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The past, present, and future of computing

SSML IT
October 16, 2017

The past, present, and future of computing

Lesson 1 of the IT1 2017/18 course looking at the course, and the first topic of recent history and current stats regarding computing.

SSML IT

October 16, 2017
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  1. By the end of this course, you should be able

    to: evaluate language resources and apply them to your own studies; solve a translation problem using the appropriate digital tools and resources; explain the basics principles of digital safety & privacy; compare and contrast tools and resources for working with other people; describe openness and anonymity in a digital society.
  2. Topics the past, present, and future of computing learning languages

    researching for translations* collaborating safety & privacy opennness & anonymity * Computer-Aided Translation will be covered in the 2nd year
  3. Evaluation At the end of this course there will be

    a written exam in English. During the course you will have the opportunity to do 3 coursework, that can give you, in total, an additional 3 points in the exam.
  4. Exam 15 multiple-choice questions 5–7 open questions total score: 30

    points Exam is in English*. * However, you will be marked on the content rather than your English.
  5. Coursework 1. Write a simple guide to safety & privacy

    2. Present a topic in a group 3. Write an essay about openness and anonymity Each coursework gives a maximum of 1 point* towards the nal exam. The best presentation, as chosen by the rest of the class, will win a box of biscuits. * The nal score would be a fraction: 0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1
  6. 30 + 3 = 33 The extra bonus points will

    be made available in the second part of the course!
  7. Lesson 1 The past, present, and future* of computing *

    disclaimer alert: possible future
  8. Plan for today's lesson 1. Class question 2. Brief history

    of computing 3. Present day 4. Future technologies 5. Conclusion
  9. What are the apps or websites that you can't live

    without? “ “ Discuss it in small groups and choose your top 3
  10. 3½-inch oppy disk (1984/87) 720 KB in 1984 1400 KB

    (1.44 MB) in 1987 Note: Please don't use these anymore.
  11. Game of Thrones author George RR Martin has explained why

    he does all his writing on an obsolete disk operating system (DOS) computer - because it does not correct his spelling. I actually have two computers. I have the computer that I browse the internet with, that I get my email on and I do my taxes on. Then I have my writing computer, which is a DOS machine not connected to the internet. Remember DOS? I use WordStar 4.0 as my word-processing system. “ “ BBC article dated 14th May 2014, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-27407502
  12. Windows 95 Document-centric interaction Documents have a le type and

    a speci c icon Applications are linked to le types Documents can be opened without choosing application
  13. Nokia 5110 (1998) black and green screen (no camera) (no

    internet) snake game alpha-numeric keyboard for writing SMS: 2 abc 3 def 4 ghi 5 jkl 6 mno 7 pqrs 8 tuv 9 wxyz Hello 44 33 555 555 666 Are you free tonight? 2 777 33 999 666 88 333 777 33 33 8 666 66 444 4 44 8 “ “
  14. Nokia 3210 (1999) one of the most popular phones (160

    million sold) hidden antenna changeable covers 260 hours standby (10 days) T9 predictive typing: hello 4 3 5 5 6 (much better than 44 33 555 555 666 ) compose your own tunes: Eminem, Without Me 8d2 8#a2 8a2 8g2 4d2 4- 8d2 8c2 8d2 8f2 8d2 According to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=741ZtHICEho
  15. Text Speech Text messaging is creative -- it's not standardised,

    so everyone uses it slightly different. It's a mixed mode communication, because it's a written language that contains many features of spoken language. These distinctive features have come about because of a need to communicate quickly. Typing complete words into a mobile phone keypad is time- consuming, so text speech has evolved as a form of shorthand.
  16. Feature Example acronyms LOL (Laugh Out Loud) numbers for words

