Information Technology Does Not Begin with Computers

Digitech or digital information technology certainly begins with the electronic digital computer, but information technology, which many argue defines human nature, has been around for millennia. It includes

• Language and speech

• Writing

• The Scroll, Codex (book), and Interword Spacing

• Hand-set printing with movable type

• High-speed printing

• The Telegraph and telephone

• live television and video conferencing

• Digital textuality, networked systems, and virtuality.

• Immersive and non immersive virtual reality systems

Last updated: 20 July 2002