History of Computers

Who is often regarded as the "Father of the Computer" for his work on the concept of a programmable machine in the early 19th century?

• Thomas Edison

• Charles Babbage

• Steve Jobs

• Alan Turing

In which decade did the first electronic digital computer, known as the ENIAC, become operational?

• 1920s

• 1930s

• 1940s

• 1950s

What is the name of the programming language developed in the 1950s and considered one of the earliest high-level languages used for scientific and engineering applications?

• FORTRAN

• COBOL

• BASIC

• Pascal

Which company introduced the Apple I, one of the first successful personal computers, in the mid-1970s?

• IBM

• Apple Inc.

• Microsoft

• Commodore

What significant development in the 1980s revolutionized personal computing by providing a user-friendly interface?

• The Internet

• The graphical user interface (GUI)

• The microprocessor

• Artificial intelligence