The Web & Communication, HAR-ISD
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.
The Web & Communication Encyclopedia Articles By Title
Saad al-Hariri is a Saudi-born Lebanese businessman and prime minister of Lebanon (2009–11; 2016–20). The son of......
Harper Brothers, printers and members of a distinguished American publishing firm which exerted a significant influence......
Benjamin Harris was an English bookseller and writer who was the first journalist in the British-American colonies.......
Frank Harris was an Irish-born American journalist and man of letters best known for his unreliable autobiography,......
Sir Robert Hart, 1st Baronet was an Anglo-Chinese statesman employed by the Qing dynasty (1644–1911/12) to direct......
Harvard Mark I, an early protocomputer, built during World War II in the United States. While Vannevar Bush was......
Paul Harvey was an American radio commentator and news columnist noted for his firm staccato delivery and his conservative......
Bogdan Petriceicu Hasdeu was a scholar and archivist who was a pioneer in Romanian language and historical studies.......
hash table, in computer science, a dictionary that maps keys to values using a hash function. A hash function is......
hashtag, metadata label prefaced by the hash symbol (#) and followed by a word or phrase devoid of spaces, special......
HDTV, a digital broadcasting standard that offers picture and audio superior to that of traditional standard-definition......
headphone, small loudspeaker (earphone) held over the ear by a band or wire worn on the head. Headphones are commonly......
William Randolph Hearst was an American newspaper publisher who built up the nation’s largest newspaper chain and......
Hugh Hefner was an American magazine publisher and entrepreneur who founded (1953) Playboy magazine. After serving......
Johan Ludvig Heiberg was a playwright, poet, literary historian, and critic whose romantic idealism in a sense......
Muhammad Hassanein Heikal was a leading Egyptian journalist who gained fame as the editor in chief (1957–74) of......
William Heinemann was an English publisher whose firm published outstanding contemporary fiction and drama, introduced......
William Ernest Henley was a British poet, critic, and editor who in his journals introduced the early work of many......
Joseph Henry was one of the first great American scientists after Benjamin Franklin. He aided and discovered several......
herbal, ancient manual facilitating the identification of plants for medicinal purposes. Hundreds of medicinal......
Bob Herbert is an American journalist and commentator who was a liberal op-ed columnist for The New York Times......
William Hewlett was an American engineer and businessman who cofounded the electronics and computer corporation......
Lars Johan Hierta was a journalist and politician who became a leading agitator for Swedish political and social......
When Austrian immigrant brothers Jean and Julian Aberbach formed their Hill and Range publishing company in 1945,......
Sir Rowland Hill was a British administrator and educator, originator of the penny postage system, principally......
Danny Hillis is an American pioneer of parallel processing computers and founder of Thinking Machines Corporation.......
Sir Francis Hincks was an Irish-born Canadian journalist and politician. He served as joint premier of the united......
Geoffrey Hinton is a British-Canadian cognitive psychologist and computer scientist known as the “godfather of......
histogram, Graph using vertical or horizontal bars whose lengths indicate quantities. Along with the pie chart,......
John Henry Hobart was a U.S. educator, publisher, author, and bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church whose emphasis......
Oveta Culp Hobby was an American editor and publisher of the Houston Post (1952–53), the first director of the......
Ralph Hodgson was a poet noted for simple and mystical lyrics that express a love of nature and a concern for modern......
Herman Hollerith was an American inventor of a tabulating machine that was an important precursor of the electronic......
Holocaust museum, any of several educational institutions and research centres dedicated to preserving the experiences......
holography, means of creating a unique photographic image without the use of a lens. The photographic recording......
William Hone was an English radical journalist, bookseller, publisher, and satirist, notable for his attacks on......
Franklin Henry Hooper was the U.S. editor in chief of Encyclopædia Britannica from 1932 to 1938, and the brother......
Horace Everett Hooper was a U.S. publisher of Encyclopædia Britannica from 1897 until his death. He was a master......
Sir Thomas Hopkinson was a British editor and a leader in the development of photojournalism. Hopkinson was a freelance......
hornbook, form of children’s primer common in both England and America from the late 16th to the late 18th century.......
3D printing is a process that consists of layering two-dimensional cross-sections sequentially to build a three-dimensional......
With its flexible architecture and far reach, the Internet allows various computer networks to seamlessly connect......
Roy W. Howard was an American journalist and editor who was codirector of the Scripps-Howard newspaper chain from......
E.W. Howe was an American editor, novelist, and essayist known for his iconoclasm and pessimism. Howe went to work......
Joseph Howe was a Canadian statesman and newspaper publisher, premier of Nova Scotia in 1860–63, agitator for responsible,......
Julia Ward Howe was an American author and lecturer best known for her “Battle Hymn of the Republic.” Julia Ward......
William Dean Howells was a U.S. novelist and critic, the dean of late 19th-century American letters, the champion......
