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• The Library of Congress was established Invention of the carbon arc lamp Research on persistence of vision published 1802 1824 • First viable design for a digital computer Augusta Lady Byron writes the world's first 1830s computer program Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States 1837 Motion pictures were projected onto a screen Dewey Decimal system was introduced Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography First magnetic recordings were released Motion picture special effects were used Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode) Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn 1861 1876 1877 1899 1902 1906 1923 1926 First practical sound movie Regularly scheduled television broadcasting began in the 1939 US Beginnings of information science as a discipline Vannevar Bush foresaw the invention of hypertext 1940s 1945 1946 ENIAC computer was developed Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude E. Shannon 1948 Planar transistor was developed by Jean Hoerni First integrated circuit Library of Congress developed LC MARC (machine- 1957 1958 1960s readable code) 1969 UNIX operating system was developed, which could handle multitasking Intel introduced the first microprocessor chip Optical laserdisc was developed by Philips and MCA MCA and Philips agreed on a standard videodisc encoding format 1971 1972 1974

• The Library of Congress was established Invention of the carbon arc lamp Research on persistence of vision published 1802 1824 • First viable design for a digital computer Augusta Lady Byron writes the world's first 1830s computer program Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States 1837 Motion pictures were projected onto a screen Dewey Decimal system was introduced Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography First magnetic recordings were released Motion picture special effects were used Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode) Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn 1861 1876 1877 1899 1902 1906 1923 1926 First practical sound movie Regularly scheduled television broadcasting began in the 1939 US Beginnings of information science as a discipline Vannevar Bush foresaw the invention of hypertext 1940s 1945 1946 ENIAC computer was developed Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude E. Shannon 1948 Planar transistor was developed by Jean Hoerni First integrated circuit Library of Congress developed LC MARC (machine- 1957 1958 1960s readable code) 1969 UNIX operating system was developed, which could handle multitasking Intel introduced the first microprocessor chip Optical laserdisc was developed by Philips and MCA MCA and Philips agreed on a standard videodisc encoding format 1971 1972 1974

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From among the table of Timeline of the Information Age, choose one event you think has the impact on the emergence of the Information Age. Explain your answer in exactly 5 sentences.
History The table below traces the history and emergence of the Information Age (United States American History, n.d.). Table 1. Timeline of the Information Age Year Event Sumerian writing system used pictographs to represent words 3000 BC 2900 BC Beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing 1300 BC Tortoise shell and oracle bone writing were used 500 BC Papyrus roll was used 220 BC Chinese small seal writing was developed 100 AD Book (parchment codex) 105 AD Woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press using movable metal type 1455 1755 Samuel Johnson's dictionary standardized English spelling
Transcribed Image Text:History The table below traces the history and emergence of the Information Age (United States American History, n.d.). Table 1. Timeline of the Information Age Year Event Sumerian writing system used pictographs to represent words 3000 BC 2900 BC Beginnings of Egyptian hieroglyphic writing 1300 BC Tortoise shell and oracle bone writing were used 500 BC Papyrus roll was used 220 BC Chinese small seal writing was developed 100 AD Book (parchment codex) 105 AD Woodblock printing and paper was invented by the Chinese Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press using movable metal type 1455 1755 Samuel Johnson's dictionary standardized English spelling
• The Library of Congress was established Invention of the carbon arc lamp 1802 1824 Research on persistence of vision published • First viable design for a digital computer Augusta Lady Byron writes the world's first computer 1830s program 1837 Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States |1861 Motion pictures were projected onto a screen Dewey Decimal system was introduced Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography First magnetic recordings were released Motion picture special effects were used Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode) Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn First practical sound movie Regularly scheduled television broadcasting began in the 1876 1877 1899 1902 1906 1923 1926 1939 US Beginnings of information science as a discipline Vannevar Bush foresaw the invention of hypertext ENIAC computer was developed Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude E. Shannon 1940s 1945 1946 1948 1957 Planar transistor was developed by Jean Hoerni First integrated circuit Library of Congress developed LC MARC (machine- readable code) 1958 1960s 1969 UNIX operating system was developed, which could handle multitasking Intel introduced the first microprocessor chip Optical laserdisc was developed by Philips and MCA MCA and Philips agreed on a standard videodisc encoding format 1971 1972 1974 106 Science, Technology, and Society
Transcribed Image Text:• The Library of Congress was established Invention of the carbon arc lamp 1802 1824 Research on persistence of vision published • First viable design for a digital computer Augusta Lady Byron writes the world's first computer 1830s program 1837 Invention of the telegraph in Great Britain and the United States |1861 Motion pictures were projected onto a screen Dewey Decimal system was introduced Eadweard Muybridge demonstrated high-speed photography First magnetic recordings were released Motion picture special effects were used Lee DeForest invented the electronic amplifying tube (triode) Television camera tube was invented by Zvorkyn First practical sound movie Regularly scheduled television broadcasting began in the 1876 1877 1899 1902 1906 1923 1926 1939 US Beginnings of information science as a discipline Vannevar Bush foresaw the invention of hypertext ENIAC computer was developed Birth of field-of-information theory proposed by Claude E. Shannon 1940s 1945 1946 1948 1957 Planar transistor was developed by Jean Hoerni First integrated circuit Library of Congress developed LC MARC (machine- readable code) 1958 1960s 1969 UNIX operating system was developed, which could handle multitasking Intel introduced the first microprocessor chip Optical laserdisc was developed by Philips and MCA MCA and Philips agreed on a standard videodisc encoding format 1971 1972 1974 106 Science, Technology, and Society
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