FT Topic 1: Information Age Flashcards
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It is also known as Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age
Information Age
When did information age began?
1970
It is an era brought about a time period in which people could easily access information and knowledge
Information Age
The Information Age is a true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information systems 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, in turn, will create user dependenc
JAMES R. MESSENGER, PROPONENT OF THEORY OF INFORMATION AGE (1982)
It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves
humanism
The ________ influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions
Renaissance
Their discoveries paved the way for modern tools, inventions and innovations
Scientific Revolution
This era had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world
Industrial Revolution
It was invented by Johanne Gutenberg (German goldsmith) in 1440
PRINTING PRESS
A device that applies pressure to an inked surface lying on a print medium (cloth or paper), to transfer ink
PRINTING PRESS
Who invented PRINTING PRESS
Johanne Gutenberg
It is the beginning of mass communication that widens the circulation of information, which tremendously brought social change
HAND MOULD PRINTING
It was created by the United States, member of the Allies (Canada, Britain, France, USSR, Australia) during WWII to address the serious shortage of human computers for military calculations
HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)
It is a general-purpose electromechanical computer
HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)
Who designed HARVARD MARK 1 – (IBM AUTOMATIC SEQUENCE CONTROLLED CALCULATOR)
Howard Aiken
It is used by Britain to crack the German Navy’s Enigma code
ENIGMA M4 CYPHER MACHINE
it is an enciphering machine that German armed forces used to securely send messages
Enigma
Who invented ENIGMA M4 CYPHER MACHINE
Alan Turing
An electromechanical machine enabled the British to decipher encrypted messages of German Enigma machine
BOMBE
Who created BOMBE OVER GERMAN’S ENIGMA 10114
Alan Turing
A theoretical machine presented by Turing in his paper entitled on computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungs problem in 1937
TURING’S MACHINE
It is the foundation of computer science and the invention of a machine called computer
TURING’S MACHINE
can solve problem by performing any task from a written program
Computer
It is the dawn of computer age
1970’s – THE GENERATION OF “ELECTRONIC BRAINS”
