History of Basic Information Technology

Jennifer Jayne V. De JulioReporter

Information technology (IT)

is the application of computers and

telecommunications equipment to store, retrieve, transmit and

manipulate data,

often in the context of a business or

other enterprise.

Several industries are associated with information technology, including computer hardware, software, electronics,

semiconductors, internet, telecom equipment, e-commerce and computer services.[

Ages of Basic Information Technology

Pre-Mechanical Mechanical Electromechanical Electronic

between 3000B.C. and 1450A.D

-alphabet-petroglyph-abacus

between 1450 and 1840

lots of different machines created but have not yet gotten to a machine that can do more than one type of calculation in one

-Pascaline-Slide rule-Difference Engine

between 1840 and 1940beginnings of telecommunication-telegraph-telephone-Mark I

between 1940 and right now

Generations:1st – vacuum tube, punch cards2nd – transistors, magnetic tape, FORTRAN, COBOL3rd – integrated circuit, metal oxide4th – CPU, GUI

1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation

 1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation

2003

• Intel incorporated Wi-Fi (wireless internet receiving capability) in their Centrino chipWeb 2.0 technology

• In May, the amount of SPAM e-mail exceeded the amount of legitimate e-mail for the first time

2004• Google indexed more than 8 billion pages on the

web• Facebook (limited to Harvard students only)

started this year

2005 • YouTube, the first video sharing site came online in 2005

 1980-2014 – A 30+ Year Timeline of Meetings Technology Innovation

2007• Iphone• Google Docs

2008• Cvent launched the Cvent Supplier Network, the

largest free marketplace that connects event planners with venues

2006• Twitter• Web 2.0 technology (later to be called social media)

2009 • Digital Television

2010

• Ipad• 4.7 billion mobile phone subscriptions• Skype• Mobile Apps

2011

• Kindle Fire tablet computer/eReader • more than 600,000 iPhone/iPad apps and

400,000 Android apps.• 5.6 million iPhone apps • more than 800 million Facebook users (more

than 1 in 10 on the planet).

2012• smart phones worldwide reaches 1 billion• Tablet computers become the fastest adopted

technology hardware

2013-2014

• 3D Printing• Google Glass• Smart Watch• Leap Motion Control• Fitness Wristbands• Selfie, Usie