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3400 B.C.<\/strong><\/p>\n The concepts of analog and digital information, as we understand them today, did not exist in 3400 B.C. However, forms of both analog and digital-like information were present.<\/p>\n Analog information<\/strong> appeared in the form of cave paintings, carvings, music, speech, sundials, and shadows. These forms represented information continuously, corresponding to real-world phenomena occurring in 3400 B.C.<\/p>\n Digital information<\/strong> at the time was discrete and broken down into countable units, often used for record-keeping. Cuneiform writing and tally systems are examples of digital-like information that broke down data into individual units, similar to modern bits or characters.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/cuneiform-2.jpg” alt=”Cuneiform Writing” title_text=”cuneiform-2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=”3_5,2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”3_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_heading title=”Modern Day” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_heading][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”2_5″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 3400 B.C. The concepts of analog and digital information, as we understand them today, did not exist in 3400 B.C. However, forms of both analog and digital-like information were present. Analog information appeared in the form of cave paintings, carvings, music, speech, sundials, and shadows. These forms represented information continuously, corresponding to real-world phenomena occurring […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71,"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/71"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/annacovington.rwu.me\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}