The Information Age Flashcards
(39 cards)
It is always changing, both inside and around us. Our bodies grow, adapt, and age, while our experiences, knowledge, and surroundings also evolve.
Life
It is knowledge shared or acquired about a particular fact or situation. It is the idea that we gained from communicating with other people or from the internet. Without information we are nothing.
Information
Also called a Digital Age and the New Media Age as it was associated with the development of the computers.
Began in the last quarter of 20th century, a time when people could easily access information through books, computers, and the internet, changing the way we share and manage knowledge.
The Information Age
He proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982.
His theory emphasizes that information age is a true new age based upon the interconnection of computers via telecommunications where information was easily disseminated even on actual time or specific time.
James R. Messenger
He called the phenomenon as “Information Anxiety” during the 1980s.
Richard Wurman
He detailed some facts about information age on his article “Truths of the Information Age”
Robert Harris
Facts about Information Age in article “Truths of the Information Age” of Robert Harris
Information must compete
Newer is equated with truer
Selection is a viewpoint
You are what you eat and so is your brain
Undead information walks ever on
The whole truth is a pursuit
use pictographs to represent words
Sumerian writing system
He invented the printing press (Gutenberg Press) using movable metal type
Johannes Gutenberg
His dictionary standardized English spelling
Samuel Johnsons
The first computer programmer.
Augusta Lady Byron (also known as Ada Lovelace)
It was developed by John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert
ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)
It is an electronic device that stores, processes, and retrieves data.
Computer
Importance of Computer
Fast Processing
Easy Access to Information
Automation of Tasks
Communication
Innovation & Research
It is a single- user instrument. They were first known as MICROCOMPUTERS since they were a complete computer but built on a smaller scale than the enormous systems operated by most businesses.
Personal Computer (PC)
It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. It will be set up in a permanent spot. It has a more powerful processor, additional memory and enhanced capabilities for performing special group of tasks, such as 3D graphics or game development.
Desktop Computer
Are portable computers that integrate the essentials of a desktop computer in a battery- powered package, which are somewhat larger than a typical hardcover book. They are commonly called NOTEBOOKS
Laptops
These are tightly integrated computers that usually have no keyboards but rely on a touch screen for user input. Are typically smaller than a paperback, lightweight, and battery-powered.
Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
It is a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers. It usually boast powerful processors, tons of memory, and large hard drives.
Server
These are huge computer systems that can fill entire room. They are used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions everyday.
Mainframe
They involve materials that are usually integrated into cell phones, watches, and other small objects or places. They perform common computer applications such as databases, email, multimedia, and schedulers
Wearable Computers
It is a collection of web pages and websites that people can visit using the Internet. It includes text, images, videos, and links that connect different pages.
The World Wide Web
It is a huge network of connected computers that allows people to send messages, browse websites, watch videos, and use online apps from anywhere in the world. It makes communication and information-sharing possible.
Internet
The application of information technology to store, organize, and analyze vast amounts of biological data which is available in the form of sequences and structures of proteins (the building blocks of organisms) and nucleic acids (the information carrier).
Bioinformatics
