THE INFORMATION

EXPLOSION
The amount of information we receive in our lifetime could be infinite even the
means to access information have multiplied. Richard Paul Wurman called this
information anxiety.

1898

● The first patent for the earliest form of magnetic wire was filed in Denmark by
Valdemar Poulsen.

● The telegraph was invented.

● Photography and film were invented next, and radio and television came after.
Information Explosion

• it is a term used to describe the rapidly

increasing amount of information. As the
amount of data grows, managing the
information becomes difficult that can cause
information overload.

Information Overload

• Defined as the state of having too much

information that no longer helps in the decision
making and learning process.
Infodemic

• Defined by the World Health Organization, is

an overabundance of information.

• Some accurate while some are not, making it

difficult for general public to find trustworthy
sources and dependable guidance when it is
most needed.

• Rathore and Farouq (2020) asserted that the

most worst side of an infodemic is the
unabated proliferation of fake news, miracle
curses, conspiracy theories, and racist
assumptions.
Kadiri and Odetoro (2012), citing Wilson (2001), identified two kinds of
information overload:

Personal Overload

• When an individual receives so much information associated with tasks that

he/she needs to perform but his/her processing tools and mental abilities may
be insufficient, so the situation calls for coping strategies.

Organizational Overload

• Happens when the amount of information an organization receives is way

beyond it can process, and the situation reduces the capacity of the
organization to fulfill its tasks.
Cloud Computing

• The practice of using a network of remote serves hosted on the internet to

store, manage, and process data, rather than a local server or a personal
computer.
 SHORT HISTORY OF
COMPUTER DATA STORAGE
1928 MAGNETIC
TAPE
● Fritz Pfluemer, a German
engineer, patented magnetic
tape in 1928.

● Used in recording audio in a

recording tape to storing
data on a hard disk.
1932 MAGNETIC
DRUM
● Australian innovator G.
Taushek invented the
magnetic drum.

● Used in many early

computers as the main
working memory.
 WILLIAMS
1946 TUBE
● The first random access
computer with a storage of
1024 bits implemented in
1948, developed by
Professor Fredrick C.
Williams

● Used a cathode ray tube for

storage
 DELAY LINE
1949 MEMORY
● consists of imparting
information pattern into a
delay path

● Similar to inputting a
repeating telephone number
from the directory until an
individual dials the number.

● Used in first generation

computer; considered
obsolete
 MAGNETIC
1949 CORE
● Also known as a ferrite-
core memory

● Small magnetic rings to

store information from the
polarity to the magnetic
fields it contains

● Primary way in which early

computer read, wrote and
store data
1956 HARD DISK
● Stores and retrieves digital
information

● Stores all of your digital

content. Your documents,
pictures, music, videos,
program, and etc.
1963 MUSIC TAPE

● The cassette tape or compact

tape introduced by Philips

● Method for distributing

prerecorded music
 DRAM (PDF)
1966
● Robert H. Dennard
invented the dynamic
random access memory.

● contains one transistor

● Commonly used for the

main computer memory.

● Increased memory density

 TWISTOR
1968 MEMORY
● Bell Labs developed twistor
memory

● A magnet and a wire that

conducts electrical current

● Formed around a current-

carring wire
1971 8" FLOPPY
● A portable storage made of
magnetic film encased in
plastic

● Made it easier and faster to

store
 5.25" FLOPPY
1975
● Developed by Allan
Shugart.

● Had a storage capacity of

110 kilobytes

● A smaller floppy disk than 8

– inch floppy disk

● Cheaper and faster

alternative to its predecessor
 CD
1980 (Compact Disk)
● Invented by James T. Russel
in 1960s; however nobody
took his invension.

● 1975, Philips representative

paid Russel millions to
developed the CD.

● 1980, he completed the

project and presented to
Sony
 3.5" FLOPPY
1981
● it has a rigid metal cover that
made it harder to damage the
magnetic film inside.
Making it more durable and
more advantage over its
predecessor.
1984 CD-ROM
● Also known as Compact
Disk Read-Only Memory

● Encodes tiny pits og digital

data into the lower surface
of the plastic disc, which
allowed for larger amount od
data to be stored.
1987 DAT
● Sony introduced the Digital
Audio Tape (DAT)

● A signal recording and

playback machine
 COMPACT
1994 FLASH
● Also known as Flash Drive

● Used flash memory in an

enclosed dics to save digital
data

● Used in digital camera and

computers
 ZIP
1994
● Introduced by lomega

● Removable disk storage

system
 DVD
1995
● Next generation of digital
disc storage

● Bigger and faster alternative

to compact disc, serves to
store multimedia data
1995 SMARTMEDIA
● Toshiba launched the
SmartMedia

● A flash memory card

● Released in the summer of

1995 to compete with
MiniCard and SanDisk
1997 CD-RW
● Compact Disk Rewritable

● Rewritable version of the

CD-ROM

● Allows user to record digital

data over previous data
1997 MULTIMEDIA
CARD
● Uses a flash memory
standard to house digital
data.

● Introduced by Siemen’s and

SanDisk in 1997
 MICRODRIVE
1999
● Uses a NAND-type flash
memory

● Plugs into the USP Interface

on standard computers
1999 SD CARD
● Secure Digital (SD) flash
memory format incorporates
DRM encryption features
that allow for faster file
transfer
 CLOUD DATA
Today
STORAGE
● Offers near-infinite
scalability and the
anywhere/everywhere data
access that users
increasingly expect.
THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
The gap between whose who have affordable
access skills, and support to effectively engage
online and those who do not. As technology
evolves, the digital divide prevents equal
participation and oportunity affecting people of
color, indegenous people, household with low
incomes and people in rural areas.
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