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Timeline Of Communication Technology

Subjects : trivia, history
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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  • Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Tim Berners-Lee and Robert Cailliau built the prototype system which became the World Wide Web at CERN






2. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






3. The Sumerians develop cuneiform writing and the Egyptians develop hieroglyphic writing






4. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






5. Charles Fenerty produces paper from a wood pulp - eliminating rag paper which was in limited supply






6. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






7. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






8. Samuel Morse builds the first long distance electric telegraph line






9. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






10. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






11. Samuel Morse develops the Morse code






12. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.






13. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






14. Guglielmo Marconi transmits radio signals from Cornwall to Newfoundland






15. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






16. Claude Chappe establishes the first long-distance semaphore telegraph line






17. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






18. Paper is introduced to the Muslim world after the Battle of Talas






19. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






20. Hedy Lamarr and George Antheil invent frequency hopping spread spectrum communication technique






21. Johannes Gutenberg finishes a printing press with metal movable type






22. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






23. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






24. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






25. Chester Carlson presents the first photocopier suitable for office use






26. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






27. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






28. The Chinese develop wooden block movable type printing






29. The first hosts of ARPANET -Internet's ancestor - are connected.






30. Internet2 organization created






31. Erna Schneider Hoover invented a computerized switching system for telephone traffic.






32. Donald Knuth begins work on TeX






33. John Logie Baird transmits the first television signal






34. The Phoenicians develop an alphabet






35. Joseph Henry proposes and builds an electric telegraph






36. Anders Olsson transmits solitary waves through an optical fiber with a data rate of 32 billion bits per second






37. Thomas Edison patents the phonograph






38. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






39. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist






40. Communication was carried out through paintings of indigenous tribes.






41. Associated Press organizes Nova Scotia pony express to carry latest European news for New York newspapers






42. Alexander Graham Bell and Thomas A. Watson exhibit an electric telephone in Boston






43. Douglas H. Ring and W. Rae Young of Bell Labs proposed a cell-based approach which lead to 'cellular phones'






44. Charles Kao realizes that silica-based optical waveguides offer a practical way to transmit light via total internal reflection






45. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






46. Ships on Ferdinand Magellan's voyage signal to each other by firing cannon and raising flags.






47. Roman Emperor Tiberius rules the empire from island of Capri by signaling messages with metal mirrors to reflect the sun






48. Claude Elwood Shannon - the 'father of information theory' - mathematically proves the Nyquist






49. Internet2 organization created






50. First geosynchronous communications satellite is launched - 17 years after Arthur C. Clarke's article






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