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3200 BCE
Clay Tablets in Messopotamia (2400 BC)
In the Ancient Near East, clay tablets (Akkadian ṭuppu(m) ) were used as a writing medium, especially for writing in cuneiform, throughout the Bronze Age and well into the Iron Age. Cuneiform characters were imprinted on a wet clay tablet with a stylus often made of reed (reed pen). -
3000 BCE
Papyrus in Egypt(2500 BC)
Papyrus is first known to have been used in Egypt (at least as far back as the First Dynasty), as the papyrus plant was once abundant across the Nile Delta. It was also used throughout the Mediterranean region and in the Kingdom of Kush. Apart from a writing material, ancient Egyptians employed papyrus in the construction of other artifacts, such as reed boats, mats, rope, sandals, and baskets. -
1450 BCE
Printing press using wood blocks (220 AD)
Printing press using wood blocks (220 ad) Woodblock printing is a technique for printing text, images or patterns used widely throughout East Asia and originating in China in antiquity as a method of printing on textiles and later paper -
130 BCE
Acta Diurma in Rome (130 BC)
Circa 130 BCE. Copies of Acta Diurna ("Daily Events", or the "Daily Public Record"), were carved on stone or metal and presented in message boards in public places like the Roman Forum beginning about 130 BCE. They were also called simply Acta or Diurna or sometimes Acta Popidi or Acta Publica. -
1450
Printing Press for mass production (19th Century)
is a device for applying
pressure to an inked
surface resting upon a
print medium (such as
paper or cloth), thereby
transferring the ink. -
Newspaper – The London Gazette (1640)
is one of the official
journals of record of the
British government. -
Period: to
•Pre-Industrial Ages (Before 1700s)
Pre-industrial society refers to social attributes and forms of political and cultural organization that were prevalent before the advent of the Industrial Revolution, which occurred from 1750 to 1850. Pre-industrial is a time before there were machines and tools to help perform tasks en masse. -
Period: to 1930 BCE
INDUSTRIAL AGES (1700S-1930S)
Industrial Age (1700s-1930s) - Individuals utilized the energy of steam, created machine devices.
Uses iron and steel.
Originated from England and European Countries.
Primary industries used the different discoveries in science.
Radio were the fastest form of communication from the urban to the rural areas. -
Telegraph
revolutionized long-
distance communication.
It worked by transmitting
electrical signals over a
wire laid between stations. -
Codex in the Mayan region (5th Century)
Maya codices (singular codex) are folding books written by the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in Maya hieroglyphic script on Mesoamerican bark paper. ... The Maya developed their huun-paper around the 5th century, which is roughly the same time that the codex became predominant over the scroll in the Roman world. -
Typewriter (1800)
A typewriter is a mechanical or electromechanical machine for writing characters similar to those produced by a printer's movable type. -
Cave Painting (35,000BC)
Cave paintings are a type of parietal art (which category also includes petroglyphs, or engravings), found on the wall or ceilings of caves. The term usually implies prehistoric origin, but cave paintings can also be of recent production: In the Gabarnmung cave of northern Australia, the oldest paintings certainly predate 28,000 years ago, while the most recent ones were made less than a century ago. -
Telephone (1876)
A telephone (derived from the Greek: τῆλε, tēle, "far" and φωνή, phōnē, "voice", together meaning "distant voice"), or phone, is a telecommunications device that permits two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be heard directly. -
Punch Cards
The standard punched card, originally invented by Herman Hollerith, was first used for vital statistics tabulation by the New York City Board of Health and several states. After this trial use, punched cards were adopted for use in the 1890 census. Hollerith wasn't working in a vacuum! -
Period: to
Electronic Age (1930s – 1980s)
ELECTRONIC AGE (1930-1980) The invention of the transistor ushered in the electronic age. People harnessed the power of transistors that led to the transistor radio, electronic circuits, and the early computers. In this age, long distance communication became more efficient. -
Television (1941)
is a telecommunication
medium used for
transmitting moving
images in monochrome
(black-and-white), or in
color, and in two or three
dimensions and sound. -
Mainframe Computers
the world’s first mass
produced computer to
feature floating point
arithmetic hardware. -
Large Electronic Computers
ENIAC (/ˈɛniæk/; Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer) was the first electronic general-purpose computer. -
Video
a recording of a motion picture or television program for playing through a television set. b : a videotaped performance of a song often featuring an interpretation of the lyrics through visual images -
Wearable Technology
Wearable technology (also called wearable gadgets) is a category of technology devices that can be worn by a consumer and often include tracking information related to health and fitness. Other wearable tech gadgets include devices that have small motion sensors to take photos and sync with your mobile devices. -
Period: to
INFORMATION AGE (1900S – 2000S)
The Information Age (also known as the Computer Age, Digital Age, or New Media Age) is a historic period beginning in the 20th century and characterized by the rapid shift from traditional industry that the Industrial Revolution brought through industrialization to an economy primarily based upon information technology. -
Personal Computer
A personal computer (PC) is a multi-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and price make it feasible for individual use. Personal computers are intended to be operated directly by an end user, rather than by a computer expert or technician. -
Games
a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decided by skill, strength, or luck. -
Portable Computers
A portable computer is a personal computer that is designed to be easily transported and relocated, but is larger and less convenient to transport than a notebook computer. -
Cloud and Big Data
Big data refers to voluminous, large sets of data whereas cloud computing refers to the platform for accessing large sets of data. In other words, big data is information while cloud computing is the means of getting information. Big Data is a terminology used to describe huge volume of data and information. -
Web Browser
A web browser, or simply "browser," is an application used to access and view websites. Common web browsers include Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Apple Safari. The primary function of a web browser is to render HTML, the code used to design or "mark up" webpages. -
Smartphones
A smartphone is a cell phone that allows you to do more than make phone calls and send text messages. Smartphones can browse the Internet and run software programs like a computer. -
Search Engines
a program that searches for and identifies items in a database that correspond to keywords or characters specified by the user, used especially for finding particular sites on the World Wide Web. -
Blogs
The term "blog" is short for "weblog," which refers to an online journal. Blogs began as personal mini sites that people used to record their opinions, stories, and other writings as well as photos and videos. As the web has grown and changed, blogs have gained more recognition and merit. -
Social Networks
Social networking is the use of Internet-based social media sites to stay connected with friends, family, colleagues, customers, or clients. Social networking can have a social purpose, a business purpose, or both, through sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram, among others. -
Video chat
a face-to-face conversation held over the Internet by means of webcams and dedicated software. -
Microblogs
A type of blog that lets users publish short text updates. Bloggers can usually use a number of service for the updates including instant messaging, e-mail, or Twitter. The posts are called microposts, while the act of using these services to update your blog is called microblogging.