1. The Information Age

2. What is the Information Age?
People, Information & Societies that chronicle the birth and growth of electronic information -- from ancient times to Samuel Morse's invention of the telegraph in the 1830s, through the development of the telephone, radio, television, and computer.
Different ways of looking at computer evolution…. J Butler at university breaks it down like this…
(updated link)
White on history of computers very helpful

3. Four Periods of The Information Age
Pre-Mechanical B.C A.D.
Mechanical
Electro-Mechanical
Electronic/Information Present
Pre-Mechanical—People not machines, nothing automated

4. The Pre-Mechanical Age
3000 B.C A.D.
Writing and Alphabets:
Cuneiform, Symbols
Paper and Pen:
Papermaking
Books and Libraries:
Religious Scrolls, Binding
Numbering Systems:
Numbers 1-9, Zero
The First Calculators
The Abacus
Cuneiform script (pronounced KEW-ni-form)
What about Tally Sticks? 35,000 BC ?

5. The Mechanical Age Movable Type Printing
Movable Type Printing
General Purpose Computers (people who used numbers)
Slide Rule
Analog Computer
Key Punch Computer
Binary Logic
Real Time Operated Computers
This slide needs fixing!
This slide isn’t even supported by the outline this is supposed to come from
I haven’t really found a good link that repeats these ages or timeframes.
The first use of the word "computer" was recorded in 1613, referring to a person who carried out calculations, or computations, and the word continued to be used in that sense until the middle of the 20th century.
Analog Computer

6. The Electro-Mechanical Age
Telecommunications
Voltaic Battery
Telegraph
Morse Code
Telephones and Radios
Computing
Census Machine
Mark 1
Paper Stored
Programming
Exam Telephones and Radios
Picture of a 1986 Telephone from Vendsyssel Historiske Museum in Hjørring, Denmark © 2004 by Tomasz Sienicki
Picture of a 1986 Telephone from Vendsyssel Historiske Museum in Hjørring, Denmark © 2004 by Tomasz Sienicki

7. Information Age Electronic Vacuum Tubes
1840-Present
Electronic Vacuum Tubes
Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer
Manchester Mark 1
First Computer for Commercial Use
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8. Computer Generations First Generation (1951-1958)
Main Logic Elements
Externally Stored Information
Machine and Assembly Language
Compilers
Second Generation ( )
Transistors
Semi-Conductors
High-Level Programming
Fortran/Cobol
Third Generation ( )
Integrated Circuits
Magnetic Tape and Disk
Operating Systems
BASIC
Fourth Generation (1979-)
Large Scale Circuits
Central Processing Units
Apple II/Apple Mac
IBM/MS-DOS/GUI
MS Windows
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Again doesn’t really translate from outline well here
Exam Question:
Third Generation ( )
BASIC

9. Pioneers in Information Technology
John Mauchly
J. Prosper Eckert
John Von Neumann
Blaise Pascal
William Oughtred
Gottfried von Leibniz
Charles Babbage
Augusta Ada Byron
Alexander Graham Bell
Herman Hollerith
Howard Aiken
Max Newman
Maurice Wilkes
Steven Wozniak
Steven Jobs
Bill Gates
The last 3 names are the only ones mentioned on Pioneers in Info Technology activity.
I have listed the Pioneers based on age that they are associated with
John Mauchly EMA Vacuum Tube
J. Prosper Eckert EMA Vacuum Tube
John Von Neumann EMA ?
Blaise Pascal MA slide rule
William Oughtred MA slide rule
Gottfried von Leibniz MA slide rule
Charles Babbage MA Difference Engine
Augusta Ada Byron MA first programmer
Alexander Graham Bell EMA telephone
Herman Hollerith EMA IBM
Howard Aiken EMA IBM
Max Newman EA Electronic Discreet Variable Computer
Maurice Wilkes EA Electronic Discreet Variable Computer
Steven Wozniak EA 4th generation
Steven Jobs EA 4th generation
Bill Gates EA 3rd with basic programming? Or with Microsoft?