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Dark Ages II, when the digital data die, Bryan Bergeron

eng

Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-270) and index.

illustrations

no index present

non fiction

Dark Ages II

Bryan Bergeron

when the digital data die

History -- Language, Writing, and the Collective Memory -- Data and Survival -- Knowledge of the Ages -- Literacy and Interconnectedness -- The Evolution of Predigital Media -- Getting the Word Out -- A Multimedia Existence -- Filtering -- Technology -- Digital Media and Machines -- The Digital Age -- The Digital Computer -- Computer Networks -- Computer Microprocessors -- Data Storage Devices -- Input/Output Devices -- Computer Software -- Just for the Fun of It -- The Matrix -- Rust Never Sleeps -- Media -- Hardware -- Infrastructure -- Deterioration -- Technological Obsolescence -- Chaos Happens -- Digital Data Management -- The Data Life Cycle -- Digital Data Management Technology -- Hardware -- Personal Data Management -- Fast Forward -- Economics -- The Digital Economy -- Market, Money, Methods, Management, and Metrics -- The Digital Data Economy -- The Digital Hardware Economy -- Computation versus Communications -- Data Ownership -- The Digital Economy -- Spin Control -- What Could Possibly Go Wrong? -- Managing Risk -- Managing Data Recovery -- The Data Recovery Business -- Taking a Proactive Stance -- Society -- Pervasive Data -- Change Agents -- Implications for Digital Data Management -- The Socio-Technologic Future -- Humanity's New Relationship with Data -- The Society Page -- Solutions -- Ensuring the Survival of Digital Data -- Best Practices -- Take-Away Heuristics -- Specific Recommendations -- Saving the Future -- Archival Services -- Audio Digitization and Processing Software/Hardware -- Data Recovery Services -- Digital Media and Paper CD Sleeves -- Fire-Resistant Safes -- Hardware and Software Dealers -- Power Conditioners