Internet & Communication, SIE-TEL
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.
Internet & Communication Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Siemens AG
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Siemens, Sir William
Sir William Siemens was a German-born English engineer and inventor, important in the development of the steel......
Siemens, Werner von
Werner von Siemens was a German electrical engineer who played an important role in the development of the telegraph......
Signal
Signal, private messaging app operated by the nonprofit organization Signal Foundation, based in San Francisco.......
signal generator
signal generator, electronic test instrument that delivers an accurately calibrated signal at frequencies from......
Silk Road
Silk Road, online black market known for providing a platform to buy and sell illegal drugs and for hosting other......
Silko, Leslie Marmon
Leslie Marmon Silko is an American poet and novelist whose work often centers on the dissonance between Native......
Silkscreen
Silkscreen, sophisticated stenciling technique for surface printing, in which a design is cut out of paper or another......
Silliman, Benjamin
Benjamin Silliman was a geologist and chemist who founded the American Journal of Science and wielded a powerful......
Silone, Ignazio
Ignazio Silone was an Italian novelist, short-story writer, and political leader, world famous during World War......
Sinclair, Inc.
Sinclair, Inc. (SBGI), commonly known as Sinclair Broadcast Group, is an American telecommunications conglomerate......
siren
siren, noisemaking device producing a piercing sound of definite pitch. Used as a warning signal, it was invented......
Siri
Siri, digital assistant included within Apple devices’ operating system. Siri was introduced with the iPhone 4S......
Sketchpad
Sketchpad, the first interactive computer-graphics program. Sketchpad originated as American engineer Ivan Sutherland’s......
Skype
Skype, software used to communicate over the Internet, which included voice, video, and instant message capabilities.......
Slaby, Adolf
Adolf Slaby was a physicist and pioneer in German wireless telegraphy. Slaby studied at the Berlin Trade Academy......
Slashdot
Slashdot, Web site created by Rob Malda, an American college student, in September 1997 in order to provide technology......
Slessor, Kenneth
Kenneth Slessor was an Australian poet and journalist best known for his poems “Beach Burial,” a moving tribute......
Slideshare
Slideshare is a website that allows users to share presentations, infographics, documents, videos, PDFs, and webinars.......
Slim Helú, Carlos
Carlos Slim Helú is a Mexican entrepreneur who became one of the wealthiest people in the world. His extensive......
smartphone
smartphone, mobile telephone with a display screen (typically a liquid crystal display, or LCD), built-in personal......
smartwatch
smartwatch, a small smartphonelike device worn on the wrist. Many smartwatches are connected to a smartphone that......
Smith, A.J.M.
A.J.M. Smith was a Canadian poet, anthologist, and critic who was a leader in the revival of Canadian poetry of......
Smith, Dick
Dick Smith is an Australian aviator, filmmaker, explorer, businessman, and publisher, renowned for his aviation......
Smith, George
George Smith was a British publisher, best known for issuing the works of many Victorian writers and for publishing......
social media
social media, a form of mass media communications on the Internet (such as on websites for social networking and......
social network
social network, in computers, an online community of individuals who exchange messages, share information, and,......
social news sites
A social news site is an online platform where users can post, share, rate, recommend, and comment on content,......
software
software, instructions that tell a computer what to do. Software comprises the entire set of programs, procedures,......
software agent
software agent, a computer program that performs various actions continuously and autonomously on behalf of an......
Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isayevich
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist and historian, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature......
Sonneck, Oscar
Oscar Sonneck was an American musicologist, librarian, and editor. Sonneck was mainly educated in Germany and attended......
Soromenho, Fernando Monteiro de Castro
Fernando Monteiro de Castro Soromenho was a white Angolan novelist writing in Portuguese who depicted African life......
sorting algorithm
sorting algorithm, in computer science, a procedure for ordering elements in a list by repeating a sequence of......
sound card
sound card, integrated circuit that generates an audio signal and sends it to a computer’s speakers. The sound......
sound recording
sound recording, transcription of vibrations in air that are perceptible as sound onto a storage medium, such as......
sound track
sound track, in motion-picture technology, narrow band, usually along the margin of the film, that carries the......
SoundCloud
SoundCloud, music streaming service where users upload and promote their own music and audio content. SoundCloud......
Sower, Christopher
Christopher Sower was a German-born American printer and Pietist leader of the Pennsylvania Germans. Sower migrated......
spam
spam, unsolicited electronic messages sent to large groups of people. Although e-mail is the most common means......
Sparks, Jared
Jared Sparks was an American publisher and editor of the North American Review, biographer, and president of Harvard......
special delivery
special delivery, service provided by the U.S. Postal Service for handling urgent mail. For the payment of an extra......
speed
speed, in photography, any of those standards that indicate (1) the size of the lens opening, or aperture, (2)......
spelling and grammar checkers
spelling and grammar checkers, computer programs that identify apparent misspellings and grammatical errors by......
Spitteler, Carl
Carl Spitteler was a Swiss poet of visionary imagination and author of pessimistic yet heroic verse. He was awarded......
spreadsheet
spreadsheet, computer program that represents information in a two-dimensional grid of data, along with formulas......
Springer, Axel
Axel Springer was a German publisher who founded Axel Springer Verlag AG, one of the largest publishing concerns......
spyware
spyware, type of computer program that is secretly installed on a person’s computer or mobile device in order to......
SQL
SQL, computer language designed for extracting information from databases. In the 1970s computer scientists began......
