Internet & Communication, COO-DOD
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
cookie
cookie, file or part of a file saved to a Web userâs hard disk by a Web site. Cookies are used to store registration......
Cope, Jack
Jack Cope was a South African writer best known for his short stories and novels about South African life. Cope......
copier
copier, a device for producing copies of text or graphic material by the use of light, heat, chemicals, or electrostatic......
coprocessor
coprocessor, additional processor used in some computers to perform specialized tasks such as extensive arithmetic......
Copyright Act of 1790
Copyright Act of 1790, law enacted in 1790 by the U.S. Congress to establish rules of copyright for intellectual......
Copyright symbol
Copyright symbol, typographical mark consisting of the letter C enclosed in a circle. The symbol is used to indicate......
Cotta Family
Cotta Family, family of German publishers, the most notable of whom, Johann Friedrich Cotta, Baron von Cottendorf,......
Coty, François
François Coty was a French perfume manufacturer who acquired newspaper interests to advance his right-wing political......
Cousins, Norman
Norman Cousins was an American essayist and editor, long associated with the Saturday Review. Cousins attended......
Cowles family
Cowles family, publishing family known for Look and other mass magazines popular in the mid-20th century and for......
Cowley, Malcolm
Malcolm Cowley was an American literary critic and social historian who chronicled the writers of the âLost Generationâ......
Cox, James M.
James M. Cox was an American newspaper publisher and reformist governor of Ohio who ran unsuccessfully for U.S.......
Craigie, Sir William Alexander
Sir William Alexander Craigie was a Scottish lexicographer and language and literature scholar who was joint editor......
Craigslist
Craigslist, private corporation operating over the Internet to provide classified advertisements, community information......
Cray, Seymour
Seymour Cray was an American electronics engineer and computer designer who was the preeminent designer of the......
Creel, George
George Creel was an American writer and newspaperman who, as head of the U.S. publicity bureau during World War......
Crelle, August Leopold
August Leopold Crelle was a German mathematician and engineer who advanced the work and careers of many young mathematicians......
Croly, Herbert David
Herbert David Croly was an American author, editor, and political philosopher, founder of the magazine The New......
Crosby, Harry
Harry Crosby was an American poet who, as an expatriate in Paris in the 1920s, established the Black Sun Press.......
cross-validation
cross-validation, data resampling technique used in machine learning to evaluate the performance of predictive......
CSS
CSS, declarative-style computer programming language used to design website content. CSS is one of the three main......
Cunard, Sir Samuel, 1st Baronet
Sir Samuel Cunard, 1st Baronet was a British merchant and shipowner who founded the first regular Atlantic steamship......
Curran, Charles
Charles Curran was a British broadcasting administrator best known for his leadership at the British Broadcasting......
Currie, Sir Donald
Sir Donald Currie was a shipowner and politician, founder of the Castle Line of steamers between England and South......
Curtis, Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar
Cyrus Hermann Kotzschmar Curtis was a publisher who established a journalistic empire in Philadelphia. As early......
Curtis, George William
George William Curtis was a U.S. author, editor, and leader in civil service reform. Early in life Curtis spent......
cyberculture
Cyberculture is an umbrella term for the emergent and evolving forms of engagement with the Internet, the World......
cyberspace
cyberspace, amorphous, supposedly âvirtualâ world created by links between computers, Internet-enabled devices,......
cylinder recording
cylinder recording, earliest form of phonograph record, invented by Thomas A. Edison in 1877. The sound to be recorded......
Daguerreotype
Daguerreotype, first successful form of photography, named for Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre of France, who invented......
Daigak Guksa
Daigak Guksa was a Korean Buddhist priest who founded the ChâĆntâae sect of Buddhism. A son of the KoryĆ king Munjong,......
Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, Marquess and 10th Earl of
James Andrew Broun Ramsay, marquess and 10th earl of Dalhousie was a British governor-general of India from 1847......
Dalin, Olof von
Olof von Dalin was a writer and historian who wrote the first easily readable and popular Swedish works and who......
Damrong Rajanubhab
Damrong Rajanubhab was a Thai prince, son of King Mongkut and brother of King Chulalongkorn. He was the founder......
Dana, Charles A.
Charles A. Dana was an American journalist who became a national figure as editor of the New York Sun. In 1839......
Dark Horse Comics
Dark Horse Comics, American comic book publisher founded in 1986 by comics retailer Mike Richardson. In an industry......
dark web
dark web, websites not indexed by search engines and theoretically possible to visit with complete anonymity. The......
darknet
darknet, encrypted network within the Internet that can be accessed only by specialty software or certain software......
Data center
Data center, a room, building, or group of buildings used to host, manage, and run information technology (IT)......
data compression
data compression, the process of reducing the amount of data needed for the storage or transmission of a given......
data encryption
data encryption, the process of disguising information as âciphertext,â or data unintelligible to an unauthorized......
Data Encryption Standard
Data Encryption Standard (DES), an early data encryption standard endorsed by the U.S. National Bureau of Standards......
data mining
data mining, in computer science, the process of discovering interesting and useful patterns and relationships......
data processing
data processing, manipulation of data by a computer. It includes the conversion of raw data to machine-readable......
data protection
data protection, species of privacy law that controls access to information relating to the individual. Typically,......
data structure
data structure, way in which data are stored for efficient search and retrieval. Different data structures are......
data transmission
data transmission, sending and receiving data via cables (e.g., telephone lines or fibre optics) or wireless systems.......
database
database, any collection of data, or information, that is specially organized for rapid search and retrieval by......
database management system
database management system (DBMS), system for quick search and retrieval of information from a database. The DBMS......
