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History of ICT
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History of ICT
By Francyn C. Asido BSMT-H2
Pre-Mechanical Period
During this time, humans started communicating with one another using words and pictograms curved in rocks
Libraries were considered as the first data centers in history
PM.P
Sumerian Pictogram
Dating back 3100 BCE shows the earliest form of communication among humans
The most popular device created in this period is said to have come from Chin-
the abacus—the first device to process information
Paper from papyrus plant was invented; storing of information was
revolutionized
Mechanical Period
M.P
Started around 1450-1840
The interest in automating and speeding up numerical calculations grew
during this period
The machines driven by mechanical means such as steam and gears
dominated information processing and calculation
Electromechanical Period
EM.P.
The use of electricity for information handling and transfer bloomed
This period saw the use of telegraph to transmit information over long
distances
Humans started to control electricity using vacuum tubes in devices that
eventually led to the development of today’s electronic gadgets
Electronic Period
E.P.
Started in the 1940's to present
This period is focused on the advent of solid state
devices/electronic devices
The result of developed methods of connectivity for sharing processed
information stored in computers and processing devices is the internet or the
World Wide Web