The Web & Communication, PUL-SER
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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Pulitzer Prize, any of a series of annual prizes awarded by Columbia University, New York City, for outstanding......
Joseph Pulitzer was an American newspaper editor and publisher who helped to establish the pattern of the modern......
Mihajlo Pupin was a Serbian American physicist who devised a means of greatly extending the range of long-distance......
Al Purdy was one of the leading Canadian poets of the 20th century. His erudite, colloquial verse often deals with......
Python, general-purpose high-level computer programming language valued for its English-like syntax and powerful......
Nizār Qabbānī was a Syrian diplomat and poet whose subject matter, at first strictly erotic and romantic, grew......
qalam, ancient reed pen still used in Arabic calligraphy and formerly used for all writing. The qalam was cut from......
quantum computer, device that employs properties described by quantum mechanics to enhance computations. As early......
query language, a computer programming language used to retrieve information from a database. The uses of databases......
query string, extension of a website’s uniform resource locator (URL) that sends additional information to a database.......
QuickTime, file-compression and translation format developed by Apple Computer that facilitates the distribution......
race records, sound recordings of the early 20th century that were made exclusively by and for African Americans.......
radio technology, transmission and detection of communication signals consisting of electromagnetic waves that......
radio-frequency identification (RFID), method of wireless communication that uses electromagnetic waves to identify......
radiotelegraphy, radio communication by means of Morse Code or other coded signals. The radio carrier is modulated......
railroad signal, device designed to inform train-operating crews of conditions of the track ahead and to relay......
RAM, computer main memory in which specific contents can be accessed (read or written) directly by the central......
Rand McNally & Company, American publisher and printer of maps, atlases, globes, and tourist guidebooks; its headquarters......
ransomware, malicious software (malware) that permanently blocks access to data or devices until the owner of the......
William Rastell was an English printer, lawyer, and man of letters. He edited and published the works of his uncle,......
Rachael Ray is an American chef and television personality, who promotes quick, easy-to-prepare meals through her......
Opie Read was an American journalist, humorist, novelist, and lecturer. Read specialized in the homespun humour......
John Henninger Reagan was an American congressman who was postmaster general of the Confederate States of America......
RealAudio, a compressed audio format created in 1995 by Progressive Networks (after 1997, RealNetworks, Inc.) that......
receiver, in electronics, any of various devices that accept signals, such as radio waves, and convert them (frequently......
Robert Recorde was a physician, mathematician, and author of introductory mathematics textbooks. Recorde was educated......
red pill and blue pill, symbols originating from the 1999 science fiction film The Matrix. The pills represent......
Reddit is an online social media forum where users share news stories and other content. Reddit was launched in......
Peter Redgrove was an English poet, novelist, and playwright, known for his exuberant depictions of the natural......
reel, in motion pictures, a light circular frame with radial arms and a central axis, originally designed to hold......
Whitelaw Reid was a U.S. journalist, diplomat, and politician, successor to Horace Greeley in 1872 as editor in......
Johann Philipp Reis was a German physicist who constructed a precursor of the electric telephone. Reis was educated......
relational database, database in which all data are represented in tabular form. The description of a particular......
relative aperture, the measure of the light-gathering power of an optical system. It is expressed in different......
Jules Renard was a French writer best known for Poil de carotte (1894; Carrots, 1946), a bitterly ironical account......
Théophraste Renaudot was a physician and social-service administrator who, as the founder of France’s first newspaper,......
Ludwig Renn was a German novelist, best known for Krieg (1928; War), a novel based on his World War I battle experiences,......
responsive environments, the use of sensory technology and computer equipment to create a collaborative relationship......
Paul Julius, baron von Reuter was the German-born founder of one of the first news agencies, which still bears......
Howard Rheingold is an American writer who was especially influential in the development of virtual communities.......
Óscar Ribas was an Angolan folklorist and novelist, who recorded in Portuguese the oral tradition of the Mbundu......
Laura Riding was an American poet, critic, and prose writer who was influential among the literary avant-garde......
RISC, information processing using any of a family of microprocessors that are designed to execute computing tasks......
Ronald L. Rivest is an American computer scientist and cowinner, with American computer scientist Leonard M. Adleman......
Lawrence Roberts was an American computer scientist who supervised the construction of the ARPANET, a computer......
Max Robinson was an American television journalist and the first African American man to anchor a nightly network......
rock edicts, narrative histories and announcements carved into cliff rock, onto pillars, and in caves throughout......
Carolyn M. Rodgers was an American poet, teacher, critic, and publisher who is noted for a body of work that deepened......
Emir Rodríguez Monegal was a professor, editor, and cultural promoter who was one of the most influential Latin......
roentgenogram, photograph of internal structures that is made by passing X-rays through the body to produce a shadow......
