Internet & Communication, RAM-SIB
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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RAM
RAM, computer memory in which specific contents can be accessed (read or written) directly by the central processing......
ransomware
ransomware, malicious software (malware) that permanently blocks access to data or devices until the owner of the......
Rastell, William
William Rastell was an English printer, lawyer, and man of letters. He edited and published the works of his uncle,......
Ray, Rachael
Rachael Ray is an American chef and television personality, who promotes quick, easy-to-prepare meals through her......
Read, Opie
Opie Read was an American journalist, humorist, novelist, and lecturer. Read specialized in the homespun humour......
Reagan, John Henninger
John Henninger Reagan was an American congressman who was postmaster general of the Confederate States of America......
RealAudio
RealAudio, a compressed audio format created in 1995 by Progressive Networks (after 1997, RealNetworks, Inc.) that......
receiver
receiver, in electronics, any of various devices that accept signals, such as radio waves, and convert them (frequently......
Recorde, Robert
Robert Recorde was a physician, mathematician, and author of introductory mathematics textbooks. Recorde was educated......
red pill and blue pill
red pill and blue pill, symbols originating from the 1999 science fiction film The Matrix. The pills represent......
Reddit
Reddit is an online social media forum where users share news stories and other content. Reddit was launched in......
Redgrove, Peter
Peter Redgrove was an English poet, novelist, and playwright, known for his exuberant depictions of the natural......
reel
reel, in motion pictures, a light circular frame with radial arms and a central axis, originally designed to hold......
Reid, Whitelaw
Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. journalist, diplomat, and politician, successor to Horace Greeley in 1872 as editor in......
Reis, Johann Philipp
Johann Philipp Reis was a German physicist who constructed a precursor of the electric telephone. Reis was educated......
relational database
relational database, database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular......
relative aperture
relative aperture, the measure of the light-gathering power of an optical system. It is expressed in different......
Remembering the September 11 Attacks Through Photographs
The attacks of September 11, 2001, were the deadliest terrorist attacks on U.S. soil, killing nearly 3,000. People......
Renard, Jules
Jules Renard was a French writer best known for Poil de carotte (1894; Carrots, 1946), a bitterly ironical account......
Renaudot, Théophraste
ThĂ©ophraste Renaudot was a physician and social-service administrator who, as the founder of Franceâs first newspaper,......
Renn, Ludwig
Ludwig Renn was a German novelist, best known for Krieg (1928; War), a novel based on his World War I battle experiences,......
responsive environments
responsive environments, the use of sensory technology and computer equipment to create a collaborative relationship......
Reuter, Paul Julius, Baron von
Paul Julius, baron von Reuter was the German-born founder of one of the first news agencies, which still bears......
Rheingold, Howard
Howard Rheingold is an American writer who was especially influential in the development of virtual communities.......
Ribas, Ăscar
Ăscar Ribas was an Angolan folklorist and novelist, who recorded in Portuguese the oral tradition of the Mbundu......
Riding, Laura
Laura Riding was an American poet, critic, and prose writer who was influential among the literary avant-garde......
RISC
RISC, information processing using any of a family of microprocessors that are designed to execute computing tasks......
Rivest, Ronald L.
Ronald L. Rivest is an American computer scientist and cowinner, with American computer scientist Leonard M. Adleman......
Roberts, Lawrence
Lawrence Roberts was an American computer scientist who supervised the construction of the ARPANET, a computer......
Robinson, Max
Max Robinson was an American television journalist and the first African American man to anchor a nightly network......
rock edicts
rock edicts, narrative histories and announcements carved into cliff rock, onto pillars, and in caves throughout......
Rodgers, Carolyn M.
Carolyn M. Rodgers was an American poet, teacher, critic, and publisher who is noted for a body of work that deepened......
RodrĂguez Monegal, Emir
Emir RodrĂguez Monegal was a professor, editor, and cultural promoter who was one of the most influential Latin......
roentgenogram
roentgenogram, photograph of internal structures that is made by passing X-rays through the body to produce a shadow......
Rogers Communications
From its modest origins as a single FM radio station in Toronto, Canada, in 1960, Rogers Communications has grown......
Rolleiflex
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Rollins, Henry
Henry Rollins is an American singer, poet, monologuist, and publisher whose tenure as the lead vocalist of Los......
Romain du Roi
Romain du Roi, (French: Kingâs Roman), in printing, a roman typeface developed in France at the express order of......
roman
roman, in printing, one of the three major typefaces in the history of Western typography (the others being italic......
Romulo, Carlos P.
Carlos P. Romulo was a Philippine general, diplomat, and journalist known for his activities on behalf of the Allies......
Rooney, Andy
Andy Rooney was an American journalist and essayist who was best known for his curmudgeonly commentaries (1978â2011)......
rootkit
rootkit, a form of malicious software, or malware, that infects a computerâs hard drive and allows unauthorized......
Rosenberg, Alfred
Alfred Rosenberg was a German ideologist of Nazism. Born the son of a cobbler in what was at the time a part of......
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie the Riveter, media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II. Since the 1940s Rosie......
rotary press
rotary press, printing press that prints on paper passing between a supporting cylinder and a cylinder containing......
Rothermere, Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount, Baron Rothermere Of Hemsted
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere was a British newspaper proprietor who, with his brother Alfred......
Round, Henry Joseph
Henry Joseph Round was an English electronics engineer whose numerous inventions contributed to the development......
Rowson, Susanna
Susanna Rowson was an English-born American actress, educator, and author of the first American best-seller, Charlotte......
