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Information |
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Ancient |
AD 1500 |
Today |
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Rate of producing information |
1 character per second |
3000 characters per second |
20000 characters per second |
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Rate of storage of information |
1 character/ 1 cc |
500 characters/ 1 cc |
Millions characters/ 1 cc |
Speed of transport
(250 words/2000km) |
18 days |
4 minutes (AD1900) |
Thousandths of 1 sec |
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Human comprehension |
300 words per minute |
300 words per minute |
300 words per minute |
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Visual images |
100m bits/ glance |
100m bits/ glance |
100m bits/ glance |
Table 1. 'Information.
Source: Royce, J. 1999, "Reading as a Basis for Using Information Technology
Efficiently", in Henri & Bonanno, The
Information
Literate School Community: Best
Practice, NSW, Australia: Centre for
Information Studies.
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