The Web & Communication, IND-LAP
The development of the World Wide Web had a massive impact on the ways in which people interact and communicate, ultimately paving the way for the heavily interconnected world that we live in today. Although Internet communication dominates in many spheres of life, other means of communication remain no less important.
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India ink, black pigment in the form of sticks that are moistened before use in drawing and lettering, or the fluid......
influencer, person who exerts influence to guide the actions of others. The term is commonly applied to people......
A computer programming language is a medium through which a problem is broken down into its component parts that......
information processing , the acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information.......
information retrieval, recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches......
information science, discipline that deals with the processes of storing and transferring information. It brings......
information system, an integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and processing data and for providing......
information theory, a mathematical representation of the conditions and parameters affecting the transmission and......
ink, fluid or paste of various colours, but usually black or dark blue, used for writing and printing. It is composed......
inkstand, receptacle for a pen, ink, and other writing accessories. In England such a utensil was called a standish......
Instagram, online social media platform and social network service for photograph and video sharing. The app was......
intaglio, in visual arts, one of the four major classes of printmaking techniques, distinguished from the other......
interactive media, any computer-delivered electronic system that allows the user to control, combine, and manipulate......
International Standard Book Number (ISBN), in bibliography, 10- or 13-digit number assigned before publication......
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), in bibliography, eight-digit number that provides a concise and unambiguous......
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations that was created to encourage......
Few observers would deny that the Internet has been one of the most significant inventions in modern history. Developed......
Internet, a system architecture that has revolutionized mass communication, mass media, and commerce by allowing......
Internet Explorer (IE), World Wide Web (WWW) browser and set of technologies created by Microsoft Corporation,......
Internet of Things (IoT), the vast array of physical objects equipped with sensors and software that enable them......
Internet service provider (ISP), company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations.......
Over the course of human history, a variety of novel inventions have helped facilitate and advance the dissemination......
iOS, multiplatform operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. for its iPhone. The platform formerly......
IP address, number that uniquely identifies each computer on the Internet. A computer’s IP address may be permanently......
IP address blocking, configuring a network to refuse requests sent from specific IP addresses. IP addresses are......
iPhone, series of smartphones produced by Apple Inc., combining mobile telephone, digital camera, music player,......
iPod, portable media player developed by Apple Inc., released in 2001, and compatible with the company’s Macintosh......
ISDN, all-digital high-speed network provided by telephone carriers that allowed voice and data to be carried over......
Ishibashi Tanzan was a politician, economist, and journalist who was prime minister of Japan from December 1956......
isobar, line on a weather map of constant barometric pressure drawn on a given reference surface. The isobaric......
italic, in printing, a sloping, light-bodied, compact, and almost cursive letter form, which, with roman and black......
itinerarium, a list of villages, towns, cities, and mail stations of the Roman Empire, with the distances between......
ITT Corporation, former American telecommunications company that grew into a successful conglomerate corporation......
iTunes, digital media player application created by Apple in 2001. iTunes was at the forefront of the digital music......
Joseph Jacobs was an Australian-born English folklore scholar, one of the most popular 19th-century adapters of......
jamming, in electronics, broadcasting a strong signal that overrides or obscures a target signal. Jamming of radio......
Java, modern object-oriented computer programming language. Java was created at Sun Microsystems, Inc., where James......
JavaScript, computer programming language that is a mainstay of web development, enabling the creation of complex......
Francis Jeffrey, Lord Jeffrey was a literary critic and Scottish judge, best known as the editor of The Edinburgh......
Nicolas Jenson was a publisher and printer who developed the roman-style typeface. Apprenticed as a cutter of dies......
Frank Baldwin Jewett was a U.S. electrical engineer and the first president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories,......
John Bartholomew and Son, former mapmaking and publishing company of the United Kingdom that was located in Edinburgh......
John Bull, in literature and political caricature, a conventional personification of England or of English character.......
Charles Spurgeon Johnson was a U.S. sociologist, authority on race relations, and the first black president (1946–56)......
John H. Johnson was a magazine and book publisher, the first African American to attain major success in those......
Robert L. Johnson is an American businessman, founder of Black Entertainment Television (BET), and the first African......
Eugene and Maria Jolas were American founders, along with Elliot Paul, of the revolutionary literary quarterly......
Joost, former website, launched in 2007, that provided advertiser-supported streaming videos over the Internet......
Pierre-Jean Jouve was a French poet, novelist, and critic. Early in his career, Jouve was influenced by the Abbaye......
William Joyce was an English-language propaganda broadcaster from Nazi Germany during World War II whose nickname......
JPEG, computer graphics file format. In 1983 researchers with the International Organization for Standardization......
Robert Kahn is an American electrical engineer, one of the principal architects, with Vinton Cerf, of the Internet.......
