Intro to Computers

A device that processes digital information and changes it to useful information.

• Computer

• Calculator

• Analytical Engine

• Machine

Who is the father of computers?

• Henry Babinsky

• Charles Babbage

• Simon Lovelace

• Stuart Shale

Answer explanation

Charles Babbage is the Father of Computers.

He is a Mathematician.

The language of computers is in...

• 1's and 0's

• a's and b's

• alphabet

• 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0

Answer explanation

The language of computers comes in 1's and 0's.

That is why is movies such as the Matrix, it has photos such as these: 10001010101010101 :)

Bit stands for

• Binary Digit

• Business Information Technology

• Binary International Team

• None of the Above

Answer explanation

It is called binary number system because it is made up of only two numbers or digits: 0 (zero) and 1 (one)

Unlike our usual counting system 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9

ASCII is a chart that assigns the Binary equivalent to a certain letter or punctuations.

• True

• False

Answer explanation

ASCII means American Standard Code for Information Exchange

The machine that is conceptualized by Charles Babbage that has been the basis of all computers

• Analytical Engine

• IBM

• Microsoft

• Collosus

Answer explanation

Conceptualized on 1840's

A computer that was developed from Analytical Engine which was used in the Military.

• Collosus

• Blackberry

• ABC

• IBM

Answer explanation

Colossus, the world's first electronic computer, had a single purpose: to help decipher the Lorenz-encrypted (Tunny) messages between Hitler and his generals during World War II.

The first Operating Systems of the first PC is from Microsoft known as:

• MS-DOS

• Mac

• Windows

• IBM

MS-DOS means

• Microsoft Disk Operating System

• Microsoft Two

• Micellar System II

• MS 2.0

The main owner of Microsoft is

• Steve Jobs

• Bill Gates

• Dennis Lim

• Susan Lovelace

Answer explanation

Mr Gates held Forbes' title of the richest person in the world between 1995 and 2010, and again from 2013 to 2017.