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- 1. Nicholas Negropontes
BEINGDIGITAL
2. BEING DIGITAL
Bits are Bits
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3. BEING DIGITAL
Underlying particle of digital computing
Smallest element in the DNA of information
Bit
Colorless
Weightless
A state of being: 1 or 0
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4. BEING DIGITAL
Atoms & Bits
The change from atoms to bits is irrevocable and unstoppable
Atom
Bit
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5. BEING DIGITAL
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is the capacity to move information down a given
channel
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Fiber Optic Cable
Air Waves
Copper Cable
6. BEING DIGITAL
Digitization
- All media is now digital
7. This is due to: - Data compression
- Error correction
- Results in bits commingling easily leads to multimedia
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8. BEING DIGITAL
Multimedia & Hypermedia
- Multimedia: A combination of text, audio, still images, animation, video and interactivity content forms
9. Hypermedia: A term for highly interconnected narrative or
linked information 7
10. BEING DIGITAL
Interface
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BEING DIGITAL
Interface
- An (Graphical User) interface (GUI) is an interface that allows you to interact with electronicdevices