Computer

What is the first known computing device?

• abacus
• sprocketed wheels
• automatic weaving loom
• pascaline

Recipient of Computer Science’s first “Man of the Year Award

• Jacquard Moore
• John Napier
• Charles Babbage
• Grace Hopper

UNIVAC contained 18,000 ­­____________________ and cost  $487,000 

• ENIAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

First fully electronic digital computer built in the U.S.  It was created at the University of Pennsylvania 

• UNIVAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

The First Microprocessor had _________________ transistors, four-bit chunks (four 1’s or 0’s)

• 2250
• 18000
• 55000
• 3500

First commercial computer with graphical user interface and pointing device (mouse)

• IBM PC
• Apple II
• MITS Altair
• Pentium IV

First  device that stored programs and used metal cards

• UNIVAC
• Abacus
• Jacquard Loom
• Slide Rule

He invented two different engines, one that used metal cards to store data and was powered by a steam engine.

• Charles Babbage
• John Napier
• Steve Jobs
• Jacquard Moore

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

• Operating
• Cleaning
• Hacking
• Debugging

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