The Web & Communication, LIP-MIG
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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Walter Lippmann was an American newspaper commentator and author who in a 60-year career made himself one of the......
liquid crystal display (LCD), electronic display device that operates by applying a varying electric voltage to......
LISP, a computer programming language developed about 1960 by John McCarthy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology......
Emoticons are used to communicate emotional states using ASCII characters and originated when the Internet was......
When a user visits a website using an Internet browser, the browser communicates with a server that handles browser......
The Apple iPhone, first released in 2007, ushered in a new era of smartphone innovation. The first widely distributed......
Malware (a portmanteau of the terms malicious and software) consists of computer viruses, spyware, computer worms,......
In order to “communicate” with a computer, software developers write code using various programming languages.......
Microsoft’s Windows operating system (OS) is ubiquitous today, but how has it evolved over the years? Windows has......
lithography, planographic printing process that makes use of the immiscibility of grease and water. In the lithographic......
little magazine, any of various small periodicals devoted to serious literary writings, usually avant-garde and......
Mary Ashton Rice Livermore was an American suffragist and reformer who believed that woman being able to vote would......
livestreaming, real-time transmission of information over the Internet in video format. Livestreaming is considered......
loading, in communications technology, addition of inductance to an antenna or at periodic intervals to a transmission......
local area network (LAN), any communication network for connecting computers within a building or small group of......
John Gibson Lockhart was a Scottish critic, novelist, and biographer, best remembered for his Life of Sir Walter......
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer was a British astronomer who in 1868 discovered in the Sun’s atmosphere a previously......
Logo, a computer programming language that originated in the late 1960s as a simplified LISP dialect for use in......
Alan Lomax was an American ethnomusicologist, one of the most dedicated and knowledgeable folk-music scholars of......
long term evolution (LTE), standard for wireless broadband communication technology. Mobile devices are categorized......
Lorem ipsum, placeholder or dummy text used in typesetting and graphic design for previewing layouts. It features......
loudspeaker, in sound reproduction, device for converting electrical energy into acoustical signal energy that......
Loyal Publication Society, either of two groups, one in New York and one in New England, that during the American......
Henry Luce was an American magazine publisher who built a publishing empire on Time, Fortune, and Life magazines,......
Benjamin Lundy was an American publisher and leading abolitionist in the 1820s and ’30s. Born to Quaker parents,......
Ma Huateng is a Chinese business executive who cofounded the Internet company Tencent Holdings in 1998 and is Tencent’s......
Jack Ma is a Chinese entrepreneur who was head of the Alibaba Group, which comprised several of China’s most popular......
Bernarr Macfadden was an American physical culturist who, by sometimes eccentric means, spread the gospel of physical......
machine language, the numeric codes for the operations that a particular computer can execute directly. The codes......
machine learning, in artificial intelligence (a subject within computer science), discipline concerned with the......
Macmillan Publishers Ltd., British publishing house that is one of the largest in the world, producing textbooks,......
macOS, operating system (OS) developed by the American computer company Apple Inc. The OS was introduced in 1984......
Haki R. Madhubuti is an African American author, publisher, and teacher who was perhaps best known for his poetry.......
magazine, a printed or digitally published collection of texts (essays, articles, stories, poems), often illustrated,......
magnetic recording, method of preserving sounds, pictures, and data in the form of electrical signals through the......
magnetic survey, one of the tools used by exploration geophysicists in their search for mineral-bearing ore bodies......
magnetic-core memory, any of a class of computer memory devices consisting of a large array of tiny toruses of......
mail, the postal matter consigned under public authority from one person or post office to another. See postal...
mainframe, digital computer designed for high-speed data processing with heavy use of input/output units such as......
Curzio Malaparte was a journalist, dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist, one of the most powerful, brilliant,......
malware, malicious computer program, or “malicious software,” such as viruses, trojans, spyware, and worms. Malware......
manga, individual comic strip, comic book, or graphic novel originating in Japan or, collectively, Japanese comic......
manifesto, a document publicly declaring the position or program of its issuer. A manifesto advances a set of ideas,......
Aldus Manutius was the leading figure of his time in printing, publishing, and typography, founder of a veritable......
Aldus Manutius the Younger was the last member of the Italian family of Manuzio to be active in the famous Aldine......
Paulus Manutius was a Renaissance printer, the third son of the founder of the Aldine Press, Aldus Manutius the......
map, graphic representation, drawn to scale and usually on a flat surface, of features—for example, geographical,......
MapQuest, American Web-based, wireless mapping service owned by AOL (formerly known as America Online). MapQuest......
Elisabeth Marbury was an American theatrical and literary agent who represented a stellar array of theatrical performers......