Royal Astronomical Society
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), British scientific society founded in 1820 to promote astronomical research.......
Royall, Anne Newport
Anne Newport Royall was a traveler and writer and one of the very first American newspaperwomen. She was married......
Royster, Vermont
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RSA encryption
RSA encryption, type of public-key cryptography widely used for data encryption of e-mail and other digital transactions......
RSS
RSS, format used to provide subscribers with new content from frequently updated websites. An RSS feed is a set......
Ruby
Ruby, general-purpose and fully object-oriented computer programming language known for its programmer-friendly......
Rudd, Steele
Steele Rudd was a novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose comic characters are a well-known part of......
Rural Free Delivery
Rural Free Delivery (RFD), service begun in the United States in 1896 to deliver mail directly to farm families.......
Russell, Majors and Waddell
Russell, Majors and Waddell, business partnership formed by William Hepburn Russell, Alexander Majors, and William......
Russo, Patricia
Patricia Russo is an American businesswoman who served as CEO of Lucent Technologies (later called Alcatel-Lucent)......
Rymer, Thomas
Thomas Rymer was an English literary critic who introduced into England the principles of French formalist Neoclassical......
Sackler, Arthur M.
Arthur M. Sackler was an American physician, medical publisher, and art collector who made large donations of money......
Sage, Russell
Russell Sage was an American financier who played a part in organizing his countryâs railroad and telegraph systems.......
Salesforce, Inc.
Salesforce (CRM) is an American technology company best known for developing cloud-based software for customer......
Saltykov, Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Graf
Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov was a novelist of radical sympathies and one of the greatest of all Russian......
samizdat
samizdat, (from Russian sam, âself,â and izdatelstvo, âpublishingâ), literature secretly written, copied, and circulated......
sans serif
sans serif, in printing, a style of roman letter stripped of its serifâi.e., such embellishments as the vertical......
Sarnoff, David
David Sarnoff was an American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting. As a boy in......
SATA
SATA, an interface for transferring data between a computerâs central circuit board and storage devices. SATA replaced......
satellite communication
satellite communication, in telecommunications, the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links......
satellite radio
satellite radio, type of digital broadcast, which transmits audio signals over large areas with greater clarity......
scanner
scanner, computer input device that uses a light beam to scan codes, text, or graphic images directly into a computer......
Scardino, Marjorie
Marjorie Scardino is an American-born British businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the British......
Schickele, René
René Schickele was a German journalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist, whose personal experience of conflict between......
Schiff, Dorothy
Dorothy Schiff was an American newspaper publisher of the New York Post, then a steadfastly liberal publication.......
scientific visualization
scientific visualization, process of graphically displaying real or simulated scientific data. It is a vital procedure......
Scribner family
Scribner family, family of American publishers whose firm, founded in 1846 and named Charles Scribnerâs Sons from......
Scripps, Edward Willis
Edward Willis Scripps was a newspaper publisher who, after founding his first paper in 1878, organized the first......
Scripps, Ellen Browning
Ellen Browning Scripps was an English-born American journalist, publisher, and philanthropist whose personal fortune,......
SCSI
SCSI, once-common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized......
Scully, Vin
Vin Scully was an American sports broadcaster recognized by the American Sportscasters Association as the top in......
search engine
search engine, computer program to find answers to queries in a collection of information, which might be a library......
search engine optimization
search engine optimization (SEO), practice of increasing both the quality and quantity of âorganicâ (unpaid) traffic......
Second Life
Second Life, life-simulation network on the Internet created in 2003 by the American company Linden Research, Inc.......
Semantic Web
Semantic Web, extension of the World Wide Web (WWW) in which data are given meaning (semantics) to enable computers......
semaphore
semaphore, method of visual signaling, usually by means of flags or lights. Before the invention of the telegraph,......
semiconductor memory
semiconductor memory, any of a class of computer memory devices consisting of one or more integrated circuits.......
Servan-Schreiber, Jean-Jacques
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber was a French journalist and politician. Servan-Schreiber volunteered in the Free......
server
server, network computer, computer program, or device that processes requests from a client (see client-server......
sexting
sexting, the sending or receiving of sexual words, pictures, or videos via technology, typically a mobile phone.......
SGML
SGML, an international computer standard for the definition of markup languages; that is, it is a metalanguage.......
Shaw, Bernard
Bernard Shaw was an American television journalist and the first chief anchor for the Cable News Network (CNN).......
Shawn, Wallace
Wallace Shawn is an American playwright and character actor whose oft-surreal probing plays found favour in the......
Shenstone, William
William Shenstone was a representative 18th-century English âman of taste.â As a poet, amateur landscape gardener,......
Sherwood, Robert E.
Robert E. Sherwood was an American playwright whose works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and......
Shirer, William L.
William L. Shirer was an American journalist, historian, and novelist, best known for his massive study The Rise......
Shoenberg, Sir Isaac
Sir Isaac Shoenberg was the principal inventor of the first high-definition television system, which was used by......
shortwave radio
shortwave radio, transmission and reception of information by means of electromagnetic waves about 10 to 80 m (33......
shutter
shutter, in photography, device through which the lens aperture of a camera is opened to admit light and thus expose......
Shuttleworth, Mark
Mark Shuttleworth is a South African entrepreneur, philanthropist, and space tourist who became the first South......
Sibley, Hiram
Hiram Sibley was a founder and president of the Western Union Telegraph Company. Sibley first ran a machine shop......