midterm

Question 1

study of the natural world by collecting data through a systematic process called the scientific method

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science

Question 2

where we apply science to create devices that can solve problems and do tasks

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technology

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mutually drive each other’s progress

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relationship of science and technology

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difference

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aim

Question 5

 internal to the scientific method (production of knowledge and understanding

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science

Question 6

all technologies that collectively facilitate construction and maintenance of information system

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information technology

Question 7

 external to its own development (made to solve the practical problems of the day)

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technology

Question 8

all technologies that collectively facilitate construction and maintenance of information system

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technology

Question 9

in a form of statement/number/picture

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data

Question 10

“give/fact”

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datum

Question 11

scientific, technological and engineering disciplines and managerial techniques used in information handling

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unesco definition of it

Question 12

• 1st public wide packet-switched computer network & allows multiple computers to communicate on a single network
• one of the first computer networks to
  implement TCP/IP protocol suite

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arpanet

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 earliest age of IT

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premechanical age

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 1st start to see the connections between our current technology and its ancestors

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mechanical age

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 close to some technologies that resemble our modern-day technology
 beginnings of telecommunication

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electromechanical age

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 what we currently live in

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electronic age

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1st high-speed, digital computer capable of solving full range of computing problems

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eniac

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1st large-scale automatic digital Computer

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mark 1

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1 of most popular platforms of communication being built.

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telephone

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set of “dots and dashes” and/or “sounds”

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morse code

Question 21

meaning of “What Hath God Wrought”

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(See What God Has Done!)

Question 22

long- distance communication by transmitting electrical signals over a wire laid between stations

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telegraphs

Question 23

3 machines created during this era

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• Locomotive Power Engine
• Old Sewing Machine
• Old Typewriter

Question 24

automatic mechanical calculator for polynomial functions

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difference engine

Question 25

popular mechanical computing

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pascaline computer

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analog computer used for multiplying and dividing

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slide rule

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(communicating using language or simple picture drawings)

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petroglyphs

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 early writings

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wet clay or tablets

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 early alphabets were developed like

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phoenician alphabet

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 paper created out of

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papyrus plant

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meaning of tcp

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Transmission Control Protocol.

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meaning of ip

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internet protocol

Question 32

arpanet meaning

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advance research projects agency network

Question 33

eniac meaning

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electronic numerical integrator and computer