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The document discusses the history of industrial and digital revolutions from the 18th century to today. It covers the development of new energy sources like coal and steam power that enabled early industries. Later, electronics and computing rose with the transistor and microprocessor. The information age emerged with computers and computer networks allowing easy access to information. Key people like Alan Turing contributed to computing.

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The document discusses the history of industrial and digital revolutions from the 18th century to today. It covers the development of new energy sources like coal and steam power that enabled early industries. Later, electronics and computing rose with the transistor and microprocessor. The information age emerged with computers and computer networks allowing easy access to information. Key people like Alan Turing contributed to computing.

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DIGITAL REVOLUTION

Slide 2  -first revolution spans from the end of the 18th century to the beginning of the 19th
century
-process that replaced agriculture with industry as the foundations of the economic
structure of society
-Mass extraction of coal along with the invention of the steam engine created a new type
of energy
-cotton/textile industry

Slide 3  -end of the 19th century


-new technological advancements initiated the emergence of a new source of energy
-As a result, the development of the combustion engine set out to use these new
resources to their full potential.
-steel industry began to develop and grow alongside the exponential demands for steel. 
-Chemical synthesis also developed to bring us synthetic fabric, dyes and fertilizer

Slide 4  -second half of the 20th century, a third industrial revolution appeared with the
emergence of a new type of energy
-revolution witnessed the rise of electronics—with the transistor and microprocessor—but
also the rise of telecommunications and computers.
-genome editing, 3d printing, robotics
A transistor is a semiconductor device used to amplify or switch electronic signals and
electrical power.
 -comes from splitting atoms in a reactor to heat water into steam, turn a turbine and
generate electricity.

Slide
Slide 6 -According to Webster’s dictionary– information is knowledge communicated or obtained
concerning a specific fact or circumstance, hence information is a very important tool for
survival
-Period starting in the last quarter 20th century when information became effortlessly
accessible through publications and through management information by computers and
computer networks
-means of conveying symbolic information (maths, codes) among humans evolved with
increasing speed
Information age is a period of change that might prove as significant to the lives of
people. Computer technology is at the root of this change, and continuing advancements
in that technology seem to ensure that this revolution would touch the lives of people.
Computers are unique machines; they help to extend the brain power. 
Alan Turing is often called the father of modern computing. He was a brilliant
mathematician and logician. He developed the idea of the modern computer and artificial
intelligence. During the Second World War he worked for the government breaking the
enemies codes and Churchill said he shortened the war by two years.
A Turing machine is a system of rules, states and transitions rather than a real machine. It
was first described in 1936 by English mathematician Alan Turing. There are two purposes
for a Turing machine: deciding formal languages and solving mathematical functions.
-also called as DA associated with the development of computers– electronic device that
stores and processes data (information)
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Slide 7
Slide 8 Most important contributors of advances in the information age to society
Computers are associated with numerous terms and description

Slide 9 Mainframe computers or mainframes are computers used primarily by large organizations


for critical applications; bulk data processing-
 minicomputer, or colloquially mini, is a class of smaller computers that was developed in
the mid-1960's and sold for much less than mainframe and mid-size computers from IBM
and its direct competitors.
 workstation is a special computer designed for technical or scientific applications.
A personal computer is a general-purpose, cost-effective computer that is designed to be
used by a single end-user.
laptop computer (also shortened to just laptop; or called a notebook computer) is a small,
portable personal computer 
Smartphones are a class of mobile phones and of multi-purpose mobile computing
devices.
International Business Machines 

Slide 10 Derived from the words


Developed during the 1970s by the department of defense

Slide 11 Developed during the 1970s by the department of defense U.S. Department of Defense,
ARPANET used packet switching to allow multiple computers to communicate on a single
network
 Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol, or TCP/IP, a communications model
that set standards for how data could be transmitted between multiple networks. 
 Ethernet is the traditional technology for connecting wired local area networks (LANs),
enabling devices to communicate with each other via a protocol -- a set of rules or
common network language.
computer network that interconnects computers within a limited area
Slide 12
Slide 13 includes the websites you visit, emails you send, and information you submit to online
services

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