THE

INFORMATION AGE
 Digital Age

New Media
Age

Computer
Age

INFORMATION AGE
•period of history
wherein it is
described as an
economy based on
the computerization
of information
improved from the
Industrial Revolution
brought
Industrialization.
 Claude E. Shannon
American mathematician.
At age 32 and as a researcher at Bell
Laboratories,
"father of Information Theory,"
Showed how all information media, from
telephone signals to radio waves to
television, could be transmitted without
error using this single framework.
IMPACTS OF
COMPUTER AGE?
Without the information,
knowledge and discoveries of
those from the past, we would
not be where we are today. The
past has shaped our present
and will continue to shape our
future.
COMPUTER
• A programmable electronic device at high
speed, and display the results of these
operations

• designed to accept data, perform prescribed

mathematical and logical operations
10 TYPES
OF
1.PERSONAL COMPUTER
PERSONAL COMPUTER
• it has a single user instrument.
• first known as micro computers
since they were a complete but
built on a smaller scale than the
enormous systems operated by
most businesses.
2.DESKTOP COMPUTER
DESKTOP COMPUTER
• it us described as a PC that is not
designed for portability.
• a workstation is simply a desktop
computer that has a more powerful
processor, additional memory and
enhanced capabilities.
• most desktops offer more storage,
power and versatility than their
portable stations (UShistory.org.2017)
3. LAPTOP
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.
4. NETBOOK
NETBOOK

• Netbook is a generic name given to a

category of small, lightweight, legacy-free,
and inexpensive laptop computers that were
introduced in 2007.
• Netbooks compete in the same market
segment as mobiles and Chrome books (a
variation on the portable network computer).
5. Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs)
Personal Digital Assistants
(PDAs)
• there are tightly integrated
computers that usually have no
keyboards but rely on a touchscreen
for user input
• are typically smaller than a
paperback, lightweight, and battery
powered (UShistory.org.2017)
6. WORKSTATION
WORKSTATION
• simply a desktop computer that has a
more powerful processor, additional
memory and enhanced capabilities for
performing a special group of task,
such as 3D Graphics or game develop
• A workstation is a special computer
designed for technical or scientific
7.SERVER
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 devices
(UShistory.org.2017)
8.MAINFRAME
MAINFRAME
• there 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 everyday
• the term "mainframes" has been
replaced by enterprise server.
9.SUPERCOMPUTER
SUPERCOMPUTER
• This type of computer usually costs hundreds
of thousands or even millions of dollars.
• Although some supercomputers are single
computer systems, most are composed of
multiple high performance computers
working in parallel as a single system.
• The best known supercomputers are built by
Cray Supercomputers.
10.WEARABLE COMPUTER
WEARABLE COMPUTER

•they involve materials

that are usually
integrated into cell
phones, watches and
other small objects or
places.
 How Technology and
Social Media Has Changed
Our Lives?
How Do Mobile
Phones Affect Our
Lives?
The six (6) ways mobile has
changed our lives listed
below are just a few
examples of how mobile
affects each of us every
single day.
PUBLICATIONS

1.Access for
Everyone
2. A New Range of
Businesses
3.Personalized
Experiences
PUBLICATIONS

4.Mobile Technology
Creates the
“Everything” Device
5. The Ability to
Find Information
When You Need It
6. The Ever-Present
Distraction of Mobile
Technology
ANY QUESTIONS?
• The term cyberspace was coined
by William Gibson in his novel
Neuromancer (1984)
• to describe a futuristic computer
network into which users plug
their brains.
• (Cyber comes from the “cybernetics”,
a term coined in 1948 to apply to the
comparative study of automatic
control systems, such as the
brain/nervous system and mechanical-
electrical communication systems).
• Cyberspace is where you go when you go
online with your computer.
• The internet – “the mother of all
networks”
• internet the (“net”) is a worldwide
computer network that connects
hundreds of thousands of smaller
networks.
These networks link
educational, commercial,
nonprofit, and military entities,
as well as individuals
• World Wide Web, often called
simply the “web” – an
interconnected system of internet
computers (called servers) that
support especially formatted
documents in multimedia form.
• The word multimedia, from the
“multiple media”, refers to
technology that presents
information in more than one
medium, such as text, still
images, moving images, and
sound.