L1- information age Flashcards
(80 cards)
diff areas of society that have been influenced
communication, economics, industry, health, and the environment
knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance
information
on what period/century information age included
period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century
it is the period when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks
information age
information age is also called ?
digital age and the new media age
he proposed the theory of information age
James R. Messenger
on what year did Messenger proposed the theory of information age
1982
according to him, 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
James R. Messenger
event on 3000 BC
sumerian writing system used pictographs to represent words
event during 2900 BC
beginnings of egyptian hieroglyphic writing
event on 1300 BC
tortoise shell and oracle bone writing were used
event on 500 BC
papyrus roll was used
event on 220 BC
chinese small seal writing was developed
event on 100 AD
book (parchment codex)
event on 105 AD
woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese
event on 1455
johannes gutenberg invented the printing press using movable metal type
he invented the printing press using movable metal type
johannes gutenberg
event on 1755
samuel johnson’s dictionary standardized english spelling
who writes the world’s first computer program
augusta lady byron
where was the telegraph invented
great britain and the united states
who invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode)
lee deforest
television camera tube was invented by who
Zvorkyn
who foresaw the invention of hypertext
Vannevar Bush
who proposed field-of-information theory
Claude E. Shannon
