MCS 2020 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Vannevar Bush, Johannes Gutenberg, Ted Nelson

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Marketing and Consumer Studies
• Course: MCS 2020
• Professor: Matthew- Jim D' Elia

Document Summary

Take a large quantity of information and distil it into actionable intelligence. Started in germany in the 1440s development of printing press. Johannes gutenberg and others perfected the process of printing. Created an expansive network, enforced new standards. A device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. Posed as a repository for key pieces of information. A protocol that enabled users to jump from one document to another. A research network with a web-like structure. High-speed network for connecting research centers, merged with. Tim berners-lee and the world wide web www. Provided more tools for organizing and presenting information. Improved access to multimedia data, linked content sites around the globe. Breaks information into smaller pieces (packets) and ships them along different communication paths to their destination. A shared set of rules and procedures.