MEDLIT L2.1 Flashcards
Media and information literature Pre industrial age Industrial age
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When is the Pre-Industrial Age
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Before 1700’s
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Are a type of parietal art found on the wall of ceilings of caves.
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Cave paintings (52,000 BC)
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People discovered fire, developed paper from plants, and forged weapons and tools with stone, bronze, copper, and iron.
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Pre-industrial age
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Cave paintings were created by mixing together ?
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different colored rocks, charcoal, animal blood, and berries.
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These ingredients would then be ground up into a paste by???
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melting them over a fire.
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A liberal application of ___ and ____ would then be added to make the paste nice and gloopy.
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spit or animal fat
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-In archeology, the term “Parietal art” can also referred to as ____
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Cave art
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is used to denote any prehistoric art found on cave walls.
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Parietal art
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The ancient Egyptians used the distinctive script known today as ___
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Hieroglyphs
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all forms of engraved rock art are called?
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Petroglyphs
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is a reed that grows in marshy areas around the Nile river.
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Papyrus plant (2500 BC)
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Hieroglyphs is use called ____ in greek
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Sacred words
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Mesopotamian scribes recorded daily events, trade, astronomy and literature on ___
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Clay tablets (2400 BC)
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were written on papyrus, carved in stone on tomb and temple walls, and used to decorate many objects of cultic and daily life use.
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Hieroglyphs
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was used by people throughout the ancient Near East to write several different languages.
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Cuneiform
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is one of the oldest forms of writing known
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Cuneiform
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It means ______ ,because people wrote it using a reed stylus cut to make a wedge-shaped mark on a clay tablet.
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“wedge-shaped”
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The telegraph of ancient Rome.
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Acta Diurna (130 BC)
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A daily Roman official notices carved on stone or metal presented in message boards in public.
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Acta Diurna
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First Daily Gazette, is Presented on Message Boards in Public Places
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Acta Diurna
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The earliest and oldest newspaper in the world.
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Dibao in China (2nd Century)
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used as media for regulation and circulation of government’s official reports and announcements to masses.
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Dibao
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type of publication issued by central and local governments in imperial China. They have been called “palace reports” or “imperial bulletins”.
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Dibao
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are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization.
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Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
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The paper was made from the inner bark of a _____
wild fig tree
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On folded paper manuscripts called _____, they devised calendars, calculated the movement of planets and stars, and recorded historical and religious information.
codices
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A technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China as a method of printing on textiles and later paper.
Printing press using wooden blocks (220 AD)
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People used the power of steam, developed machine tools, established iron production, and the manufacturing of various products (including books, through the printing press).
Industrial Age (1700s-1930’s)
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One of the official journals of record of the British government
Oldest surviving English newspaper
Oldest continuously published newspaper in the UK
Newspaper - The London Gazette(1640)
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-A machine that has keys that are pressed in order to print letters, numbers, or other symbols onto paper.
Typewriter (1800)
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A long distance transmission of textual messages where the senders uses symbolic codes, known to the recipient, rather than the physical exchange of an object bearing the message.
Telegraph (1830)
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The first typewriter to be commercially successful was invented in 1878 by
Christopher Latham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel Soule
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Is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by printer's movable type.
Typewriter
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Telegraph is developed by
Samuel Morse
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A telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly.
Telephone (1876)
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is a communication system that sends information by making and breaking an electrical connection.
Telegraph
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Punch cards is originally invented by
Herman Hollerith.
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Telephone is invented by
Alexander Grahambell
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Data is stored on the card by punching holes, which represent letters or numbers, in specific column locations that relate to the information being recorded.
Punch cards (1890)
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Was first used for vital statistics tabulation by the New York City Board of Health.
PUNCH CARDS
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One of the oldest of modern imaging technologies.
Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
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is a device for applying pressure to an inked surface resting upon a print medium (paper or cloth), thereby transferring the ink.
Printing press for mass production (19th Century)
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When the still pictures are projected progressively and rapidly onto a screen, the eye perceives a motion, hence they become a motion picture.
Motion picture photography/projection (1890)
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based on the phenomenon that the human brain will perceive an illusion of continuous movement from a succession of still images
Motion-picture photography
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Also called film or movie, series of still photographs on film, projected in rapid succession onto a screen by means of light.
