STS: Information age Flashcards
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information age began in ?
1970’s
It is also known as Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age.
information age
It is an era brought about a time period in which people could easily access information and knowledge.
information age
true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications, with these information svstems 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, ni turn, wil create user dependence.
Information Age
influenced the Information Age by creating the idea inventions
Renaissance
also changed literature.
Renaissance
People began to write realistic books and not just religious stories.
Renaissance
It was no longer about what humans could do for God, but what humans could do for themselves
Renaissance
Renaissance: The way of thinking is called
humanism
changed the modern era by introducing important scientists such as Galileo, Copernicus, and Sir Isaac Newton.
Scientific Revolution
brought about major changes ni agriculture,
manufacturing, mining, transportation, and technology.
The Industrial Revolution
This era had a profound effect on the social, economic, and cultural conditions of the world.
The Industrial Revolution
Who invented the printing press
Johanne Gutenberg in 1440
A device that applies pressure to an inked
surface lying on a print medium (cloth or paper), to transfer ink.
Printing press
It improves the manual, tedious, and slow printing methods.
Printing press
The Gutenberg’s hand mould printing press led the creation of its metal movable type.
Printing press
It is the beginning of mass communication that widens the circulation of information, which
tremendously brought social change.
Hand Mould Printing Press
It made the mass production of books possible which made books accessible not only to the upper-class.
Hand Mould Printing Press
It was created by the United States, member of the Allies during WWII to address the serious
shortage of human computers for military calculations.
HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)
It is a general-purpose electromechanical computer.
HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)
Description: 50 tf long; can calculate ni seconds (against people to compute for an hour)
HARVARDMARK1- (IBMAutomatic SequenceControlledCalculator)
who invented enigma M4 Cypher machine
Alan Turing (1936 - English mathematician)
The code-breaking methods (industrial processes) have 12,000 people working 24/7.
EnigmaM4CypherMachine
tI is used by Britain to crack the German Navy’s Enigma code
Enigma M4 Cypher Machine
