COMM 103 Study Guide - Final Guide: Ibm, Herman Hollerith, Arpanet
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Chapter 4 - the internet and social media. Binary arithmetic - a system with just two possible values, 0 and 1. Developed a machine that used punch cards and electrical circuits to do. 1880s - invention of the modem which enables computers to communicate with. Constructed the first all electronic computer called eniac, which weighed two. 1990s - miniaturization, laptops with wireless modems included. The internet : the internet is a network of computer networks web of computer networks. Every computer could talk to every other computer. Thus if one portion of the network happened to be disabled, the network would still function properly. The national science foundation build its own system by hooking together chains of regional networks that were eventually linked to a super computer. And the amount of information available increased significantly. over the country to share data. graphics with another, thus creating virtual web pages. Students, scientists, government officials and other nows had access to the.
