The Information Age Flashcards
It is always changing, both inside and around us. Our bodies grow, adapt, and age, while our experiences, knowledge, and surroundings also evolve.
Life
It is knowledge shared or acquired about a particular fact or situation. It is the idea that we gained from communicating with other people or from the internet. Without information we are nothing.
Information
Also called a Digital Age and the New Media Age as it was associated with the development of the computers.
Began in the last quarter of 20th century, a time when people could easily access information through books, computers, and the internet, changing the way we share and manage knowledge.
The Information Age
He proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982.
His theory emphasizes that information age is a true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications where information was easily disseminated even on actual time or specific time.
James R. Messenger
He called the phenomenon as “Information Anxiety” during the 1980s.
Richard Wurman
He detailed some facts about information age on his article “Truths of the Information Age”
Robert Harris
Facts about Information Age in article “Truths of the Information Age” of Robert Harris
Information must compete
Newer is equated with truer
Selection is a viewpoint
You are what you eat and so is your brain
Undead information walks ever on
The whole truth is a pursuit
use pictographs to represent words
Sumerian writing system
He invented the printing press (Gutenberg Press) using movable metal type
Johannes Gutenberg
His dictionary standardized English spelling
Samuel Johnsons
The first computer programmer.
Augusta Lady Byron (also known as Ada Lovelace)
It was developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
It is an electronic device that stores, processes, and retrieves data.
Computer
Importance of Computer
Fast Processing
Easy Access to Information
Automation of Tasks
Communication
Innovation & Research
It is a single- user instrument. They were first known as MICROCOMPUTERS since they were a complete computer but built on a smaller scale than the enormous systems operated by most businesses.
Personal Computer (PC)
It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. It will be set up in a permanent spot. It has a more powerful processor, additional memory and enhanced capabilities for performing special group of tasks, such as 3D graphics or game development.
Desktop Computer
Are portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery- powered package, which are somewhat larger than a typical hardcover book. They are commonly called NOTEBOOKS
Laptops
These are tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input. Are typically smaller than a paperback, lightweight, and battery-powered.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
It is a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers. It usually boast powerful processors, tons of memory, and large hard drives.
Server
These are huge computer systems that can fill entire room. They are used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions everyday.
Mainframe
They involve materials that are usually integrated into cell phones, watches, and other small objects or places. They perform common computer applications such as databases, email, multimedia, and schedulers
Wearable Computers
It is a collection of web pages and websites that people can visit using the Internet. It includes text, images, videos, and links that connect different pages.
The World Wide Web
It is a huge network of connected computers that allows people to send messages, browse websites, watch videos, and use online apps from anywhere in the world. It makes communication and information-sharing possible.
Internet
The application of information technology to store, organize, and analyze vast amounts of biological data which is available in the form of sequences and structures of proteins (the building blocks of organisms) and nucleic acids (the information carrier).
Bioinformatics
The initial database of protein sequences were maintained at individual laboratories.
Swiss-Prot
Widely used for generating these databases and to identify the function of proteins, model the structure of proteins, determine the coding (useful) regions of nucleic acid sequences, find suitable drug compounds from a large pool, and optimize the drug development process by predicting possible targets.
Computer and Software Tools
used for comparing sequences
BLAST
tool to identify coding regions and splice sites
GeneFinder
an interactive genome analysis tool
Annotator
The key to rational drug discovery.
Reduces the number of trials in the screening of drug compounds and in identifying potential drug targets for a particular disease.
Bioinformatics
Where potential targets for drug development are hypothesized from the genome sequences.
Pharmacogenomics
Which requires a lot of calculations, has become faster due to the advances in computer processors and architecture.
Molecular Modeling
It is a reliable source because it provides access to published books from reputable authors and publishers.
Google Books
It is considered a useful and reliable web source because it provides access to a vast collection of scholarly literature, including peer-reviewed journal articles, conference papers, theses, and books.
Google Scholar
It is useful and reliable because it provides accurate, up-to-date location data, real-time navigation with traffic updates, business details, user reviews, and Street View imagery.
Google Maps
It is a collection of free e-books including fictions, nonfictions, references, and verses.
Bartleby
It is considered a useful and reliable web source because it is a well-established pharmacy and healthcare platform that provides accurate and up-to-date information on medicines, health products, and medical services.
MedPlus
It is a reliable web source because it provides comprehensive, up-to-date drug information from trusted sources like the FDA and Micromedex.
Drugs.com
It is a reliable web source because it is government-sponsored, offers peer-reviewed and scholarly content, provides comprehensive education research, is freely accessible, and is widely cited in academic studies.
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