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Amazon

First online retailer founded by Jeff Bezos

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Analog computer

A computer that uses physical phenomena such as electrical, mechanical, or hydraulic quantities to model the problem being solved

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Angler

First smartphone (by Frank Canova)

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Apple-1

First personal computer with keyboard (by Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs)

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BizSugar

A social networking platform and niche resource for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and managers

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Computer

A machine or device that performs processes, calculations, and operations based on instructions provided by a software or hardware program

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Computer vision syndrome

A condition resulting from focusing the eyes on a computer or display device for uninterrupted periods of time

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  • Currency relevance

  • reliability authority purpose

  • point of view

Meaning of C.R.A.P

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Cybercrime

A crime in which a computer is the object or is used as a tool to commit an offense

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Data privacy

The necessity to preserve and protect any personal information collected by an organization from being accessed by a third party

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Desktop computer

A personal or micro-mini computer sufficient to fit on a desk

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Digital computer

A computer that performs calculations and logical operations with quantities represented as digits in the binary number system

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ENIAC

First working, digital, general-purpose computer (built by John Mauchly and J. Presper)

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Facebook

Launched and founded by Mark Zuckerberg, it became a major social networking platform

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Facebook Messenger

A messaging app and platform, originally developed as Facebook Chat in 2008

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Fake news

Junk or pseudo-news, a type of yellow journalism consisting of deliberate disinformation or hoaxes

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First Information Revolution

Print-based information revolution

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Friendster

A social networking service founded by Jonathan Abrams in 2002, relaunched as a social gaming platform in 2011

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Fuji DS-1P

First fully digital camera (by Steve Sasson)

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Gavilian

First fully functional laptop computer (by Manny Fernandez)

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General-purpose computers

Type of computer that is able to perform a range of tasks, lacks speed and efficiency

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Hybrid computer (Analog+Digital)

A computer capable of inputting and outputting in both digital and analog signals, offers a cost-effective method of performing complex simulations

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IBM Blue Gene

Name of the Philippines' supercomputer

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first website address (by Tim Berners-Lee)

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Information age

  • Aka computer age, digital age, or new media age

  • refers to a time period in which people could access information and knowledge easily

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Information overload

A situation in which too much information is given at one time, causing an inability to think clearly

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Instagram

A mobile photo-sharing application created by Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger, launched in 2010

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Internet

A global network connecting millions of computers, making it possible to exchange information

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iPhone

First smartphone by Apple (by Steve Jobs)

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James R. Messenger

  • Conceived the theory of the information age in 1982

  • published a book entitled “The Death of the American Telephone & Telegraph Company”

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Johannes Gutenberg

Made the first version of printing press

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Laptop computer

Portable computer with an integrated screen and keyboard, larger than a notebook computer

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LinkedIn

Social media site for professional networking, launched in 2002

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Mainframe computer

Large and expensive computer capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of users simultaneously

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Mini computer or server

Midsized computer supporting from 4 to about 200 users simultaneously

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Mosaic

First popular web browser (by Marc Andreessen)

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Motorola DynaTAC 8000X

First commercial mobile phone (by Martin Cooper)

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MySpace

Social networking website launched in 2004, popular from 2005 to 2008

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Osborne-1

First true mobile computer (by Adam Osborne)

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Palmtop computer

Hand-sized computer with a screen that serves as both input and output device

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Pinterest

A web and mobile application software for discovering information

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Republic Act No. 10173

Data Privacy Act of 2012, signed by President Benigno Aquino

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lic Act No. 10175

Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012

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Republic Act No. 10913

Anti-Distracted Driving Act of 2016

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Second Information Revolution

Pre-digital developments when computers started to be introduced

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Skype

First launched in 2003, allowing for video conferencing

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Social media

Technology that facilitates the sharing of ideas, thoughts, and information through virtual networks and communities

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specific purpose computers

  • type of computer according to plan purpose

  • designed to handle a specific problem or to perform a specific task

  • a set of instructions is built into the machine

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SUMMIT

holds the record of fastest suporcomputer

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super computer

  • type of computer on the basis of size

  • fastest and most powerful type of computer

  • very expensive

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third and last information revolution

this information revolution began in the introduction of the internet, and the world wibe web

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Tumblr

a microblogging and social networking website founded by david karp in 2007, and owned by Oath Inc. the service allows users to post multimedia and other content to a short-form blog

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twitter

  • created in march 2006 by Jack Dorsey, et al

  • it is an online news and social networking service where users post and interact with messages, tweets, restricted to 140 characters

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UNIVAC (universal automatic computer)

  • early computer used by business first built in 1957

  • first american commercial computer

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viber

It was launched in 2010 as a cross-platform voice over IP and instant messaging software application operated by Japanese multinational company Rakuten

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web

  • consists of a worldwide collection of electronic documents

  • combination of all resources and users on the internet that are using the Hypertext Transfer Protocol

  • HTTP)

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wikipedia

  • first online encyclopedia

  • invented by Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger.

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workstation

  • terminal or desktop computer in a network

  • generic term for a user's machine (client's machine) in contrast to a server' or "mainframe"

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youtube

it began when PayPal employees created a video-sharing website where users could upload, share and view content