History of Computers

Ada Lovelace is considered the world's first what?

• computer language
• computer programmer
  programmer
• smart lady
• mathematician
  mathematician

What computer is this?

• IBM 701
• ENIAC
• Apple 2
• Univac

Smaller computer parts allowed us to have what?

• home computers
• computers in rockets
• both

The ______________ was developed in 3000 BC, and was basically beads on rods to count and was used to calculate, has upper and lower deck.

• UNIVAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

Grace Hopper found a moth stuck  in a relay responsible for a malfunction, and removed it,  calling it _______.

• Operating
• Cleaning
• Hacking
• Debugging

This woman was an important contributor to computer programming in the early days of high level computer languages.

• Ada Byron
• J. Kilby
• Francis Holberton
• Grace Hopper

This invention replaced the transistor and led to the development of third generation computers.  Processing speed increased to millions of calculations per second.

• Vacuum tube
• Integrated circuits
• CPU
• Cicuitry

What does the 'PC' stand for?

• Personal Computer
• Private Computer
• Posh Computer
• Petite Computer

The word "Computer" was first assigned to...

• A person who conducts calculations
• A person who is very loud
• A person who doesn't sleep
• A person who lies

This device actually ran on electricity.  It was invented in time for the census of 1890 which only took six weeks to calculate the US population which at the time was 63 million.

• Hollerith's Tabulating Machine
• Mark I
• Difference Engine
• Analytical Engine