Midterms | Information Technology Flashcards
Raw facts
Data
Data
- Alpha data
- Numeric
- Alpha numeric
- Audio
- Image
- Video
Examples of data
BP
Temperature
Heart Rate
Etc.
Processed data that has now meaning
Information
Information is data processed using —
knowledge
Example of information
- Combination of BP, temp, and HR for patients information
- Diagnosis
Multidisciplinary science that involves aspects from computer science, cognitive science, communication science, etc. to deal with obtaining, gathering, organizing, managing, storing, etc. of information
Information science
Information science involves aspects of which examples of science?
Computer science
Cognitive science
Communication science
Information science is concerned with (1) / processing (1) to produce a/n (2) of data and information through (3)
- input
- output feedback
- tecchnology information
Very first calculating tool
Abacus
When and where was abacus discovered by the Babylonians?
300 BC in Mesopotamia
When was abacus discovered in China?
500 BC
Inventor of Logarithms, Year
John Napier, 1550-1617
What was John Napier’s invention called?
Napier’s Bone
Napier’s bone math operation
Multiplication only
Napier’s bone rods were commonly made with?
Bone of animals
Metals
Ivory
Who improved Napier’s bone? Year?
Willian Oughtred (1700)
Oughtred’s invention term
Slide Rule
Who invented Pascal/ Pascaline calculator? Year?
Blaise Pascal, 1642
Pascal/ Pascaline calculator math operation
Addition and Subtraction only
Blaise Pascal nationality and occupation
French mathematician
Who invented the Stepped Reckoner? Year?
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, 1622
Stepped Reckoner math operation
Addition
Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
When was Stepped Reckoner’s idea made? Completed?
Idea: 1622
Completed: 1642