- Internet: Work began on experimental network in the in late 1960s (known as the ARPANET). It evolved into the 1980s and became known as the Internet.
- The Internet was transformed from text-only to include pictures, animation, sounds, and video.
- During this same time period, the World Wide Web (WWW) became accessible to users who connected through a Web browser.
The Internet Revolution (cont.) - Growth of the Internet
- Widespread email and Web use
- Few million users in 1990s—well over two billion users today
- Web 2.0 sites are built around contributions from Web users
- My Space
- Facebook
- Twitter
- YouTube
- Google Maps
Phases of the Information Age - Institutional computing phase, starting about 1950: large, expensive mainframes
- Personal computing phase, starting about 1975: millions of PCs joined mainframes
- Interpersonal computing phase, starting about 1995: networks connected the PCs and mainframes
- Collaborative computing phase, starting about 2005: smart phones, tablets, and other digital devices join PCs on the Internet; migration to Internet “cloud”
- Everyone can benefit from knowing the following:
- Network applications
- Word processing and desktop publishing
- Spreadsheets and databases
- Graphics and image processing
Implications: Social and Ethical Issues - Potential risks of digital technology:
- Threat to personal privacy
- Hazards of high-tech crime
- Difficulty of defining and protecting intellectual property
- Threat of automation and the dehumanization of work
- Abuse of information for political and economic power
History of the Future - Class: Please read the section of your textbook entitled “History of the Future”. It can be found on pages 26-27.
- Prior to the next class, create an MSWord document that contains one paragraph that indicates how you feel about the future of computers in your life. Please send this document to rcoco@albany.edu as an email attachment.
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