Internet & Communication, DOD-FIE
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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Dodge, Mary Abigail
Mary Abigail Dodge was an American essayist and editor whose writings included works both of homely wit and in......
Dodge, Mary Mapes
Mary Mapes Dodge was an American author of children’s books and the first editor of St. Nicholas magazine. As the......
Dodsley, Robert
Robert Dodsley was a British author, London bookseller, publisher, playwright, and editor who was influential in......
dollar sign
dollar sign, $, symbol that represents the dollar, the name of the standard monetary unit used in the United States,......
domain name
domain name, address of a computer, organization, or other entity on the Internet. Domain names are typically in......
Dorsey, Jack
Jack Dorsey is an American Web developer and entrepreneur who, with Evan Williams and Christopher Stone, cofounded......
dot-com bubble
The dot-com boom of 1995–2000 (and ultimate bust in 2001–2002) was a period of large, rapid, and ultimately unsustainable......
Douglass, Frederick
Frederick Douglass was an African American abolitionist, orator, newspaper publisher, and author who is famous......
driver
driver, computer program that acts as an intermediary between the operating system and a device such as a disk......
Drudge Report
Founded in the early days of the Internet, the Drudge Report is a U.S.-based news site whose bare-bones approach......
Drudge, Matt
Matt Drudge is an American journalist who is best known for the Drudge Report, a conservative news and commentary......
dry offset
dry offset, offset printing process combining the characteristics of letterpress and offset. A special plate prints......
dry plate
dry plate, in photography, glass plate coated with a gelatin emulsion of silver bromide. It can be stored until......
DSL
DSL, networking technology that provides broadband (high-speed) Internet connections over conventional telephone......
Du Bois, W.E.B.
W.E.B. Du Bois was an American sociologist, historian, author, editor, and activist who was the most important......
dubbing
dubbing, in filmmaking, the process of adding new dialogue or other sounds to the sound track of a motion picture......
Ducommun, Élie
Élie Ducommun was a Swiss writer and editor who in 1902, with Charles-Albert Gobat, won the Nobel Prize for Peace.......
Dudek, Louis
Louis Dudek was a Canadian poet noted for his development of the nonnarrative long poem. Educated at McGill University......
duplicating machine
duplicating machine, a device for making duplicate copies from a master copy of printed, typed, drawn, or other......
Duyckinck, Evert Augustus
Evert Augustus Duyckinck was an American biographer, editor, and critic who with such works as the two-volume Cyclopaedia......
DVD
DVD, type of optical disc used for data storage and as a platform for multimedia. Its most prominent commercial......
dye-transfer process
dye-transfer process, in photography, technique for preparing coloured photographic prints in which the colours......
Döpfner, Mathias
Mathias Döpfner is a German businessman who served as chairman and CEO (2002– ) of Axel Springer SE, a German media......
D’Aquino, Iva Toguri
Iva Toguri D’Aquino was one of several announcers on propaganda radio broadcasts directed at U.S. troops from Japan......
e-book
e-book, digital file containing a body of text and images suitable for distributing electronically and displaying......
e-commerce
e-commerce, maintaining relationships and conducting business transactions that include selling information, services,......
e-government
e-government, the use of information and communication technologies, particularly the Internet, in government.......
e-mail
e-mail, messages transmitted and received by digital computers through a network. An e-mail system allows computer......
earphone
earphone, small loudspeaker held or worn close to the listener’s ear or within the outer ear. Common forms include......
East, Thomas
Thomas East was a prominent English music publisher whose collection of psalms (1592) was among the first part-music......
Eastman, Max
Max Eastman was an American poet, editor, and prominent radical before and after World War I. Eastman was educated......
eBay
eBay Inc. is a global online marketplace founded by American entrepreneur Pierre Omidyar in 1995. Auctions constitute......
EBCDIC
EBCDIC, data-encoding system, developed by IBM and used mostly on its computers, that uses a unique eight-bit binary......
Echo
Echo, either of two experimental communications satellites launched into orbit around Earth by the National Aeronautics......
echocardiography
echocardiography, diagnostic technique that uses ultrasound (high-frequency sound waves) to produce an image of......
Eckert, J. Presper
J. Presper Eckert was an American engineer and co-inventor of the first general-purpose electronic computer, a......
Economic Co-operation and Development, Organisation for
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), international organization founded in 1961 to stimulate......
Edes, Benjamin
Benjamin Edes was the founder and co-owner with John Gill of the New England newspaper, the Boston Gazette and......
Edison, Thomas
Thomas Edison was an American inventor who, singly or jointly, held a world-record 1,093 patents. In addition,......
EDSAC
EDSAC, the first full-size stored-program computer, built at the University of Cambridge, Eng., by Maurice Wilkes......
Effen, Justus van
Justus van Effen was a Dutch essayist and journalist whose straightforward didactic pieces, modelled on foreign......
Eggers, Dave
Dave Eggers is an American author, publisher, and literacy advocate whose breakout memoir, A Heartbreaking Work......
eHarmony
eHarmony, American company providing online personal-relationship and matchmaking services. Founded in 2000 by......
Eisner, Michael
Michael Eisner is an American business and entertainment executive who was known for his role in reviving the fortunes......
Eitner, Robert
Robert Eitner was a German musicologist, editor, and bibliographer. Largely self-taught in music, Eitner in 1853......
electrocardiography
electrocardiography, method of graphic tracing (electrocardiogram; ECG or EKG) of the electric current generated......
electroencephalography
electroencephalography, technique for recording and interpreting the electrical activity of the brain. The nerve......
electromyography
electromyography, the graphing and study of the electrical characteristics of muscles. Resting muscle is normally......
