Introduction to Mass Communication, Media Literacy and Culture by Stanley J. Baran

Chapter 14

Information Superhighway
Abacus
Digital computer
Binary code
ENIAC
UNIVAC
Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
Packet switching
ARPANET
Computer
   Mainframe
   Mini-computer
   Terminal
   Personal or micro
Operating system
Multimedia
Internet
   LAN (Local Area Network)
   WAN (Wide Area Network)
   Providers
   Servers
E-mail
Mailing lists
   LISTSERV
USENET
Download
Upload
World Wide Web
   Host
   URL (Uniform Resource Locator)
   Domain names
   Open source software
   Embedded systems
   Piracy
   Browser
   Search engine
      Spider
      Web crawler
   Home page
Cyber...
Cybernetics
Gripesites
Hackers
Encryption
Communications Decency Act
Child Pornography Act
Filtering software
MP3
Copyright
Commodification of information
Spam
Smiley
Flame
Blue Ribbon Campaign

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