Rolleiflex, twin-lens reflex roll-film camera introduced by the German firm Franke & Heidecke in 1928. It had two......
Henry Rollins is an American singer, poet, monologuist, and publisher whose tenure as the lead vocalist of Los......
Romain du Roi, (French: King’s Roman), in printing, a roman typeface developed in France at the express order of......
roman, in printing, one of the three major typefaces in the history of Western typography (the others being italic......
Carlos P. Romulo was a Philippine general, diplomat, and journalist known for his activities on behalf of the Allies......
Andy Rooney was an American journalist and essayist who was best known for his curmudgeonly commentaries (1978–2011)......
rootkit, a form of malicious software, or malware, that infects a computer’s hard drive and allows unauthorized......
Rosie the Riveter, media icon associated with female defense workers during World War II. Since the 1940s Rosie......
rotary press, printing press that prints on paper passing between a supporting cylinder and a cylinder containing......
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Rothermere was a British newspaper proprietor who, with his brother Alfred......
Henry Joseph Round was an English electronics engineer whose numerous inventions contributed to the development......
Susanna Rowson was an English-born American actress, educator, and author of the first American best-seller, Charlotte......
Royal Astronomical Society (RAS), British scientific society founded in 1820 to promote astronomical research.......
Anne Newport Royall was a traveler and writer and one of the very first American newspaperwomen. She was married......
Vermont Royster was an American journalist and editor of The Wall Street Journal and president (1960–71) of its......
RSA encryption, type of public-key cryptography widely used for data encryption of e-mail and other digital transactions......
RSS, format used to provide subscribers with new content from frequently updated websites. An RSS feed is a set......
Steele Rudd was a novelist, playwright, and short-story writer whose comic characters are a well-known part of......
Rural Free Delivery (RFD), service begun in the United States in 1896 to deliver mail directly to farm families.......
Russell, Majors and Waddell, business partnership formed by William Hepburn Russell, Alexander Majors, and William......
Patricia Russo is an American businesswoman who served as CEO of Lucent Technologies (later called Alcatel-Lucent)......
Thomas Rymer was an English literary critic who introduced into England the principles of French formalist Neoclassical......
Arthur M. Sackler was an American physician, medical publisher, and art collector who made large donations of money......
Russell Sage was an American financier who played a part in organizing his country’s railroad and telegraph systems.......
Salesforce is an American technology firm that revolutionized the customer relationship management (CRM) industry......
Mikhail Yevgrafovich, Count Saltykov was a novelist of radical sympathies and one of the greatest of all Russian......
samizdat, (from Russian sam, “self,” and izdatelstvo, “publishing”), literature secretly written, copied, and circulated......
sans serif, in printing, a style of roman letter stripped of its serif—i.e., such embellishments as the vertical......
David Sarnoff was an American pioneer in the development of both radio and television broadcasting. As a boy in......
SATA, an interface for transferring data between a computer’s central circuit board and storage devices. SATA replaced......
satellite communication, in telecommunications, the use of artificial satellites to provide communication links......
satellite radio, type of digital broadcast, which transmits audio signals over large areas with greater clarity......
scanner, computer input device that uses a light beam to scan codes, text, or graphic images directly into a computer......
Marjorie Scardino is an American-born British businesswoman who was the chief executive officer (CEO) of the British......
René Schickele was a German journalist, poet, novelist, and dramatist, whose personal experience of conflict between......
Dorothy Schiff was an American newspaper publisher of the New York Post, then a steadfastly liberal publication.......
scientific visualization, process of graphically displaying real or simulated scientific data. It is a vital procedure......
Scribner family, family of American publishers whose firm, founded in 1846 and named Charles Scribner’s Sons from......
Edward Willis Scripps was a newspaper publisher who, after founding his first paper in 1878, organized the first......
Ellen Browning Scripps was an English-born American journalist, publisher, and philanthropist whose personal fortune,......
SCSI, once-common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized......
Vin Scully was an American sports broadcaster recognized by the American Sportscasters Association as the top in......
search engine, computer program to find answers to queries in a collection of information, which might be a library......
search engine optimization (SEO), practice of increasing both the quality and quantity of “organic” (unpaid) traffic......
Second Life, life-simulation network on the Internet created in 2003 by the American company Linden Research, Inc.......
Semantic Web, extension of the World Wide Web (WWW) in which data are given meaning (semantics) to enable computers......
semaphore, method of visual signaling, usually by means of flags or lights. Before the invention of the telegraph,......
semiconductor memory, any of a class of computer memory devices consisting of one or more integrated circuits.......
Jean-Jacques Servan-Schreiber was a French journalist and politician. Servan-Schreiber volunteered in the Free......
server, network computer, computer program, or device that processes requests from a client (see client-server......