History of Computers

History of
Computers

Evidence Collection Review and Game

Who is known as the Father of
Computers?

-His main contribution was the Difference
Engine and the Analytical Engine in the
1830s

-These were thought to be the first
mechanical computers

-High functioning calculators

Multiple Choice

Who is the Father of Computers?

• Mark Dean

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

Who wrote the first computer
program?

-She worked alongside Charles Babbage with
his Analytical Engine plans

-Wrote the first “algorithm“ for the Analytical
Engine

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the first computer program?

• Grace Hopper

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

Who was the “code breaker” during
World War II?

-In the 1930s, he designed a code breaking
machine called the Bombe

-In 1948, he designed the first electric
computer. It was for military and government
use only.

Alan Turing

Multiple Choice

Who was the “code breaker” during
World War II?

• Mark Dean

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• Mauchly and Eckert

Who are the developers of the ENIAC
project

-These two friends were physicists and
engineers that helped organize the ENIA
project in efforts to solve the backlog issue
of artillery calculations for the military.

-One friend was the head engineer. The other
friend was like a “project manager”,
idea-generator and booster.

John Mauchly and J Eckert

Multiple Choice

Who are the developers of the "ENIAC
project?"

• Eckert and Mauchly

• Alan Turing

• 6 women

• Charles Babbage

What is the ENIAC?

-In 1943, 6 women were recruited to figure
out how to run and program the ENIAC.

-ENIAC stands for Electronic Numerical
Integrator and Computer

-A massive computing machine for the
military that was used to calculate ballistic
missile trajectories during World War II.

-Black women were said to be programmers on
the ENIAC as well, but didn’t receive proper
documentation.

Electronic Numerical

Integrator and Computer

programmed by women.

Multiple Choice

What is the ENIAC?

• Electric Network Interface and Calculator
• Extra Numerical Input and Calculator
• Electronic Numeric Interchange and Computer
• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

Multiple Choice

Who are the programmers of the ENIAC?

• Bill Gates and Steve Jobs
• Elon Musk and Larry Page
• Eckert and Mauchly

• 6 women programmers

Who helped developed UNIVAC I?

-The UNIVAC I is the first commercial
electronic computer that was developed by a
woman mathematician, computer scientist
and rear admiral in the US Navy.

- She is also noted for developing compilers—
computer software that translates a
programmer’s instructions into computer
codes

-She coined the term “bug” to refer to
unexplained computer failures

Grace Hopper

Multiple Choice

Who helped developed UNIVAC I and the first commercial electric computer?

• Mark Dean

• Grace Hopper

• Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace

Who is the African-American inventor
that is the co-creator of the
personal computer?

-In 1981, he helped co-create IBM personal
computer.

-He developed the ISA bus and he led a team
that made a one-gigahertz computer
processor chip

Mark Dean

Multiple Choice

Who is the African-American inventor
that is the co-creator of the IBM
personal computer?

• Steve Jobs
• Mark Dean

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage