History of Computing

The first machine humans had ever created to be used for counting and calculating.

When was the chinese abacus first created?

• 3000BC

• 2000BC

• 1642

• 1660

A mathematician and scientist who invented the first mechanical adding machine.

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

When was the first adding machine the Pascaline made?

A pioneer in many fields most notably known for his contributions to mathematics and considered by many the first computer scientist.

• Blaise Pascal

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Charles Babbage

• Herman Hollerith

When did Gottfried Leibniz created his own calculating machine, able to perform all four arithmetic operations.

• 1660's-1700's

• 1642

• 1800-1820

• 3000BC

Who was dubbed the Father of computer in 1800?

When did Charles Babbage made the Difference Engine?

• 1800

• 1820

• 1660

• 1700

It has a fixed automatic instructions set, fully automatic through the use of steam power and prints its results into a table

• The Difference Engine

• Abacus

• Pascaline

• Census Tabulator

When did Charles Babbage propose the Analytical Engine?

• 1830

• 1800

• 1820

• 1840