LESSON 9 Flashcards

1
Q

Father of the Information Age,
writer, filmmaker

A

James R. Messenger

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2
Q

what theory did james messenger conceived?

A

theory of information age

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3
Q

he is an american architect and graphic designer, information anxiety

A

richard saul wurman

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4
Q

“produced by the ever-widening
gap between what we understand
and what we think we should
understand

A

information anxiety

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5
Q

It is the black hole between data and knowledge

and what happens when
information doesn’t tell us what we
want or need to know.”

A

information anxiety

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6
Q

There
is a need for information to stand
out and be recognized in the
increasing clutter

A

information must compete

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7
Q

We
forgot the truth that any fact or
value can endure

A

newer equates to be truer

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8
Q

Choose
multiple sources for your
information if you want to receive a
more balanced view of reality

A

selection is a viewpoint

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9
Q

any small, relatively
inexpensive computer
designed for an individual
user

A

personal computer

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10
Q

A computer of a size
designed to be used on a
desk or table, set up in a
permanent spot

A

desktop computer

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11
Q

also known as notebooks,
are portable computers that
you can take with you and
use in different
environments

A

laptops

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12
Q

A palmtop computer that
functions as a personal
organizer and provides
email and Internet access.

A

personal digital assistant

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13
Q

a computer designed to
process requests and
deliver data to another
computer over the internet
or a local network

A

server

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14
Q

A data processing system
employed mainly in large
organizations for various
applications

A

mainframe

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15
Q

American mathematician who was
considered as the “Father of
Information Theory

A

claude elwood shannon

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16
Q

worldwide system of
interconnected networks that
facilitate data transmission among
innumerable computers

A

world wide web

17
Q

The internet was used mainly by

A

scientists to communicate with
other scientists

18
Q

one early problem face of the internet was

A

speed

19
Q

Directors of a Stanford Research
Project, built a search engine that
listed results to reflect page
popularity.

A

sergey brin and larry page

20
Q

is the world’s most popular
search engine, accepting more than 200
million queries daily

A

google

21
Q

became a pastime in
and of itself

A

surfing the net