Information Age Flashcards

Flashcards about the Information Age.

Personal Computer (PC)

A single user instrument, formerly known as microcomputers.

Desktop Computer

A PC not designed for portability, intended for permanent setup.

Laptops

Portable computers integrating desktop essentials in a battery-powered package.

Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)

Tightly integrated computers, often without keyboards, relying on touch screens.

Server

A computer improved to provide network services to other computers.

Workstation

A computer designed for technical tasks like 3D graphics, with powerful processors.

Server

Optimized to provide services to other computers over a network, with large memory and storage.

Mainframe

A large computer that can process millions of transactions daily.

Supercomputer

High-performance computers working together as one system, costing hundreds of thousands to millions.

Wearable Computer

Miniaturized devices integrated into items like watches and clothing.

Pre-Mechanical (3000 BC - 1450 AD)

The earliest age of Information Technology using manual tools and methods.

Mechanical (1450 - 1840)

An era where technologies were created for information processing development.

Electromechanical (1840 - 1940)

The start of telecommunications, resembling modern-day technology.

Electronic (1940 - Present Day)

Characterized by the dominance of electronic devices.

The Net

A worldwide computer network that connects hundreds of thousands of smaller networks.

The Web

The multimedia part of the internet, supporting specially formatted documents.

Cyberspace

Encompasses the online world, the internet, and the entire wired and wireless communication systems.

Information Age

A period described as an economy based on the computerization of information.

Claude E. Shannon

Known as the “Father of Information Theory,” who proposed that information can be quantitatively encoded.

Internet

A worldwide system of interconnected networks enabling data transmission.

World Wide Web

A system of interconnected documents and resources accessed via the Internet, invented by Tim Berners-Lee.

Apple 1

First effective personal computer, designed by Steve Wozniak and marketed by Steve Jobs.

Microsoft

Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975, combining microcomputer and software.