List of Technologies

Seite 1

Type of Technology : What it Supersedes

1 GPS e.g.

SatNav : Paper maps

2 3G : GPRS / No connection

3 Barcode /

Magnetic Strip : Manual data

entry

4 Chip &

Pin : Signature

5 Mobile

phones : Land line

6 Games

console : Board games

7 e-Readers /

e-Ink : Books /

printed pages

8 Optical

mouse : Ball mouse

9 Databases : Filing

cabinet

11

Flat screen

e.g. LCD, LED, plasma

CRT screens

12

Word

processor

Typewriter

13

Digital

music formats e.g. MP3, AAC

Music CD

14

Digital

video formats e.g. MPG, MP4

VHS tape

15

Blu-Ray

discs

DVDs

16

DVDs

CD-ROM

17

Audio CD

Vinyl /

cassette

18

ATM (cash

point)

Person in

bank

19

BACS /

Faster Payment System / PayPal

Cheques /

cash

20

Bluetooth

Infra-red /

USB

21

Touchscreen

Keyboard

& mouse / trackball

22

Digital /

Satellite / Cable TV

Terrestrial

TV

23

Flash memory

/ USB stick

Floppy disk

/ CD-ROM

25

Digital

projector

Overhead

projector with transparencies

26

Interactive

whiteboard

Traditional

whiteboard

27

Email

Post

28

Video

conferencing

Face-to-face

meeting

29

Broadband

Dial-up

30

Smartphones

Mobile

phones

31

Text to

Speech

32

Speech

recognition

33

Digital

spreadsheet

Paper

spreadsheet

34

Hard disk

drive

Tape drive /

Floppy drive