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STS: Information age Flashcards

1
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information age began in ?

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1970’s

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It is also known as Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age.

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information age

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It is an era brought about a time period in which people could easily access information and knowledge.

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information age

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true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information svstems operating on both a real-time and as-needed basis. Furthermore, the primary factors driving this new age forward are convenience and user- friendliness which, ni turn, wil create user dependence.

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Information Age

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influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions

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Renaissance

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also changed literature.

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Renaissance

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People began to write realistic books and not just religious stories.

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Renaissance

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It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves

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Renaissance

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Renaissance: The way of thinking is called

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humanism

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10
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changed the modern era by introducing important scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Sir Isaac Newton.

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Scientific Revolution

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brought about major changes ni agriculture,
manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology.

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The Industrial Revolution

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This era had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world.

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The Industrial Revolution

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Who invented the printing press

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Johanne Gutenberg in 1440

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A device that applies pressure to an inked
surface lying on a print medium (cloth or paper), to transfer ink.

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Printing press

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It improves the manual, tedious, and slow printing methods.

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Printing press

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The Gutenberg’s hand mould printing press led the creation of its metal movable type.

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Printing press

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It is the beginning of mass communication that widens the circulation of information, which
tremendously brought social change.

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Hand Mould Printing Press

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It made the mass production of books possible which made books accessible not only to the upper-class.

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Hand Mould Printing Press

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It was created by the United States, member of the Allies during WWII to address the serious
shortage of human computers for military calculations.

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HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)

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It is a general-purpose electromechanical computer.

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HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)

21
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Description: 50 tf long; can calculate ni seconds (against people to compute for an hour)

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HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)

22
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who invented enigma M4 Cypher machine

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Alan Turing (1936 - English mathematician)

23
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The code-breaking methods (industrial processes) have 12,000 people working 24/7.

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EnigmaM4CypherMachine

23
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tI is used by Britain to crack the German Navy’s Enigma code

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Enigma M4 Cypher Machine

24
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The code-breaking methods (industrial processes) have 12,000 people working 24/7.

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EnigmaM4CypherMachine

25
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An electromechanical machine enabled the British to decipher encrypted messages of German Enigma machine.

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BombeoverGerman’s enigma10114

26
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The creation of Enigma and Bombe along with cryptologists shortened the WWII by two years

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Bombe over German’s enigma10114

27
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Who invented Bombe over German’s enigma10114

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alan turing

28
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Atheoretical machine presented by Turing ni
his paper entitled On computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem in 1937.

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Turing’s Machine

29
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It was used to construct a single Universal machine (demonstrated through simulation).

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turings machine

30
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It is the foundation of computer science and the invention of a machine called computer (which
can solve problem by performing any task from a written program - DeHaan, 2012).

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Turing’s Machine

31
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It is the dawn of computer age.

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1970’s- The Generation of “electronic brains”

31
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Personal computers were first introduced.

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1970’s- TheGenerationof”electronic brains”

32
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(an early computer hobbyist group), traded parts of computer, hardware and plan how to make computers more accessible to everyone.

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Homebrew Computer club

32
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The members of the club became high-
profile entrepreneurs that includes the founder of
Apple, Inc.

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Homebrew Computer club

33
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who invented AppleI / Apple-1 / AppleComputer1

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steve wozniak

33
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He designed the operating system, hardware, and circuit board by himself.

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AppleI / Apple-1 / AppleComputer1

33
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It jumpstarted Jobs and Wozniak careers as founders of Apple, Inc.

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AppleI / Apple-1 / AppleComputer1

34
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tI si the most technological advancement of the new millennium.

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The rise of SOCIAL MEDIA

35
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It is designed ot facilitate the creation
2003 and exchange of information ni a virtual
space.

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The rise of SOCIAL MEDIA

36
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People can easily access to any type of information through computers and mobile
phones.

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The rise of SOCIAL MEDIA

36
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Social media was introduced in ?

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1973

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38
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Multi-user chat rooms

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Social Media Platforms

39
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Instant-messaging applications (e.g. AOL, Yahoo
messenger, MSN messenger, Windows messenger)

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Social Media Platforms

40
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Bulletin-board forum systems

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Social Media Platforms

41
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Game-based social networking sites

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Social Media Platforms

42
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used a simple “Substitution Cipher” to send messages to his troops.

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Julius Caesar

43
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julius caser used this to send messages to his troops

A

Substitution Cipher”

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