Week 9 Flashcards
Robert Harris’s article where he detailed some facts on the Information Age.
Truths of the Information Age
an electronic device that stores and processes data (information). It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem (UShistory. org, 2017). Also, the most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society.
Computer
Types of Computer: It is a single-user instrument. PCs 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)
Types of Computer: It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. The assumption with a desktop is that 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 Computers
Types of Computer: These 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.
Laptop
Types of Computer: These are tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input. typically smaller than a paperback, lightweight, and battery- powered (UShistory.org, 2017).
Personal Digital Assistans (PDAs)
Types of Computer: It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers. usually boast powerful processors, tons of memory, and large hard drives (UShistory.org, 2017).
Server
Types of Computer: These are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room. They are used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions every day.
Mainframes
Types of Computer: 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 (UShistory.org, 2017).
Wearable Computers
an American Mathematician who was considered as the “Father of Information Theory.”
Claude E. Shannon
a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among innumerable computers. It was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense.
Internet
directors of a Stanford research project, built a search engine that listed results to reflect page popularity when they determined that the most popular result would frequently be the most usable. (Google)
Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Microsoft
Bill Gates
Apple
Steve Jobs
Mark Zuckerberg
