encoding format?

A

1974

33
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When was the Altair Microcomputer Kit released?

A

1975

34
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When did RadioShack introduce the first complete personal computer?

A

1977

35
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When was Vannevar Bush Foresaw the invention of hypertext?

A

1945

36
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When was the ENIAC computer developed?

A

1946

37
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When was the Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude Shannon?

A

1948

38
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When was the Planar transistor developed by Jean Hoerni?

A

1957

39
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When was the First integrated circuit created?

A

1958

40
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When was LC MARC (machine readable code) developed by the Library Congress?

A

1960s

41
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When was the Motion picture special effects used?

A

1902

42
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When was the electronic amplifying tube triode invented by Lee De Forest?

A

1906

43
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When was the Television camera tube invented by Zvorkyn?

A

1923

44
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When was the First practical sound movie made?

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1926

45
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When did regularly scheduled television broadcasting begin in the US?

A

1939

46
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When was the beginning of information science as a discipline?

A

1940s

47
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When did Augusta Lady Byron write the world’s first computer program?

A

1830s

48
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When was the invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States?

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1837

49
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When were motion pictures projected onto a screen?

A

1861

50
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When was the Dewey Decimal system introduced?

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1876

51
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When did Eadweard Muybridge demonstrate high speed photography?

A

1877

52
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When was the printing press using movable metal type invented by Johaness Gutenberg?

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1455

53
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Another term of Information age:

A

Digital age
Computer age
New media age

54
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Another term of Mainframe

A

Big Iron computer

55
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What are the different changes of Information age in the aspects of people’s lives

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•Emergence of online companies
•Creation of economically and stimulating businesses
•More mature and educated people
•Reshaping governments with new technologies

56
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It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem

A

Computers

57
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Types of computers

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Personal computers
Desktop computers
Laptops
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
Server
Mainframes
Wearable computers

58
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Types of computers

A

Personal computers
Desktop computers
Laptops
Personal digital assistants (PDAs)
Server
Mainframes
Wearable computers

59
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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

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Personal computer

60
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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

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Desktop Computer

61
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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

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Laptops

62
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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

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Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

63
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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

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Servers

64
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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

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Mainframes

65
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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

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Wearable computer

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