information age

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evolution timeline

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pre industrial
industrial
electronic
information

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period of human history that encompasses changes in economic & social organization began around 1760 in GB.

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industrial age (1730-1930)

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characterized by replacement of hand tools w/ power driven machines such as power loom & steam engine

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industrial age

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mechanized loom, 1 of key developments in industrialization of weaving.

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power loom

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when was 1st power loom designed?

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1786

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who designed power loom?

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edmund cartwright

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who invented the 1st typewriter?

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christopher latham sholes, samuel w. soule, carlos glidden

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when was typewriter invented?

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1874

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when was telephone made?

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1876

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communication system which info is transmitted over wire through series of electrical current pulses

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telegraph

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who developed telegraph?

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samuel morse

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when was telegraph developed?

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1830 & 1840

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when and what is the 1st message in telegraph?

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may 24, 1844
what hath God wrought

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who invented punch cards

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herman hollerith

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who invented mechanical calculator

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blaise pascual in 1642

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also called difference engine

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babbage engine

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who invented babbage engine

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charles babbage

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age where invention of transistor ushered in.

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electronic age

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1st programmable digital computer name

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colossus

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who created colossus

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tommy flowers

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who created colossus

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tommy flowers

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ENIAC meaning

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electronic numerical integrator and computer

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world’s 1st digital computer

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eniac

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1st electronic digital computer name

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atanassof-berry computer

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electromechanical computer name

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Mark-I

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who developed mark-i

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howard aiken in 1937

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device that regulated current /voltage flow and act as switch/gate for electronic signals

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transistor

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who created transistor

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john bardeen, walter brattain, william shockley

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when was 1st TV invented

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september 7, 1927

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who invented TV

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philo t. farnsworth

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1st computer game

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spacewar

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ARPANET meaning

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advanced research project agency network

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who invented IC

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jack kilby

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also known as microchip

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IC

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who invented micropressor

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federico faggin, marcian hoff, stanley mazor, masatoshi shima

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UNIVAC meaning

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universal automatic computer

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1st general purpose electronic digital computer design for business application produced in US

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UNIVAC

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who designed UNIVAC

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J. presper eckert, john mauchly

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when was spacewar developed

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february 14, 1962

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who invented spacewar

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steve russell, martin graetz, wayne wiitanen, bob saunders, steve piner

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1st wide-area packet-switched network w/ distributed control

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ARPANET

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who invented floppydisk

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IBM engineers led by alan shugart

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produced by micro instrumentation & telemetry systems

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altair 8800

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who invented altair 8800

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ed roberts

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orginal name of atari

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syzygy co.

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who created atari

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nolan bushnell, ted dabney

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came from japanese work ataru means to hit a target

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atari

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world's first web browser

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mosaic