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Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th-century technology, the Internet
Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th-century technology, the Internet
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2013-01-12
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Science writer Tom Standage draws apt parallels between the telegraph and the gem of late 20th-century technology, the Internet Both systems grew out of the cutting edge science of their time. The telegraph’s land lines, underwater cables, and clicking gadgets reflected the 19th century’s research in electromagnetism. The Internet’s computers and high-speed connections reflect 20th-century computer science, information theory, and materials technology.
But, while gizmos make a global network possible, it takes human cooperation to make it happea Standage’s insight in this regard adds depth to his technological history. It underscores the relevance to our own time of the struggles of Samuel Morse in America, William Cooke in England, and other telegraph pioneers. They made the technology work efficiently, sold it to a skeptical public, and overcame national and international bureaucratic obstacles. The solutions they found smooth the Internet’s way today.
Consider a couple of technical parallels. Telegrams were sent from one station to the next, where they were received and retransmitted until they reached their destination. Stations along the way were owned by different entities, including national governments. Internet data is sent from one server computer to another that receives and retransmits it until it reaches its destination. Again the computers have a variety of owners.
Then there is the social impact The Internet is changing the way we do business and communicate. It makes possible virtual communities for individuals scattered around the planet who share mutual interests. Yet important as this may turn out to be, it is affecting a world that was already well connected by radio, television, and other telecommunications. The Associated Press, Reuters, and other news services would have spread the Start report quickly without the Internet In this respect, the global telegraph network was truly revolutionary. The unprecedented availability of global news in real time gave birth to the Associated Press and Reuters news services. It gave a global perspective to newspapers that had focused on local affairs. A provincialism that geographical isolation had forced on people for millennia was gone forever.
Some prophets naively hailed this as a force for world peace. They predicted that tensions over cultural and ethnic differences would relax as people interacted in real time. Visionaries say the same about the Internet While communications can smooth this process, they don’t automatically make it happen. As the experience of the past century and a half has shown, peace takes the will to make it work and sustained effort by all parties.
As used in the context, the denotation of "provincialism" (Paragraph 4) is closely associated with______
选项
A、rigidity in thinking.
B、interests in global affairs.
C、limitedness in outlook.
D、residence in the provinces.
答案
C
解析
题于问:“像上下文所用这个词‘provincialism’大概最恰当的意思是……。”正确选项为C“世界观的狭隘”。而选项A“严谨思考”,选项B“对全球事务的兴趣”和选项D“住在省里”都不是这个词上下文的含义。
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