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What is the Information Age characterized by?

Dependence on printed materials for knowledge

Isolation of information without any interconnection

Effortless access to information through publication and computer networks (correct)

Manual retrieval of information through traditional libraries

Which term is synonymous with the Information Age?

Stone Age

Middle Ages

Industrial Revolution

Digital Age (correct)

Who proposed the theory of the Information Age in 1982?

William Shakespeare

Albert Einstein

James R. Messenger (correct)

Leonardo da Vinci

What is a key feature of the Information Age according to James R. Messenger?

Interconnection of computers via Telecommunication Signup and view all the answers

What era marks the beginning of the Information Age?

Last quarter of the 20th century Signup and view all the answers

When did Johannes Gutenberg invent the printing press using movable metal type?

1455 Signup and view all the answers

In which year was the first viable design for a digital computer formulated?

1830s Signup and view all the answers

Who wrote the world's first computer program?

Augusta Lady Byron Signup and view all the answers

When were motion pictures first projected onto a screen?

1861 Signup and view all the answers

Which development occurred in 1926?

First practical sound movie Signup and view all the answers

Who foresaw the invention of hypertext in 1945?

Vannevar Bush Signup and view all the answers

Which year saw UNIX operating system being developed that could handle multitasking?

1969 Signup and view all the answers