Davis, Elmer
Elmer Davis was a news broadcaster and writer, director of the U.S. Office of War Information during World War......
Davy, Edward
Edward Davy was a physician, chemist, and inventor who devised the electromagnetic repeater for relaying telegraphic......
Dawson, George Geoffrey
George Geoffrey Dawson was an English journalist, editor of The Times from 1912 to 1919 and from 1923 until his......
Day, Benjamin Henry
Benjamin Henry Day was an American printer and journalist who founded the New York Sun, the first of the âpennyâ......
Day, Stephen
Stephen Day was the founder of the first printing press in Englandâs North American colonies. Day himself does......
dazibao
dazibao, in the Peopleâs Republic of China (PRC), prominently displayed handwritten posters containing complaints......
DC Comics
DC Comics is an American comic book publisher whose charactersâincluding Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Flash,......
deep web
deep web, a part of the Internet that extends beyond the reach of search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, and Bing......
deepfake
deepfake, synthetic media, including images, videos, or audio, generated by artificial intelligence (AI) technology......
DEISA
DEISA, former European consortium (2002â11) of national supercomputer centresâpartially funded by the European......
Delane, John Thaddeus
John Thaddeus Delane was the editor of The Times of London for 36 years. Delane, the second son of a distinguished......
Delany, Martin
Martin Delany was an African American abolitionist, physician, and editor in the pre-Civil War period; his espousal......
Dell, Floyd
Floyd Dell was a novelist and radical journalist whose fiction examined the changing mores in sex and politics......
DENDRAL
DENDRAL, an early expert system, developed beginning in 1965 by the artificial intelligence (AI) researcher Edward......
Dennard, Robert H.
Robert H. Dennard was an American engineer credited with the invention of the one-transistor cell for dynamic random-access......
Dennie, Joseph
Joseph Dennie was an essayist and editor who was a major literary figure in the United States in the early 19th......
Deschamps, Ămile
Ămile Deschamps was a poet prominent in the development of Romanticism. Deschampsâs literary debut came in 1818,......
desktop publishing
desktop publishing, the use of a personal computer to perform publishing tasks that would otherwise require much......
detection
detection, in electronics, the process of rectifying a radio wave and recovering any information superimposed on......
di Prima, Diane
Diane di Prima was an American poet, one of the few women of the Beat movement to attain prominence. After attending......
Diabelli, Anton
Anton Diabelli was an Austrian music publisher and composer best known for his waltz, or LĂ€ndler, on which Ludwig......
Dickens, Charles
Charles Dickens was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His many volumes......
dictating machine
dictating machine, device for recording, storage, and subsequent reproduction (usually by typewriter or word-processing......
dictionary
dictionary, reference book that lists words in orderâusually, for Western languages, alphabeticalâand gives their......
Diderot, Denis
Denis Diderot was a French man of letters and philosopher who, from 1745 to 1772, served as chief editor of the......
Didot Family
Didot Family, family of French printers, publishers, and typefounders who had a profound influence on the history......
diffusion model
diffusion model, computational method used to generate high-quality images by reversing the process of adding noise......
digital camera
digital camera, device for making digital recordings of images. Texas Instruments Incorporated patented the first......
digital computer
digital computer, any of a class of devices capable of solving problems by processing information in discrete form.......
digital media and health
Since the 1990s, many digital technologies have been invented that allow people to learn about health, illness,......
digital sound recording
digital sound recording, method of preserving sound in which audio signals are transformed into a series of pulses......
digital twin
digital twin, virtual representation of a physical object, structure, or system that incorporates real-time data......
digital-to-analog conversion
digital-to-analog conversion (DAC), Process by which digital signals (which have a binary state) are converted......
Dimbleby, Richard
Richard Dimbleby was a pioneer radio news reporter and the first of Britainâs great broadcast journalists. He was......
Diop, Alioune
Alioune Diop was a Senegalese politician, publisher, and founder of the newspaper Présence Africaine. French-educated......
Diophantus
Diophantus was a Greek mathematician, famous for his work in algebra. What little is known of Diophantusâs life......
diorama
diorama, three-dimensional exhibit, often miniature in scale, frequently housed in a cubicle and viewed through......
DirectX
DirectX, a set of APIs (application programming interfaces) designed to handle multimedia tasks on Microsoft Corporationâs......
disability survey
disability survey, collection of information about disability by using survey methods. Although disability statistics......
Discord
Discord, privately owned American social media platform that provides spaces for online communities. Originally......
display resolution
display resolution, number of pixels shown on a screen, expressed in the number of pixels across by the number......
distortion
distortion, in acoustics and electronics, any change in a signal that alters the basic waveform or the relationship......
distress signal
distress signal, a method by which a ship at sea can summon assistance. Distress signals are fixed by custom and......
distributed computing
distributed computing, the coordinated use of many computers disbursed over a wide area to do complex tasks. Distributed......
DLL
DLL, file containing code for commonly used program functions on personal computers (PCs) that run the Microsoft......
DLSS
That role-playing video game (RPG) languishing in your Steam or Epic Games Store wish list beckons you with increased......
DNA computing
DNA computing, the performing of computations using biological molecules, rather than traditional silicon chips.......
DNS
DNS, network service that converts between World Wide Web ânameâ addresses and numeric Internet addresses. The......
Dobson, James
James Dobson was a child psychologist, a radio host, and the founder of Focus on the Family, a massive Evangelical......
Doctorow, E.L.
E.L. Doctorow was an American novelist known for his skillful manipulation of traditional genres. Doctorow graduated......
Dodge, John V.
John V. Dodge was an American editor and publishing executive of the EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica. A graduate of Northwestern......