Computer :Then and Now

What could you do with Napier's Bones?

• Multiply
• Add
• Subtract
• Divide

Who invented a machine to add long columns of numbers quickly?

• Charles Babbish
•  Blaise Pascal
• John Napier
• Bill Gates

How did Pascal’s Arithmetic Machine work?

• Like a Calculator
• Like Napier's Bones
• Like an Abacus
• Like the odometer in a car

In 1801, who invented a new type of loom for weaving cloth in elaborate designs. 

• Charles Babbish
• Joseph Jacquard
• John Napier
• Blaise Pascal

The Loom for weaving elaborate designs used....

• Punched Cards
• Programs
• Floppy Disks
• Ticker Tape

Who invented the first calculating machine that could be called a computer?

• Charles Babbage
• Blaise Pascal
• John Napier
• Bill Gates

Herman Hollerith’s Tabulating Machine helped with what?

• The US Census
• The Abacus
• Stonehenge
• Tabulation

Who is the Father of Computers?

• Charles Babbage
• John Napier
• Blaise Pascal
• Bill Gates

How big was the Mark I? 

• the size of a gymnasium
• The top of a Table
• The eye of a needle
• The palm of your hand

The First Generation of Computers used what?

• Transistors
• Vacuum Tubes
• Integrated Circuits
• Mechanicals