Lesson 10 - Information Age Flashcards
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There are many modern technologies today. These technologies influence human lives and the society as a whole. One aspect that technologies has greatly affected is ______
information
Communicating or exchanging information is important to humans due to a wide array of reasons. However, it can be limited by:
- Distance
- Time
- Location
▪ Defined as a “period starting in the last quarter of the 20th century” when information became effortlessly accessible through publications and through the management of information by computers and computer networks
Information Age
Information Age is also known as
Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age
is a true new-age; based upon the
interconnection of computers via telecommunications.
Furthermore, the primary factors driving this new age forward are convenience and user-friendliness which, in turn, will create user dependence.
Information Age
proponent of Theory of Information Age, 1982
James R. Messenger
influenced the Information Age by creating the
idea inventions
⮚ It changed literature → write realistic books
⮚ A new way of thinking is formed → called humanism
Renaissance
changed the modern era by introducing
important scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Sir Isaac Newton.
⮚Their discoveries paved the way for modern tools, inventions and
innovations
Scientific Revolution
brought about major changes in agriculture,
manufacturing, mining, transportation, and
technology.
⮚This era had a profound effect on the
social, economic, and cultural conditions of
the world.
Industrial Revolution
Who invented the printing press?
Johanne Gutenberg
Johanne Gutenberg invented printing press in?
1440
The first book that was printed by a printing press is the ______
Gutenberg Bible
Gutenberg Bible is considered one of the most valuable books in the world and only around ____ copies are known to exist today.
48
⮚ It is the beginning of mass communication
that widens the circulation of information,
which tremendously brought social change.
⮚ Rise of literacy
⮚ Mass production of books → more
accessible books for all
Printing Press
⮚ Used during WWII (1944): due shortage for
human computers for military calculations
⮚It was created by the US, member of the
Allies countries
⮚ It is a general-purpose electromechanical
computer.
Harvard Mark 1
Harvard Mark 1 was designed by
Howard Aiken (1937)
Designed by Howard Aiken (1937), more
than ____ feet long and containing some
________ components, was used to make
ballistics calculations during World War II.
50
750,000
played a critical role in World War II, with applications in various areas such as cryptography, navigation, and ballistics.
Mathematics
enciphering machine often called a
cipher machine or cryptograph
a device used to convert plain text into a ciphered form, making it unreadable without the correct decryption key.
Enciphering Machine
The science of secure communications
Cryptography
Britain needed _______ to crack the German Navy’s enigma code
mathematician
Britain hired ________ to break the enigma code
Alan Turing (English Mathematician)
The code-breaking methods (industrial processes) have ________ people working 24/7.
12,000
