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Dark Ages II : when the digital data die / Bryan Bergeron.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bergeron, Bryan P.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information superhighway.
- Information technology.
- Digital communications.
- Information society.
- Computers and civilization.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 306 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Other Title:
- Dark Ages two
- Place of Publication:
- Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, [2002]
- Summary:
- Data is in danger. Discover why--and what can be done about it. Why today's approaches to data storage are courting disaster--for individuals, businesses, and civilization. What to do about it: specific, realistic solutions users can implement now.
- Contents:
- Part 1 History 1
- Chapter 1 Language, Writing, and the Collective Memory 3
- Data and Survival 4
- Knowledge of the Ages 9
- Literacy and Interconnectedness 16
- The Evolution of Predigital Media 17
- Getting the Word Out 18
- A Multimedia Existence 21
- Filtering 23
- Part 2 Technology 27
- Chapter 2 Digital Media and Machines 29
- The Digital Age 32
- The Digital Computer 34
- Computer Networks 36
- Computer Microprocessors 37
- Data Storage Devices 40
- Input/Output Devices 42
- Computer Software 44
- Just for the Fun of It 50
- The Matrix 51
- Chapter 3 Rust Never Sleeps 55
- Media 59
- Hardware 71
- Infrastructure 73
- Deterioration 78
- Technological Obsolescence 83
- Chaos Happens 87
- Chapter 4 Digital Data Management 89
- The Data Life Cycle 92
- Digital Data Management Technology 108
- Hardware 122
- Personal Data Management 123
- Fast Forward 123
- Part 3 Economics 125
- Chapter 5 The Digital Economy 127
- Market, Money, Methods, Management, and Metrics 131
- The Digital Data Economy 132
- The Digital Hardware Economy 147
- Computation versus Communications 152
- Data Ownership 152
- The Digital Economy 155
- Chapter 6 Spin Control 157
- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? 160
- Managing Risk 176
- Managing Data Recovery 185
- The Data Recovery Business 189
- Taking a Proactive Stance 190
- Part 4 Society 191
- Chapter 7 Pervasive Data 193
- Change Agents 197
- Implications for Digital Data Management 207
- Chapter 8 The Socio-Technologic Future 209
- Humanity's New Relationship with Data 214
- The Society Page 224
- Part 5 Solutions 227
- Chapter 9 Ensuring the Survival of Digital Data 229
- Best Practices 232
- Take-Away Heuristics 238
- Specific Recommendations 247
- Saving the Future 258
- Archival Services 271
- Audio Digitization and Processing Software/Hardware 272
- Data Recovery Services 275
- Digital Media and Paper CD Sleeves 276
- Fire-Resistant Safes 276
- Hardware and Software Dealers 277
- Power Conditioners 278.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0130661074
- OCLC:
- 47893963
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