Stable Diffusion
Stable Diffusion, open-source generative artificial intelligence (AI) diffusion model that generates images, video,......
standard operating procedure
standard operating procedure (SOP), set of written guidelines or instructions for the completion of a routine task,......
Stanton, Frank
Frank Stanton was an innovative American radio and television executive, who was president of the Columbia Broadcasting......
Star catalog
Star catalog, list of stars, usually according to position and magnitude (brightness) and, in some cases, other......
Starlink
Starlink, is a satellite network developed by the American aerospace company SpaceX that provides Internet service.......
State Animals of India
Each of India’s 28 states and seven of its eight union territories (all except Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman......
static random access memory
static random access memory (SRAM), type of random access memory that gives fast access to data but is physically......
Stead, William Thomas
William Thomas Stead was a British journalist, editor, and publisher who founded the noted periodical Review of......
Stephen A. Smith
Stephen A. Smith is one of America’s most recognizable, most controversial, and most highly paid sports commentators.......
stereophonic sound system
stereophonic sound system, equipment for sound recording and reproduction that utilizes two or more independent......
stereotype
stereotype, type of printing plate developed in the late 18th century and widely used in letterpress, newspaper,......
Stinnes, Hugo
Hugo Stinnes was a German industrialist who emerged after World War I as Germany’s “business kaiser,” controlling......
stock photography
Stock photography is the creation, storage, and sale of photographs to clients who want to purchase already-made......
stored-program computer
stored-program computer, a computer that stores instructions in its memory to enable it to perform a variety of......
streaming
streaming, method of transmitting a media file in a continuous stream of data that can be processed by the receiving......
streaming media
streaming media, multimedia transferred, or “streamed,” over the Internet for instant consumption by an end user.......
Street photography
Street photography, a genre of photography that records everyday life in a public place. The very publicness of......
Street Photography: How a Single Camera Brought About a Genre
Candid images of the everyday, of common or unusual scenes playing out in public, are so ubiquitous in today’s......
Stuxnet
Stuxnet, a computer worm, discovered in June 2010, that was specifically written to take over certain programmable......
stylus
stylus, pointed instrument for writing and marking. The stylus was used in ancient times as a tool for writing......
Substack
Substack, online platform that allows content creators to make newsletters and to send them by email through free......
substitution cipher
substitution cipher, data encryption scheme in which units of the plaintext (generally single letters or pairs......
Sulzberger, Arthur Hays
Arthur Hays Sulzberger was a U.S. newspaper publisher. The son-in-law of Adolph Ochs, he joined the staff of The......
Sulzberger, Arthur Ochs
Arthur Ochs Sulzberger was an American newspaper publisher who led The New York Times through an era in which many......
Sun Microsystems
Sun Microsystems, former American manufacturer of computer workstations, servers, and software. In 2010 the company......
supercomputer
supercomputer, any of a class of extremely powerful computers. The term is commonly applied to the fastest high-performance......
superheterodyne reception
superheterodyne reception, the commonest technique for recovering the information (sound or picture) from carrier......
Surtees, Robert Smith
Robert Smith Surtees was an English novelist of the chase and the creator of Mr. Jorrocks, one of the great comic......
Swenson, May
May Swenson was an American poet whose work is noted for its engaging imagery, intricate wordplay, and eccentric......
switching
switching, in communications, equipment and techniques for enabling any station in a communications system to be......
symbol
symbol, a communication element intended to simply represent or stand for a complex of person, object, group, or......
Symbols on a U.S. Dollar Bill
A U.S. $1 bill is one of the world’s most recognizable currencies, but how closely have you looked at it? The bill......
system software
system software, an operating system and the utility programs that come with it, such as those to compile (translate)......
systems analysis
systems analysis, in information processing, a phase of systems engineering. The principal objective of the systems......
systems programming
systems programming, development of computer software that is part of a computer operating system or other control......
T1
T1, Type of broadband telecommunications connection (see broadband technology) used especially to connect Internet......
tablet computer
tablet computer, computer that is intermediate in size between a laptop computer and a smartphone. Early tablet......
Tachikawa Keiji
Tachikawa Keiji is a Japanese business executive who was a leader in Japan’s telecommunications industry through......
talking drum
talking drum, any of various types of drums that, by imitating the rhythm and the rise and fall of words in languages,......
Talley, André Leon
André Leon Talley was an influential fashion editor who grew up in the segregated South and rose through the historically......
Tanaka Kakuei
Tanaka Kakuei was a politician who was prime minister of Japan from 1972 to 1974 and who subsequently became the......
tape recorder
tape recorder, recording system that makes use of electromagnetic phenomena to record and reproduce sound waves.......
Taylor, Tom
Tom Taylor was an English journalist and biographer and also one of the most popular dramatists of his time. He......
TCP/IP
TCP/IP, standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances.......
Technicolor
Technicolor, (trademark), motion-picture process using dye-transfer techniques to produce a colour print. The Technicolor......
TelAutograph
TelAutograph, short-line telegraph used to communicate handwriting and sketches. At the transmitter the motion......
Telecom Italia SpA
Telecom Italia SpA, Italian telecommunications company that is the leading provider of telephony and Internet service......
telecommunication
telecommunication, science and practice of transmitting information by electromagnetic means. Modern telecommunication......
Telecommunications Act of 1993, Canada
Telecommunications is the use of electronic communication in space and time and implies that messages are being......
Telecommunications Act of 1996
Telecommunications Act of 1996, U.S. legislation that attempted to bring more competition to the telephone market......