Internet & Communication, GOO-HTT
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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Google Gemini
Google Gemini, generative artificial intelligence (AI) model and chatbot created by the search engine company Google,......
Google Knol
Google Knol, free Internet-based encyclopaedia hosted (2007â12) by the American search engine company Google Inc.......
Google Pixel
Google Pixel is a smartphone line by Google known for its advanced camera capabilities and integration capacity......
Google Voice
Google Voice, telecommunications service introduced in 2009 by the American search engine company Google. In 2007......
Google Workspace
Google Workspace, free computer application service offered by the American search engine company Google Inc. Some......
Gordon, Laura de Force
Laura de Force Gordon was an American lawyer, editor, and reformer, one of the first women in the American West......
gradus
gradus, a dictionary of Greek or Latin prosody and poetic phrases used as an aid in the writing of verse in Greek......
Grady, Henry Woodfin
Henry Woodfin Grady was an American journalist and orator who helped bring about industrial development in the......
Graham, Katharine
Katharine Graham was an American business executive who owned and published various news publications, most notably......
graph
graph, pictorial representation of statistical data or of a functional relationship between variables. Graphs have......
graphical user interface
graphical user interface (GUI), a computer program that enables a person to communicate with a computer through......
graphics processing unit
graphics processing unit (GPU), electronic circuit board that can quickly perform many mathematical calculations.......
Gray, Alasdair
Alasdair Gray was a Scottish novelist, playwright, and artist best known for his surreal atmospheric novel Lanark......
Gray, Elisha
Elisha Gray was a U.S. inventor and contestant with Alexander Graham Bell in a famous legal battle over the invention......
Gray, Sir James
Sir James Gray was an English zoologist who played a leading part in changing the main objective of 20th-century......
Great Firewall
Great Firewall, regulatory and technological system of Internet control used by the Chinese government to monitor,......
Greeley, Horace
Horace Greeley was an American newspaper editor who is known especially for his vigorous articulation of the Northâs......
Green, Anne Catherine Hoof
Anne Catherine Hoof Green was an early American printer who distinguished herself in her profession in the formative......
Green, Bartholomew
Bartholomew Green was a British American printer and journalist who published the Boston News-Letter, Americaâs......
Green, Duff
Duff Green was a U.S. political journalist, and an influential member of Pres. Andrew Jacksonâs inner advisory......
Greenberg, Uri Zvi
Uri Zvi Greenberg was a Hebrew and Yiddish poet whose strident, Expressionist verse exhorts the Jewish people to......
greeting card
greeting card, an illustrated message that expresses, either seriously or humorously, affection, good will, gratitude,......
Gregg, John Robert
John Robert Gregg was an Irish-born American inventor of a shorthand system named for him. Gregg developed an interest......
Griffith, Arthur
Arthur Griffith was a journalist and Irish nationalist, principal founder of the powerful Sinn FĂ©in (âWe Ourselvesâ......
Grigson, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Grigson was an English editor, poet, and literary critic who became known in the 1930s primarily as the......
Grimm, Friedrich Melchior, Freiherr von
Friedrich Melchior, baron von Grimm was a critic of German descent who played an important part in the spread of......
Grosvenor, Gilbert H.
Gilbert H. Grosvenor was an American geographer, writer, and long-time editor of the National Geographic Magazine......
Groupon
Groupon, American e-commerce company that offers deep discounts, usually 50â90 percent, for popular products and......
Grove, Sir George
Sir George Grove was an English writer on music famous for his multivolume Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Grove......
Gruffydd, William John
William John Gruffydd was a Welsh-language poet and scholar whose works represented first a rebellion against Victorian......
GTE Corporation
GTE Corporation, U.S. holding company for several U.S. and international telephone companies. It also manufactures......
Gulia, Dmitrii
Dmitrii Gulia was an Abkhazian writer, educator, and cultural pioneer, commonly considered the founder of Abkhazian......
Hachette, Louis-Christophe-François
Louis-Christophe-François Hachette was a French publisher who issued a wide range of textbooks, dictionaries, and......
