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An Abridged History of Digital Media. …and where we are today. The First Computers. Mechanical Computers Difference Engine (1822) Analytical Engine (1837) Punch Card Computers Herman Hollerith (1890) Used for census data Later became IBM. The First Computers. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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An Abridged History of Digital Media
…and where we are today
The First Computers
• Mechanical Computers• Difference Engine (1822)• Analytical Engine (1837)
• Punch Card Computers• Herman Hollerith (1890)• Used for census data• Later became IBM
The First Computers
• Electric Programmable Computers– Colossus (1943)• Decoded German encryption in WWII
– ENIAC (1943-1946)• Commissioned by the U.S. government
– UNIVAC (1951)• Designed for business• Predicted outcome of the 1952 election
Evolution of Computers
• PCs– IBM 701 – first mass-produced computer (1953)
• Mini-computers– Intel creates first microprocessor (1971)
• Microsoft (1975)– Bill Gates/Paul Allen
• Apple (1976)– Steve Jobs/Steve Wozniak
Then…There Was the Internet
The Internet Has Changed Everything
• Traditional media on the decline• Media consumption habits changing• Power structures toppling• E-commerce diversifying• Demand for journalism is growing• Smaller, nice organizations
News Consumption
We Are All Web Workers Now
• FACT: You are a geek (It’s ok)• Continuously want to learn• Innovation is key• Know the “buzzwords”
Digital Natives
Bits and Bytes
• What is a bit? What is a byte?
• Megabyte: 1,000,000 bytes• Gigabytes: 1,000,000,000 bytes
The Cloud
World Wide Web and Web 2.0
• The WWW is a way to access information from the Internet using HTTP and browsers
• The Web and the Internet are *not* synonymous
• Used to be static pages• Web 2.0 – When things started getting
interactive
Servers
• Computers that store and distribute information over the Internet
• They read IP addresses• All domains have a corresponding IP address
Browsers
• The tool you use to access information that is published on the Web
Browsers
• You have plenty of options