Computer Science 1033A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Tim Berners-Lee, Johannes Gutenberg, Graph Paper

• School: Western University
• Department: Computer Science
• Course: Computer Science 1033A/B
• Professor: Laura Reid

Document Summary

Multimedia features: multimedia components used in combination with: interactivity and hyperlinking. Interactivity: user has control over application; experience active rather than passive (like tv) Hyperlinking: index allows for jumping around sections; webpages have hyperlinks to the webpages or other location on the same page. Internet is the hardware that connects all the computers together (wires, modem the physical hardware that connects (hardware) World wide web is a piece of software that run on the internet; email is on the internet, but is not part of the world wide web (software) Greatest moments in multimedia history before the 1800s: 1450: johann gutenberg invents movable type, allowing mass production of books, 1702: england"s first daily newspaper starts publishing. By 1866, news that had once taken months to travel, now took seconds: 1877: thomas edison invents the phonograph, 1877: eadweard muybridge invents high speed photography creating first moving pictures that captured motion.