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2- The evolution of technology

The ways that people used to record their information through the ages:

1-Pre-Mechanical Age
In this time, people used pictures like hieroglyphics

words and letters to communicate and they used
the following tools:
a- The papyrus.
b- The Ink.
c- The Manuscripts.
d- The Pencils.
e- Abacus دادع.
2-The Mechanical Age

In this period, people recorded a lot of information
and they used:
a- Pascaline the first version of calculator.
b- The Typewriter ( ةبتاكلا ةللآا )
c- The Printing ( ةعابطلا)

3- The Electro Mechanical Age
This was the beginning of communication.
In this period, electricity was first used.
This allowed many other tools like:

a- The telephone.
b- The first digital computer.
4-The Electronic Age

This is considered the information explosion age.
In this period, people use:
a- Satellites
b- Laptop and smartphones
c- The GPS
d- Emails and instant messages

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