EXAM Flashcards
(64 cards)
o Belief that technology shapes the culture, values, and social structures of society.
Technological Determinism
o Belief that humans play the main role in shaping technology, not the other way around.
Social Constructivism
Refers to new technical knowledge used in creating capital goods and machines.
Technological Change
Technology required for
information processing.
ICT (Information and Communication Technology)
The use of scientific knowledge and experience to create and promote processes
Technology
knowledge of things
Information
A device used for processing storing and displaying information
Computer
Enhances learning through digital tools
Education
Digital platforms for marketing and amusement
Ads and Entertainment
The Internet provides knowledge globally
Information access
An early calculation tool from Babylonia
Abacus
A mechanical calculator
Arithmometer
Known as the father of computer
Charles Babbage
The first computer programmer
Ada Lovelace
One of the first commercial computers
UNIVAC (Universal Automatic Computer)
Year of Pre-Mechanical Era
(3000 BC – 1450 AD)
- Use basic tools such as the Abacus and the tally stick for arithmetic
- Knowledge recorded, on clay tablets and papyrus, and early writing systems
Pre-Mechanical Era (3000 BC - 1450 AD)
Year of Mechanical Era
(1450–1840)
- Invention of mechanical calculation devices like the Pascaline by (Blaise Pascal and Leibniz Calculator)
- Introduction of gears and levers to automate calculations
Mechanical Era (1450–1840)
Year of Electro-Mechanical Era
(1840–1940)
Integration of electrical components in mechanical systems.
Electro-Mechanical Era (1840–1940)
One of the first large-scale automated computers.
Harvard Mark I
Considered the first programmable computer.
Zuse Z3
Year of the First Generation of Computers
(1946 -1956)