Justin Kaplan was an American writer, biographer, and book editor who was best known for his acclaimed literary......
Lajos Kassák was a poet and novelist, the first important Hungarian working-class writer. At the age of 20 Kassák......
Bob Kaufman was an innovative African-American poet who became an important figure of the Beat movement. With a......
Kawahigashi Hekigotō was a Japanese poet who was a pioneer of modern haiku. Kawahigashi and his friend Takahama......
Alan Kay is an American computer scientist and winner of the 2003 A.M. Turing Award, the highest honour in computer......
Johan Henrik Kellgren was a poet considered the greatest literary figure of the Swedish Enlightenment and once......
William Thomson, Baron Kelvin was a Scottish engineer, mathematician, and physicist who profoundly influenced the......
Namık Kemal was a Turkish prose writer and poet who greatly influenced the Young Turk and Turkish nationalist movements......
Zsigmond, Baron Kemény was a Hungarian novelist noted especially for his minute psychological analysis. Kemény’s......
Sir John Cowdery Kendrew was a British biochemist who determined the three-dimensional structure of the muscle......
John F. Kennedy, Jr. was an American publisher, lawyer, and member of the prominent Kennedy political family, the......
cryptographic key, Secret value used by a computer together with a complex algorithm to encrypt and decrypt messages.......
Alan Keyes is an American diplomat, radio commentator, and politician who was one of the most prominent African......
Dorothy Kilgallen was an American journalist and TV personality whose work ranged from covering high-profile murder......
Kindle, any of the portable wireless electronic reading devices (e-readers) produced by the American company Amazon.com.......
Kinetograph, camera used to take a series of photographs of people or objects in motion, often considered to be......
Kinetoscope, forerunner of the motion-picture film projector, invented by Thomas A. Edison and William Dickson......
Record store owner Syd Nathan established King Records in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1943. Situated just across the Ohio......
Freda Kirchwey was an American editor and publisher, remembered for her long association with the liberal magazine......
Lincoln Kirstein was an American dance authority, impresario, writer, and businessman who collaborated with George......
Károly Kisfaludy was a Romantic dramatist, the first Hungarian playwright to achieve considerable popular success.......
Felix Klein was a German mathematician whose unified view of geometry as the study of the properties of a space......
Leonard Kleinrock is an American computer scientist who developed the mathematical theory behind packet switching......
Etheridge Knight was an African American poet who emerged as a robust voice of the Black Arts movement with his......
John S. Knight was a widely respected American journalist and publisher who developed Knight Newspapers, one of......
Alfred A. Knopf was an American publisher, the founder and longtime chairman of the prestigious publishing house......
knowledge distillation (KD), process in machine learning and deep learning for replicating the performance of a......
William Franklin Knox was a U.S. newspaper publisher and secretary of the navy during World War II. After graduating......
Kodak camera, the first camera that was simple and portable enough to be used by large numbers of amateur photographers.......
Ted Kooser is an American poet, whose verse is noted for its tender wisdom and its depiction of homespun America.......
Vladimir Korolenko was a Russian short-story writer and journalist whose works are memorable in showing compassion......
Richard Kostelanetz is an American writer, artist, critic, and editor of the avant-garde whose work spans many......
Serge Koussevitzky was a Russian-born American conductor and publisher, a champion of modern music who commissioned......
Dame Leonie Judith Kramer was an Australian literary scholar and educator. Kramer studied at the University of......
Józef Ignacy Kraszewski was a Polish novelist, poet, literary critic, dramatist, historian, and journalist who......
Karl Kraus was an Austrian journalist, critic, playwright, and poet who has been compared with Juvenal and Jonathan......
Irving Kristol was an American essayist, editor, and publisher, best known as an intellectual founder and leader......
Charles Kuralt was an American broadcast journalist and author who chronicled everyday life in the "On the Road"......
Hans Kurath was an American linguist, best known as the chief editor of the Linguistic Atlas of New England, the......
Kurōdo-dokoro, Japanese bureau of archivists originally established for the transmission and receipt of documents......
Aleksander Kwaśniewski is a Polish politician who served as president of Poland from 1995 to 2005. Kwaśniewski......
Robert M. La Follette was an American leader of the Progressive movement who, as governor of Wisconsin (1901–06)......
Jean-François de La Harpe was a critic and unsuccessful playwright who wrote severe and provocative criticisms......
Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-born American film star who was often typecast as a provocative femme fatale. Years......
Sir Allen Lane was a 20th-century pioneer of paperback publishing in England. His belief in a market for high-quality......
Charles Rockwell Lanman was an American scholar of Sanskrit who wrote the widely used Sanskrit Reader (1884) and......
George Lansbury was a leader of the British Labour Party (1931–35), a Socialist and poor-law reformer who was forced......
laptop computer, portable personal computer that features a screen, touch pad, and alphanumeric keyboard. Laptops......