History of Computers

​History of Computers

Contribution: Designed the Analytical Engine (first design for a mechanical computer).

Known as the "Father of the Computer"

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​Charles Babbage - "The First Computer Idea"

Multiple Choice

Who is called the Father of the Computer?

• Alan Turing
• Bill Gates
• Charles Babbage
• Ada Lovelace

Multiple Choice

Charles Babbage created the first what?

• mechanical calculator
• mechanical computer

Contribution: Wrote the first computer program (instructions for Babbage's machine).

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​Ada Lovelace- "The First Programmer"

Multiple Choice

True/False: Ada Lovelace wrote the first program.

• True
• False

Contribution: Built the Turing Machine (the basic groundwork for computers) and helped break codes in WWII.

Came up with idea that computers were machines that can solve any problem if given the right directions.

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Alan Turing - "The Codebreaker"

Multiple Choice

Alan Turing worked on:

• codebreaking

• biochemistry
• sociology

Multiple Choice

True or False: Alan Turing believed computers were machines that could solve any problem, if given the right set of instructions.

• False
• True

Contribution: Built the ENIAC (first large electronic computer)

​Mauchly & ECKERT- "The 1st electronic computer"

Contribution: Created one of the first programming languages (COBOL), and the first compiler, a translator between human and computer language. ​

Grace Hopper - "The Debugger"

Multiple Choice

What was the main contribution of Grace Hopper?

• Development of the first compiler and contributions to COBOL.
• Creation of the first operating system
• Contributions to artificial intelligence

• Contribution: Helped design the IBM PC (personal computer) and color monitor, and ability to add devices to computers like a printer.

• He also co-created faster processing chips.

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​Mark Dean - "Modern Computers"

Multiple Choice

True/False: Mark Dean helped create the modern personal computer.

• False
• True

Open Ended

Tell me one thing you learned today.