history of basic information technology
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Traces the history of basic information system from the pre-mechanical age to the present, giving emphasis to the last 30 years of IT historyTRANSCRIPT
History of Basic Information Technology
Jennifer Jayne V. De JulioReporter
Information technology (IT)
is the application of computers and
telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and
manipulate data,
often in the context of a business or
other enterprise.
Several industries are associated with information technology, including computer hardware, software, electronics,
semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services.[
Ages of Basic Information Technology
Pre-Mechanical Mechanical Electromechanical Electronic
between 3000B.C. and 1450A.D
-alphabet-petroglyph-abacus
between 1450 and 1840
lots of different machines created but have not yet gotten to a machine that can do more than one type of calculation in one
-Pascaline-Slide rule-Difference Engine
between 1840 and 1940beginnings of telecommunication-telegraph-telephone-Mark I
between 1940 and right now
Generations:1st – vacuum tube, punch cards2nd – transistors, magnetic tape, FORTRAN, COBOL3rd – integrated circuit, metal oxide4th – CPU, GUI
1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation
1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation
2003
• Intel incorporated Wi-Fi (wireless internet receiving capability) in their Centrino chipWeb 2.0 technology
• In May, the amount of SPAM e-mail exceeded the amount of legitimate e-mail for the first time
2004• Google indexed more than 8 billion pages on the
web• Facebook (limited to Harvard students only)
started this year
2005 • YouTube, the first video sharing site came online in 2005
1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation
2007• Iphone• Google Docs
2008• Cvent launched the Cvent Supplier Network, the
largest free marketplace that connects event planners with venues
2006• Twitter• Web 2.0 technology (later to be called social media)
2009 • Digital Television
2010
• Ipad• 4.7 billion mobile phone subscriptions• Skype• Mobile Apps
2011
• Kindle Fire tablet computer/eReader • more than 600,000 iPhone/iPad apps and
400,000 Android apps.• 5.6 million iPhone apps • more than 800 million Facebook users (more
than 1 in 10 on the planet).
2012• smart phones worldwide reaches 1 billion• Tablet computers become the fastest adopted
technology hardware
2013-2014
• 3D Printing• Google Glass• Smart Watch• Leap Motion Control• Fitness Wristbands• Selfie, Usie