History of Computing, Hardware, and Software

What was the first ever calculating device, dating back to the Egyptians and Mesopotamians?

• Abacus

• ENIAC

• Stepped Reckoner

• Slide Rule

Who invented the Difference Engine?

• Herman Hollerith

• Ada Byron Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Blaise Pascal

_________ is the physical appearance/characteristics of a computer system.

What was the function of the tabulating machine?

• Helped the US during WWII, the first form of GPS.

• Accurately predicted Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency

• Used for counting/sorting which helped the US Census Bureau.

_______ is the programs and other operating information used by a computer.

What system component is this?

• RFID card

• Motherboard

• CPU

• GPU

• ENIAC

manages resources and provides basic services to other applications/user

• System software

• Processor

• Stepped Reckoner 

• Operating System

What are some examples of Output Devices?

• Chassis, USB Ports

• Motherboard, GPU

• Monitor, Mouse

• Fan, CPU

data representation (binary, audio, video, etc)

• Hardware

• Application

• Hard disk

• Information

Who created the machine pictured?

• Joseph Jacquard

• Gottfried Leibniz

• John Napier

• Howard Aiken