Electronic Frontier Foundation
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), nonprofit organization established to raise funds for lobbying, litigation,......
electronic records
electronic records, evidence, in digital form, of transactions undertaken by individuals or by organizations. At......
electrophotography
electrophotography, any of several image-forming processes, principally xerography and the dielectric process,......
Eliot, T.S.
T.S. Eliot was an American-English poet, playwright, literary critic, and editor who became a leader of the Modernist......
Elzevir Family
Elzevir Family, a family of Dutch booksellers, publishers, and printers, 15 members of which were in business between......
embedded processor
embedded processor, a class of computer, or computer chip, embedded in various machines. These are small computers......
emoji
emoji, digital pictograms used widely throughout social media, texting, e-mail, and other computer-mediated communications.......
emoticon
emoticon, glyph used in computer-mediated communications that is meant to represent a facial expression in order......
encyclopaedia
encyclopaedia, reference work that contains information on all branches of knowledge or that treats a particular......
Encyclopædia Britannica
Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest English-language general encyclopaedia. The Encyclopædia Britannica was first......
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Engelbart, Douglas
Douglas Engelbart was an American inventor whose work beginning in the 1950s led to his patent for the computer......
England, John
John England was an Irish-born American Roman Catholic prelate who became the first bishop of Charleston and who......
Engler, Adolf
Adolf Engler was a German botanist famous for his system of plant classification and for his expertise as a plant......
ENIAC
ENIAC, the first programmable general-purpose electronic digital computer, built during World War II by the United......
enlarger
enlarger, in photography, device for producing a photographic print or negative larger than the original negative......
EPROM
EPROM, form of computer memory that does not lose its content when the power supply is cut off and that can be......
eraser
eraser, piece of rubber or other material used to rub out marks made by ink, pencil, or chalk. The modern eraser......
Ernst, Paul
Paul Ernst was a German writer known particularly for his short stories and for essays on philosophical, economic,......
Erskine, John
John Erskine was a U.S. educator, musician, and novelist noted for energetic, skilled work in several different......
Estienne, Henri II
Henri II Estienne was a scholar-printer, grandson of Henri Estienne, founder of the family printing firm in Paris,......
Estienne, Robert I
Robert I Estienne was a scholar-printer, the second son of Henri Estienne, who founded the family printing firm......
Ethernet
Ethernet, computer networking technology used in local area networks (LANs). Ethernet was created in 1973 by a......
Etsy
Etsy, American e-commerce company, founded in 2005 by entrepreneur Rob Kalin and partners Chris Maguire and Haim......
euro sign
euro sign, €, symbol for the euro, the official currency of the European Union and several areas outside the EU,......
Evans, George Henry
George Henry Evans was an American pro-labour social reformer and newspaper editor who sought to enhance the position......
exit interview
exit interview, typically a survey given by an employer to a departing employee, though exit interviews can also......
expert system
expert system, a computer program that uses artificial-intelligence methods to solve problems within a specialized......
explicit
explicit, in bookmaking, a device added to the end of some manuscripts and incunabula by the author or scribe and......
Eötvös, Károly
Károly Eötvös was a Hungarian writer, lawyer, and politician best known as the defense counsel in a notorious case......
Facebook
Facebook, American online social media platform and social network service that is part of the company Meta Platforms.......
Facebook: At a Glance
Facebook is a social media platform owned by Meta Platforms. It was founded in 2004 by Harvard University students......
FaceTime
FaceTime, video and audio calling app developed by the technology company Apple Inc. FaceTime uses cameras on Apple......
Fadiman, Clifton
Clifton Fadiman was an American editor, anthologist, and writer known for his extraordinary memory and his wide-ranging......
Farley, Harriet
Harriet Farley was an American writer and editor, remembered largely for her stewardship of the Lowell Offering,......
Farnsworth, Philo
Philo Farnsworth was an American inventor who developed the first all-electronic television system. Farnsworth......
Fauset, Jessie Redmon
Jessie Redmon Fauset was an African American novelist, critic, poet, and editor known for her discovery and encouragement......
fax
fax, in telecommunications, the transmission and reproduction of documents by wire or radio wave. Common fax machines......
Fayed, Mohamed al-
Mohamed al-Fayed was an Egyptian businessman who acquired a number of prestigious holdings throughout his career,......
Febvre, Lucien Paul Victor
Lucien Paul Victor Febvre was a French historian of the early modern period and organizer of major national and......
Federal Communications Commission
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), independent American governmental organization responsible for regulating......
fediverse
fediverse, decentralized group of social media platforms in which each independent platform can interact freely......
Fell, John
John Fell was an English Anglican priest, author, editor, and typographer who as dean and bishop at Oxford was......
Fenno, John
John Fenno was a publisher and editor, founder in 1789 of the Gazette of the United States, a major political organ......
Ferlinghetti, Lawrence
Lawrence Ferlinghetti was an American poet, one of the founders of the Beat movement in San Francisco in the mid-1950s.......
Fernández de Lizardi, José Joaquín
José Joaquín Fernández de Lizardi was a Mexican editor, pamphleteer, and novelist, a leading literary figure in......
Ferrié, Gustave-Auguste
Gustave-Auguste Ferrié was a French scientist and army general who contributed to the development of radio communication......
Fessenden, Reginald Aubrey
Reginald Aubrey Fessenden was a Canadian radio pioneer who on Christmas Eve in 1906 broadcast the first program......
Fielding, Henry
Henry Fielding was a novelist and playwright, who, with Samuel Richardson, is considered a founder of the English......
Fields, James T.
James T. Fields was an American author and leading publisher in the United States. At 14 Fields went to Boston,......