The First Computers & The Internet

According to Doug, the first computers were-

• as large as a room

• typewriters

• people

• very slow and unreliable

Not only were the very first computers very large, but they were also very-

• expensive

• likely to break down

• limited in their abilities

• hot (as in, they heated up to high temperatures)

Early computers, such as "The Apple 2" were known as--

• desktop computers

• business computers

• math computers

• home computers

Early computer games, like "Zork 1", were compared to-

• watching a movie.

• reading a comic strip.

• learning a language.

• reading a book.

According to Doug, what button on a keyboard was like magic to people who bought their first computer?

• The "Caps Lock" button

• The "Enter" button

• The "Ctrl" button

• The "Backspace" button

Computers connect to share information. A group of connected computers is called a--

• grid

• system

• complex

• network

The largest computer network is-

• Google search engine

• the internet

• Silicon Valley

• Chromebooks

The internet was first created in the-

• 1960s

• 1970s

• 1980s

• 1990s

True or False: Copper cables carry information as electrical signals the fastest of any type of cable.

• True

• False

A small chunk of computer data is called a-

• router

• ISP

• packet

• signal