in the figure below. The stylised representation of a bird similar to that used in hieroglyphics is still recognisable as representing a bird, but the word"bird "bears no resemblance to a bird at all. That is, the concept is completely divorced from the object. Indeed, some would say that form was separated from content. This is the crucial beginning of the information revolution The alphabet made knowledge transportable in a way like never before, making it possible to store knowledge in an efficient, error-free, shorthand form. Complex images did not have to be reproduced. Just the simple forms of letters combined in certain ways were sufficient. It is this ease of storing knowledge and its communication that are key to the information society Figure 1: Form Separated from Content This bird is not a bird This crucial beginning, the development of alphabetic cultures, gave rise to the now well known history of information technology(see Table 1). As we can see, technology, particularly after the discovery of electricity has advanced greatly in this century. Technological development in the past 50 years has been especially rapid Table 1: Time Line of Information Technology Development Generations ago 200 Writing invented in the Near east; large amounts of information can be stored without error and transmitted to succeeding generations Alphabet invented; the first“ technology”- 3 - in the figure below. The stylised representation of a bird similar to that used in hieroglyphics is still recognisable as representing a bird, but the word “bird” bears no resemblance to a bird at all. That is, the concept is completely divorced from the object. Indeed, some would say that form was separated from content. This is the crucial beginning of the information revolution. The alphabet made knowledge transportable in a way like never before, making it possible to store knowledge in an efficient, error-free, shorthand form. Complex images did not have to be reproduced. Just the simple forms of letters combined in certain ways were sufficient. It is this ease of storing knowledge and its communication that are key to the information society. Figure 1: Form Separated from Content This crucial beginning, the development of alphabetic cultures, gave rise to the now well known history of information technology (see Table 1). As we can see, technology, particularly after the discovery of electricity, has advanced greatly in this century. Technological development in the past 50 years has been especially rapid. Table 1: Time Line of Information Technology Development Generations ago Event 200 Writing invented in the Near East; large amounts of information can be stored without error and transmitted to succeeding generations 100 Alphabet invented; the first “technology