Hadi, Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad, al-
Sayyid Shaykh bin Ahmad al-Hadi was a Malay Islamic writer and polemicist, journalist, and publisher who made significant......
Hale, Sarah Josepha
Sarah Josepha Hale was an American writer who, as the first female editor of a magazine, shaped many of the attitudes......
Haley, Sir William
Sir William Haley was the director general of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from 1944 to 1952, editor......
halftone process
halftone process, in printing, a technique of breaking up an image into a series of dots so as to reproduce the......
Hall, James
James Hall was an American author who was one of the earliest to write about the American frontier. Hall was a......
Hamilton, Hamish
Hamish Hamilton was a British publisher who published works by some of the most renowned authors in Britain, the......
Hamilton, Sir Denis
Sir Denis Hamilton was a British newspaper editor who led the postwar campaign for broader media coverage and more......
Hammond, John Hays, Jr.
John Hays Hammond, Jr. was a U.S. inventor whose development of radio remote control served as the basis for modern......
Hansen, Jens Andersen
Jens Andersen Hansen was a journalist and politician, a leading 19th-century champion of Denmarkâs peasantry. A......
hard disk
hard disk, magnetic storage medium for a computer. Hard disks are flat circular plates made of aluminum or glass......
Harden, Maximilian Felix Ernst
Maximilian Felix Ernst Harden was a political journalist, a spokesman for extreme German nationalism before and......
hardware
hardware, computer machinery and equipment, including memory, cabling, power supply, peripheral devices, and circuit......
Hariri, Saad al-
Saad al-Hariri is a Saudi-born Lebanese businessman and prime minister of Lebanon (2009â11; 2016â20). The son of......
Harper Brothers
Harper Brothers, printers and members of a distinguished American publishing firm which exerted a significant influence......
Harris, Benjamin
Benjamin Harris was an English bookseller and writer who was the first journalist in the British-American colonies.......
Harris, Frank
Frank Harris was an Irish-born American journalist and man of letters best known for his unreliable autobiography,......
Hart, Sir Robert 1st Baronet
Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Chinese statesman employed by the Qing dynasty (1644â1911/12) to direct......
Harvard Mark I
Harvard Mark I, an early protocomputer, built during World War II in the United States. While Vannevar Bush was......
Harvey, Paul
Paul Harvey was an American radio commentator and news columnist noted for his firm staccato delivery and his conservative......
Hasdeu, Bogdan Petriceicu
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu was a scholar and archivist who was a pioneer in Romanian language and historical studies.......
hash table
hash table, in computer science, a dictionary that maps keys to values using a hash function. A hash function is......
Hashtag
Hashtag, metadata label prefaced by the hash symbol (#) and followed by a word or phrase devoid of spaces, special......
HDTV
HDTV, a digital broadcasting standard that offers picture and audio superior to that of traditional standard-definition......
headphone
headphone, small loudspeaker (earphone) held over the ear by a band or wire worn on the head. Headphones are commonly......
Hearst, William Randolph
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built up the nationâs largest newspaper chain and......
Hefner, Hugh
Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine. After serving......
Heiberg, Johan Ludvig
Johan Ludvig Heiberg was a playwright, poet, literary historian, and critic whose romantic idealism in a sense......
Heikal, Muhammad Hassanein
Muhammad Hassanein Heikal was a leading Egyptian journalist who gained fame as the editor in chief (1957â74) of......
Heinemann, William
William Heinemann was an English publisher whose firm published outstanding contemporary fiction and drama, introduced......
Henley, William Ernest
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, critic, and editor who in his journals introduced the early work of many......
Henry, Joseph
Joseph Henry was one of the first great American scientists after Benjamin Franklin. He aided and discovered several......
herbal
herbal, ancient manual facilitating the identification of plants for medicinal purposes. Hundreds of medicinal......
Herbert, Bob
Bob Herbert is an American journalist and commentator who was a liberal op-ed columnist for The New York Times......
