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• These best describe our society nowadays, as evidenced by how information could be transferred or shared quickly.

  • Highly modernized
  • Automated
  • Data-driven
  • technologically advanced
• The different areas of society have been influenced tremendously such as: 

  • communication
  • economics
  • industry
  • Health
  • environment
• information - is knowledge communicated or obtained concerning a specific fact or circumstance.
• information - is a very important tool for survival. 
• Information Age - ia 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 is also called; Digital Age and New Media Age
• James R. Messenger who proposed the Theory of Information Age in 1982
• James R. Messenger proposed the Theory of Information Age in - 1982
• James R. Messenger - 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.
• 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. 
• the primary factors driving this new age forward are:

  • convenience
  • user-friendliness
• Because of the abundance of information, it was difficult to collect and manage them starting in the 1960s - 1970s. 
• During the 1980s, real angst set in. Richard Wurman called it "Information Anxiety."
• During the 1980s, real angst set in. Richard Wurman called it "Information Anxiety."
• In the 1990, information became the currency in the business world. 
• “Truths of the Information Age" BY Robert Harris
• Computers are among the most important contributions of advances in the Information Age to society. 
• computer - is an electronic device that stores and processes data (information). It runs on a program that contains the exact, step-by-step directions to solve a problem
• computer - can apply to virtually any device that has a microprocessor in it, most people think of a computer as a device that receives input from the user through a mouse (hand-guided directions tool) or keyboard, processes it in some fashion, and presents the result on a screen. 
• Personal Computer - It is a single-user instrument.
• PC - 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.
• Desktop Computer -It is described as a PC that is not designed for portability. The assumption with a _ is that it will be set up in a permanent spot. A workstation is simply a _ _ that has a more powerful processor, additional memory, and enhanced capabilities for performing special group of tasks, such as 3D graphics or game development. Most _ offer more storage, power, and versatility than their portable versions
• Laptops - These 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. 
• Personal Digital Assistants - 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
• Server -It refers to a computer that has been improved to provide network services to other computers. _ usually boast powerful processors, tons of memory, and large hard drive
• Mainframes -These are huge computer systems that can fill an entire room. They are used especially by large firms to describe the large, expensive machines that process millions of transactions every day. The term "_" has been replaced by enterprise server. Although some supercomputers are single computer systems, most comprise multiple, high-performance, parallel computers working as a single system
• Wearable Computers - 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
• Types of Computer:

  • Personal Computer (PC)
  • Desktop Computer 
  • Laptops
  • Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
  • Server 
  • Mainframes
  • Wearable Computers
• Several historians trace the origin of the Internet to him

  Claude E. Shannon
• Claude E. Shannon - an American Mathematician who was considered as the "Father of Information Theory."
• Claude E. Shannon an American Mathematician who was considered as the "Father of Information Theory.
• Claude E. Shannon - He worked at Bell Laboratories and at age 32, he published a paper proposing that information can be quantitatively encoded as a sequence of ones and zeroes.
• Internet -is a worldwide system of interconnected networks that facilitate data transmission among innumerable computers
• Internet was developed during the 1970 s by the Department of Defense
• Internet was developed during the 1970s by the Department of Defense.
• The Intemet remained under government control until 1984
• The development of fiber-optic cables allowed for billions of bits of information to be received every minute.
• Sergey Brin and Larry Page -directors of a Stanford research project, built a search engine that listed results to reflect page popularity when they determined that the most popular result would frequently be the most usable
• Google was founded in 1998
• email -was a suitable way to send a message to fellow workers, business partners, or friends.