Comp Arch Quiz 1.1-1.4

Who is considered the first computer programmer?

• Margaret Hamilton

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Katherine Johnson

The "stored program concept" embodied in the EDVAC design is mostly closely associated with which famous computer scientist?

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

• Howard Aiken

One limitation from the original Princeton architecture is the single path for both data and instructions to memory. This is known as the "von Neumann ________".

The major invention in the second generation of computers was the switch from unreliable vacuum tubes to _______.

____ memory is made from many tiny ring shaped magnets woven together.

"______ on a chip" designs move most of a computer's components onto a single integrated circuit chip.

Which company's processor was selected for the original IBM PC?

• Intel

• Motorola

• Apple

• AMD

_______ compatibility means that old software can still run on newer, more advanced hardware.

• upward

• leftward

• forward

• backward