HTML, a formatting system for displaying material retrieved over the Internet. Each retrieval unit is known as......
HTTP, standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of......
Hu Shuli is a Chinese journalist and editor who cofounded Caijing (1998), the preeminent business magazine in China.......
Elbert Hubbard was an American editor, publisher, and author of the moralistic essay “A Message to Garcia.” A freelance......
HuffPost, American liberal Web site that offers news and commentary. It was founded in May 2005 by political activist......
Hughes Electronics Corporation, American provider of wireless telecommunication services and formerly a leading......
David Hughes was an Anglo-American inventor of the carbon microphone, which was important to the development of......
John Hughes was the first Roman Catholic archbishop of New York, who became one of the foremost American Roman......
Sir Edward George Warris Hulton was a British publisher and creator (1938) of the Picture Post, a weekly magazine......
What do you think? Explore the ProCon debate Hulu, Internet streaming service created in 2007 by NBCUniversal and......
human-machine interface, means by which humans and computers communicate with each other. The human-machine interface......
Leigh Hunt was an English essayist, critic, journalist, and poet, who was an editor of influential journals in......
Charlayne Hunter-Gault is an American newspaper reporter and broadcast journalist who covered current events, geopolitics,......
hydrological map, chart showing such hydrologic features as rivers and streams; the purpose and content of these......
hydrophone, device for converting sound waves into electrical signals, similar in operation to a microphone but......
hyperlink, a link between related pieces of information by electronic connections in order to allow a user easy......
Hypertalk, a computer programming language designed in 1985 as “programming for the rest of us” by American computer......
Viggo Hørup was a Danish politician and journalist, the leading late 19th-century advocate of parliamentary government......
IBM OS/2, operating system introduced in 1987 by IBM and Microsoft to operate the second-generation line of IBM......
IBM OS/360, operating system introduced by IBM in 1964 to operate its 360 family of mainframe computer systems.......
Mo Ibrahim is a Sudanese-born British entrepreneur and philanthropist who founded one of the largest mobile phone......
ICANN, nonprofit private organization incorporated in California on September 18, 1998, and tasked with taking......
ICQ, Internet instant messaging software popular in the late 20th and early 21st centuries. ICQ was created in......
Idei Nobuyuki is a Japanese business executive who served as chairman (2000–05) and CEO (1999–2005) of the Japanese......
illuminated manuscript, handwritten book that has been decorated with gold or silver, brilliant colours, or elaborate......
IMDb, Web site that provides information about millions of films and television programs as well as their cast......
incipit, the opening word or words of a medieval Western manuscript or early printed book. In the absence of a......
incunabula, books printed during the earliest period of typography—i.e., from the invention of the art of typographic......
India ink, black pigment in the form of sticks that are moistened before use in drawing and lettering, or the fluid......
information processing , the acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information.......
information retrieval, recovery of information, especially in a database stored in a computer. Two main approaches......
information science, discipline that deals with the processes of storing and transferring information. It brings......
information system, an integrated set of components for collecting, storing, and processing data and for providing......
information theory, a mathematical representation of the conditions and parameters affecting the transmission and......
ink, fluid or paste of various colours, but usually black or dark blue, used for writing and printing. It is composed......
inkstand, receptacle for a pen, ink, and other writing accessories. In England such a utensil was called a standish......
Instagram, online social media platform and social network service for photograph and video sharing. The app was......
intaglio, in visual arts, one of the four major classes of printmaking techniques, distinguished from the other......
interactive media, any computer-delivered electronic system that allows the user to control, combine, and manipulate......
International Standard Book Number (ISBN), in bibliography, 10- or 13-digit number assigned before publication......
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN), in bibliography, eight-digit number that provides a concise and unambiguous......
International Telecommunication Union (ITU), specialized agency of the United Nations that was created to encourage......
In a 2008 article for the Atlantic, Nicholas Carr asked, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?” Carr argued that the Internet......
Internet, a system architecture that has revolutionized mass communication, mass media, and commerce by allowing......
Internet Explorer (IE), World Wide Web (WWW) browser and set of technologies created by Microsoft Corporation,......
Internet of Things (IoT), the vast array of physical objects equipped with sensors and software that enable them......
Internet service provider (ISP), company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations.......
iOS, multiplatform operating system (OS) created and developed by Apple Inc. for its iPhone. The platform formerly......
IP address, number that uniquely identifies each computer on the Internet. A computer’s IP address may be permanently......
IP address blocking, configuring a network to refuse requests sent from specific IP addresses. IP addresses are......
iPhone, series of smartphones produced by Apple Inc., combining mobile telephone, digital camera, music player,......
iPod, portable media player developed by Apple Inc., released in 2001, and compatible with the company’s Macintosh......
ISDN, all-digital high-speed network provided by telephone carriers that allowed voice and data to be carried over......