History of Computers

_________________________  computers used Vacuum Tubes.

• First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Fourth Generation

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

• ENIAC/UNIVAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

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

• ENIAC
• Abacus
• Vacuum Tubes
• Slide Rule

____________________Computers used Transistors starting in 1956, replacing vacuum tubes

• First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Fourth Generation

_____________________ computers used Integrated Circuits (chips) 

• First Generation
• Second Generation
• Third Generation
• Fourth Generation

4^th Generation computers had ___________________, and are getting smaller and smaller

• Transistors
• Integrated Circuits
• Microchips
• Vacuum Tubes

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

Smaller computer parts allowed us to have what?

• home computers

• computers in rockets

• both

• none of these

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