It’s March Madness! But don’t forget about the mascots. Since Yale University introduced the first collegiate mascot,......
Guglielmo Marconi was an Italian physicist and inventor of a successful wireless telegraph, or radio (1896). In......
markup language, standard text-encoding system consisting of a set of symbols inserted in a text document to control......
Gregorio Martínez Sierra was a poet and playwright whose dramatic works contributed significantly to the revival......
Tomás Eloy Martínez was an Argentine novelist, journalist, and educator. Martínez earned an undergraduate degree......
Marvel Comics, American media and entertainment company that was widely regarded as one of the “big two” publishers......
Pierre-Sylvain Maréchal was a French poet, playwright, and publicist whose plan for a secular calendar, presented......
mashup, the combination of music from two or more different songs to form a new song. It can also refer to a combination......
Andrew Mason is the cofounder of Groupon, a Chicago-based e-commerce company that specializes in providing customers......
Lowell Mason was a hymn composer, music publisher, and one of the founders of public-school music education in......
mass media, modes (or, less commonly, a single mode) of mass communication whereby information, opinion, advocacy,......
Chris Matthews is an American journalist and political commentator best known as the host of Hardball with Chris......
John Mauchly was an American physicist and engineer, co-inventor in 1946, with John P. Eckert, of the Electronic......
Robert Maxwell was a Czechoslovak-born British publisher who built an international communications empire. His......
Robert McAlmon was an American author and publisher and an exemplar of the literary expatriate in Paris during......
Val McCalla was a Jamaican-born British publisher who founded The Voice, an influential British newspaper focusing......
Robert R. McCormick was an American newspaper editor and publisher, popularly known as Colonel McCormick. His idiosyncratic......
Ralph McGill was a crusading American journalist whose editorials in the Atlanta Constitution had a profound influence......
William Holmes McGuffey was a U.S. educator who is remembered chiefly for his series of elementary school reading......
Robert McKenzie was a Canadian-born British political scientist and television commentator on electoral politics.......
Marian McPartland was an English-born American jazz musician and radio personality, best known in the United States......
John McPhee is an American journalist whose nonfiction books are accessible and informative on a wide variety of......
Carey McWilliams was an American editor who defended the civil rights of minorities and the oppressed in scores......
media convergence, phenomenon involving the interconnection of information and communications technologies, computer......
Joseph Medill was a Canadian-born American editor and publisher who from 1855 built the Chicago Tribune into a......
megaconstellation, group of many satellites that work together for the purpose of delivering broadband Internet......
Alexander Meissner was an Austrian engineer whose work in antenna design, amplification, and detection advanced......
John Willis Menard was an American publisher and politician who was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives......
Johnny Mercer was an American lyricist, vocalist, and composer who contributed to many Broadway musical productions......
Matthäus Merian was an engraver, etcher, and book dealer, the leading German illustrator of the 17th century. In......
Meta, parent company of the social network Facebook, the popular photo- and video-sharing network Instagram, and......
metadata, data about informational aspects of other data. For example, the date and time of a text message is metadata,......
metal cut, an engraving on metal, usually lead or type metal, or a print made from such plates. The earliest example......
metaverse, proposed network of immersive online worlds experienced typically through virtual reality or augmented......
Eugene Meyer was an influential leader in American political and social life and publisher of The Washington Post......
Kuno Meyer was a German scholar of the Celtic languages and editor whose translations made him the chief interpreter......
Alice Meynell was an English poet and essayist. Much of Meynell’s childhood was spent in Italy, and about 1868......
Al Michaels is an American sports broadcaster considered by some to be the best in his field. He has covered the......
microcomputer, an electronic device with a microprocessor as its central processing unit (CPU). Microcomputer was......
microform, any process, photographic or electronic, for reproducing printed matter or other graphic material in......
microphone, device for converting acoustic power into electric power that has essentially similar wave characteristics.......
microprocessor, any of a type of miniature electronic device that contains the arithmetic, logic, and control circuitry......
microprogramming, process of writing microcode for a microprocessor. Microcode is low-level code that defines how......
Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company that has been a key player in the computer......
Microsoft Excel, spreadsheet application launched in 1985 by the Microsoft Corporation. Excel is a popular spreadsheet......
Microsoft PowerPoint, virtual presentation software developed by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin for the American......
Microsoft Windows, computer operating system (OS) developed by Microsoft Corporation to run personal computers......
Thomas Middelhoff is a German business executive who was chairman and CEO of the global media giant Bertelsmann......
middleware, computer software that enables communication between multiple software applications, possibly running......
MIDI, technology standard allowing electronic musical instruments to communicate with one another and with computers.......
Jacques-Paul Migne was a French Roman Catholic priest who became one of the foremost 19th-century publishers of......