Hewlett, William
William Hewlett was an American engineer and businessman who cofounded the electronics and computer corporation......
Hierta, Lars Johan
Lars Johan Hierta was a journalist and politician who became a leading agitator for Swedish political and social......
Hill and Range: The Kingâs Publishers
When Austrian immigrant brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach formed their Hill and Range publishing company in 1945,......
Hill, Sir Rowland
Sir Rowland Hill was a British administrator and educator, originator of the penny postage system, principally......
Hillis, Danny
Danny Hillis is an American pioneer of parallel processing computers and founder of Thinking Machines Corporation.......
Hincks, Sir Francis
Sir Francis Hincks was an Irish-born Canadian journalist and politician. He served as joint premier of the united......
Hinton, Geoffrey
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist known as the âgodfather of......
histogram
histogram, graphical representation of a frequency distributionâthe number of times each value occurs in a datasetâused......
History of the Winter Olympic Games in Pictures
âYou had to see it to believe it!â That refrain has echoed through descriptions of Olympic competition for more......
Hobart, John Henry
John Henry Hobart was a U.S. educator, publisher, author, and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church whose emphasis......
Hobby, Oveta Culp
Oveta Culp Hobby was an American editor and publisher of the Houston Post (1952â53), the first director of the......
Hodgson, Ralph
Ralph Hodgson was a poet noted for simple and mystical lyrics that express a love of nature and a concern for modern......
Hollerith, Herman
Herman Hollerith was an American inventor of a tabulating machine that was an important precursor of the electronic......
Holocaust museum
Holocaust museum, any of several educational institutions and research centres dedicated to preserving the experiences......
holography
holography, means of creating a unique photographic image without the use of a lens. The photographic recording......
Hone, William
William Hone was an English radical journalist, bookseller, publisher, and satirist, notable for his attacks on......
Hooper, Franklin Henry
Franklin Henry Hooper was the U.S. editor in chief of EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica from 1932 to 1938, and the brother......
Hooper, Horace Everett
Horace Everett Hooper was a U.S. publisher of EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica from 1897 until his death. He was a master......
Hopkinson, Sir Thomas
Sir Thomas Hopkinson was a British editor and a leader in the development of photojournalism. Hopkinson was a freelance......
Hornbook
Hornbook, form of childrenâs primer common in both England and America from the late 16th to the late 18th century.......
How do 3D printers work?
3D printing is a process that consists of layering two-dimensional cross-sections sequentially to build a three-dimensional......
How do quantum computers work?
Quantum computers work by exploiting the dual nature of matter: since matter, according to quantum mechanics, can......
How Does Bluetooth Work?
You get that important call youâve been waiting for, and you scramble for earphones in your bag. You groan as you......
How does the Internet work?
With its flexible architecture and far reach, the Internet allows various computer networks to seamlessly connect......
How Does Wi-Fi Work?
Wi-Fi has become an integral part of our fast-paced everyday lives. Thanks to Wi-Fi, we no longer have to be tethered......
How Secret Is Top Secret?
In an era of hacks, leaks, whistle-blowers, and media organizations that appear to have become information launderers......
Howard, Roy W.
Roy W. Howard was an American journalist and editor who was codirector of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain from......
Howe, E.W.
E.W. Howe was an American editor, novelist, and essayist known for his iconoclasm and pessimism. Howe went to work......
Howe, Joseph
Joseph Howe was a Canadian statesman and newspaper publisher, premier of Nova Scotia in 1860â63, agitator for responsible,......
Howe, Julia Ward
Julia Ward Howe was an American author and lecturer best known for her âBattle Hymn of the Republic.â Julia Ward......
Howells, William Dean
William Dean Howells was a U.S. novelist and critic, the dean of late 19th-century American letters, the champion......
HTML
HTML, a formatting system for displaying material retrieved over the Internet. Each retrieval unit is known as......
HTTP
HTTP, standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of......
HTTP 404
HTTP 404, HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) error indicating that an online resource could not be located. A 404......