What is the meaning of the Information Revolution? The Information Revolution refers to the abundance of information and its accompanying changes in storage owning to the rapid development of technologies in the later half of the 20th century. The first meanings of the information revolution can be traced back to the Sumerian pictographs which used clay tablets to represent goods of trade. The invention of the printing press during the renaissance in 1455 and the invention of the telephone by Bell in 1870 led to the proliferation of printed and visual media.

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What was the first form of information storage?

Clay tablets

When was the printing press invented?

1455

What was invented in 1989?

World Wide Web

What are the advantages of modern technology?

Increased efficiency and dependence on technology Signup and view all the answers

What was the invention of Bell in 1870?

Telephone Signup and view all the answers

What was the concept of a global communication system based on?

Hypertext Signup and view all the answers

What does the Information Revolution refer to?

The abundance of information and its accompanying changes in storage Signup and view all the answers

What was the first web browser and editor developed by?

Berners-Lee Signup and view all the answers

What are the disadvantages of modern technology?

Increased unemployment and climate change Signup and view all the answers

When did the Sumerians use clay tablets?

1980 Signup and view all the answers

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The Information Revolution refers to the abundance of information and its accompanying changes in storage owning to the rapid development of technologies in the later half of the 20th century.
The first meanings of the information revolution can be traced back to the Sumerian pictographs which used clay tablets to represent goods of trade.
The invention of the printing press during the renaissance in 1455 and the invention of the telephone by Bell in 1870 led to the proliferation of printed and visual media.
In the 1980s the concept of a global communication system was developed based on hypertext.
In 1989 Berners-Lee invented the world wide web creating the first web browser and editor as well as the world wide web.
Modern technology has many advantages and disadvantages.
The advantages include increased efficiency and dependence on technology.
The disadvantages include unemployment and climate change.