    2 (to) number for phonemes gr8 (great) symbols for words @ (at) phonetic spelling coz (because) incomplete clauses home safe. speak soon no punctuation how u doin wana go out 2nite smileys/emoticons :-)
  17. : hey rosie hw u doin? havnt see u for

    time 1 : i no! am cool chik hw u 2? how was tenerife 2 : BRILL!!!!!! the guys are soooo hot there! 3 : naughty! u still seein Billy? 4 : lol nah, he's weird man! dmped him 5 : Ahhh! He wuz cool! Mite giv im a call lol!! nah fair enuff.Looking fwd 2 going bak? 6 : Sort of. Gonna ave 2 do sum work this yr 7 : yeh, cant wait :'-( 8 : u wanna do somethin l8tr man? Catch up a bit? 9 : love 2 bt no dosh :( u could cum round 2 mine? 10 : Cud do. Wot time? 11 : Hw bout 8. cud watch a lm or sommat...?? 12 : Cool! I'll be ther @ 8 bysie byes xxxx 13 : XXXXXXXXXX 14
  18. Email in 2004 Before Gmail, email was either very expensive,

    or you would easily have a full mailbox and not receive any new email. Email Free Paid Yearly Cost Hotmail 2 MB 100 MB $59.95 Yahoo 4 MB 100 MB $49.79 Gmail* 1,000 MB -- $0.00 There were reactions. And privacy concerns. Gmail was announced 1st April 2004
  19. Hotmail is boosting the amount of storage space for users

    of both its free and paid e-mail service. From late summer, the basic allowance will be boosted to 250MB and paying customers will get two gigabytes. “ “ 24th June 2004, BBC News http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3835495.stm
  20. iPhone 1 (2007) made phone calls sent and received messages

    no apps (only web apps via Safari) didn't become popular until the App Store was released nger interaction, rather than physical keyboard or a stylus to tap on elements
  21. Brand % Nokia 38.6 Samsung 16.2 LG 8.3 Motorola 8.3

    Sony Ericsson 8 RIM (BlackBerry) 1.9 Kyocera 1.4 Apple (iPhone) 1.1 HTC 1.1 Other 15.1 2008 mobile handset market share
  22. 2008 % 2017 % Nokia 38.6 Samsung 23.3 Samsung 16.2

    Apple 14.7 LG 8.3 Huawei 10.0 Motorola 8.3 Oppo 7.5 Sony Ericsson 8.0 Vivo 5.5 Other 20.6 Other 39.0 Apple was 1.1% in 2008. Nokia is from Finland, but I didn't have the Finnish ag
  23. Social messaging applications cost mobile network operators $13.9bn (£8.8bn) in

    lost SMS revenue last year, a report has claimed. Analysis rm Ovum studied global use of popular services like Whatsapp, Blackberry Messenger and Facebook chat. It concluded that mobile operators must "work together to face the challenge from major internet players". “ “ BBC article dated 8th March 2012, http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-17111044
  24. Stats Google: 1998 Wikipedia: 2001 FaceBook: 2004 (2006 worldwide) Gmail:

    2004 YouTube: 2005 Twitter: 2006 Spotify: 2006 (2013 in Italy)
  25. Brand % Nokia 38.6 Samsung 16.2 LG 8.3 Motorola 8.3

    Sony Ericsson 8 RIM (BlackBerry) 1.9 Kyocera 1.4 Apple (iPhone) 1.1 HTC 1.1 Other 15.1 2008 mobile handset market share
  26. Brand % Samsung 23.3 Apple 14.7 Huawei 10.0 Oppo 7.5

    vivo 5.5 Other 39.0 2017 mobile handset market share
  27. 2008 % 2017 % Nokia 38.6 Samsung 23.3 Samsung 16.2

    Apple 14.7 LG 8.3 Huawei 10.0 Motorola 8.3 Oppo 7.5 Sony Ericsson 8.0 Vivo 5.5 Other 20.6 Other 39.0 Nokia is from Finland, but I didn't have the Finnish ag
  28. What browser do you use? “ “ e.g. Chrome, Safari,

    Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, Edge, Samsung Internet, UC Browser, …
  29. Name % Chrome 53.86 Safari 14.42 UC Browser 8.57 Firefox

    5.97 Opera 4.23 Samsung Internet 3.49 IE 3.44 Edge 2.27 Android 1.99 According to http://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share#monthly-201710-201710-bar
  30. Browsers Italy, October '17 Name % Chrome 55.73 Safari 17.21

    Firefox 10.3 IE 5.69 Samsung Internet 3.41 Edge 3.05 Opera 1.36 Android 1.26
  31. Browsers World & Italy, October '17 Name % % Chrome

    53.86 55.73 Safari 14.42 17.21 UC Browser 8.57 0 Firefox 5.97 10.3 Opera 4.23 1.36 Samsung Internet 3.49 3.41 IE 3.44 5.69 Edge 2.27 3.05 Android 1.99 1.26
  32. Browsers World, Italy, and UK, October '17 Name % %

    % Chrome 53.86 55.73 44.21 Safari 14.42 17.21 30.74 UC Browser 8.57 0 0.66 Firefox 5.97 10.3 6.1 Opera 4.23 1.36 1.03 Samsung Internet 3.49 3.41 3.45 IE 3.44 5.69 5.84 Edge 2.27 3.05 5.1 Android 1.99 1.26 1.63
  33. What do you use to communicate with friends? “ “

    e.g. WhatsApp, FB Messenger, iMessage, Telegram, Skype, LINE, Kakao, WeChat, Viber, …
  34. How do you search for something online? “ “ e.g.

    Google, Bing, Libero, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, …
  35. What software do you use to write documents? “ “

    e.g. Microsoft Word, Apple Pages, Open/LibreOf ce, Google Docs, LaTeX, MarkDown, WordStar, …
  36. Year Desktop Mobile Tablet 2009 98.98 1.02 0 2010 97.06

    2.94 0 2011 93.91 6.09 0 2012 87.96 10.74 1.31 2013 79.18 16.24 4.59 2014 66.57 27.14 6.29 2015 59.7 35.1 5.73 2016 51.36 43.6 5.04 2017 43.49 51.71 4.8
  37. What OS do you use? “ “ e.g. Windows, macOS,

    Linux, Chrome OS, iOS, Android …
  38. Operating System Percentage Microsoft Windows 73.39 MacOSX 10.2 iOS 7.46

    Android 3.69 Linux 1.66 Other 2.44 If you use a mobile phone instead...
  39. What social network/media do you regularly use? “ “ Facebook,

    Twitter, Tumblr, Pinterest, Instagram, Reddit, ...
  40. Social Media Italy, September '17 Name % Facebook 84.82 Pinterest

    4.85 Twitter 3.62 YouTube 2.28 Instagram 1.26 Reddit 1.23 Tumblr 1.05 According to http://gs.statcounter.com/social-media-stats/all/italy/#monthly-201709-201709-bar
  41. Google’s Clips camera may be a little creepy, but it

    also seems pretty useful for the right user; deploying machine learning to automatically snap the best pictures of your kids and pets. “ “
  42. Google Assistant will soon search by sight with your smartphone

    camera Point it at a ower, and Google will identify the type. If you point it at a concert poster, Assistant will suggest buying tickets, watching a song on YouTube, searching for the artist. Point it at a restaurant and you’ll instantly see reviews. “ “
  43. Apple's Tim Cook prefers augmented reality to VR: Facebook's Mark

    Zuckerberg instead thinks: I'm incredibly excited by AR because I can see uses for it everywhere. I can see uses for it in education, in consumers, in entertainment, in sports. I also like the fact that it doesn't isolate. “ “ Some people say that VR is isolating and anti- social. I actually think it's the opposite.... opening up more of those experiences to more of us - that's not isolating, that's freeing. “ “ AR involves mixing graphics and real-world views rather than 100% computer-generated images.