FOC Technology Time Line Scavenger Hunt

Who designed and created the first electronic computer?

• Neuman

• Hopper and Neuman

• Atanasoff and Berry

• Berry and Hopper

What year was the first electronic digital computer created?

• 1952

• 1937

• 1980

• 1999

Who invented the transistor?

• William Shockley

• John Bardeen

• Walter Brattain

• All of the above

Who considers the concept of reusable software in the paper "The Education of a Computer".

• John Von Neumann

• Dr. Gracie Hopper

• Dr. John W. Mauchly

• Alan Turing

The paper "The Education of a Computer" describes how to do what?

• Program a computer with symbolic notation instead of detailed machine language.

• Program a computer with detailed machine language.

• Monitor the CD ROM.

• Monitor the screen view and sound.

How much did the ENIAC weigh?

• 25

• 32

• 30

• 28

Which scientist created the Colossus, an electronic computer?

• Alan Turing

• Dr. John W. Mauchly

• Dr. Grace Hopper

• Clifford Berry

What was the Colossus created for?

• Military to break German Codes

• Military to create codes

• Military to break Iran's Codes

• Military to read the United States codes only

What was the first electronic digital computer?

• ENIAC

• UNIVAC

• IBM Model 650

• Colossus

What year was the first commercially available electronic general purpose computer?

• 1956

• 1979

• 1943

• 1951