Commercial motion picture
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First motion picture with a synchronized soundtrack was entitled ___ THAT IS DIRECTED BY WHO?
"Don Juan", directed by Alan Crosland.
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Vitaphone sound system by Warner Brothers
Motion picture with sound
(1926)
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The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers.
Electronic Age (1930s-1980s)
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a telecommunication medium used for transmitting moving images in monochrome (black and white), or in color, and in two or three dimensions and sound.
Television(1927)
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The "televisor" which produces the picture uses a spinning metal disk with a series of holes in it, called a
Nipkow disk
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The "televisor" which produces the picture uses a spinning metal disk with a series of holes in it, called a
Nipkow disk
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This kind of television sets eventually began to replace mechanical systems.
Electronic Television (1927)
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With better picture quality, no noise, a more compact size, and fewer visual limitations, the electronic system was far superior to its predecessor and rapidly improving.
Electronic Television (1927)
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was the result of a U.S. government-funded project during World War I to build an electronic computer that could be programmed.
ENIAC
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What does ENIAC means?
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
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The American military sponsored ENIAC research because it needed a computer for ______, the settings used for different weapons under varied conditions for target accuracy.
calculating artillery-firing tables
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was the first commercial computer.
The UNIVAC I - 1951
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It was designed principally by J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly, the inventors of the ENIAC.
The UNIVAC -1
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was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in the United States.
The UNIVAC-1
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What does UNIVAC means
UNIVersal Automatic Computer)
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a computer constructed by Maurice Wilkes and his team. EDSAC was the second electronic digital stored program computer to go into regular service.
Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC)
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large-scale electronic calculating machine in which ultrasonic delay units are used for storage of orders and numbers.
EDSAC
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What does EDSAC means
Electronic delay storage automatic calculator (EDSAC)
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A small portable radio receiver that uses transistor-based circuitry
Transistor 1954
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was the first practical transistor radio made in any significant numbers by Texas Instruments.
Regency TR-1
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a miniature device that is used to control or regulate the flow of electronic signals.
Transistor
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type of semiconductor device that can be used to conduct and insulate electric current or voltage.
Transistor
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type of semiconductor device that can be used to conduct and insulate electric current or voltage.
Transistor
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uses light to project an enlarged image on a screen, allowing the view of a small document or picture to be shared with a large audience.
Projector
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uses light to project an enlarged image on a screen, allowing the view of a small document or picture to be shared with a large audience.
Projector
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a type of video projector for displaying video, images or computer data on a screen or other flat surface.
LCD PROJECTOR
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An early programmable calculator
HP 9I00 A (1968)
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First commercially successful personal computer.
Altair 8800 (1975)
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This computer was originally a do-it-yourself kit which didn't even come with a case. Even so, as the first all-in-one microcomputer that, once hooked up to a keyboard and monitor, didn't require extra circuitry to display text, it was a giant step forward over the competition.
Apple 1
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The Internet paved the way for faster communication and the creation of the social network.
Information Age (1900's - 2000's)
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A software application for accessing information on the World Wide Web
Web browser
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Was a series of graphical web browsers developed by Microsoft.
Internet Explorer
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the web browser that popularized the World
Wide Web and the Internet. Invented by Marc Andreesen and his team.
Mosaic
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A regularly updated website or web page, that is written in an informal or conversational style.
Webpage
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A social structure made up of a set of social actors sets of dyadic ties and other social interactions
Social Network
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Microblogging
social media sites to which a user makes short, frequent posts
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a recording of a motion picture or television program for playing through a television set or gadget.
Video
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A technology that superimposes a computer generated image on a user's view of the real world, thus providing a composite view
Augmented reality
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An experience taking place within simulated and immersive environments that can be similar from the real world
Virtual Reality
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A face to face conversation held over the Internet by means of webcams and dedicated software.
Video chat
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A program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web.
Search Engine
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A computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another and included a display and keyboard.
Portable computer
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A computer designed to be easily moved from one place to another and included a display and keyboard.
Portable computer
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Are smart electronic devices that can be incorporated into clothing or worn on the body as accessories.
Wearable technology
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Are smart electronic devices that can be incorporated into clothing or worn on the body as accessories.
Wearable technology
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Speed data collection and dataflow management
Big data
