Mid-Twentieth-Century Computer Industry

Which company was acquired by Sperry Gyroscope and renamed Sperry Rand?

• Burroughs

• UNIVAC

• IBM

• Remington Rand

Which company transitioned from electromechanical accounting equipment to computers by buying out Computer Research Corporation?

• UNIVAC

• NCR

• IBM

• Remington Rand

Which company was founded by former Sperry Rand employees and produced high-performance computers for scientific applications?

• Honeywell

• Control Data Corporation

• UNIVAC

• IBM

Which companies were the remaining competitors of IBM in the computer industry?

• UNIVAC and Control Data Corporation

• Sperry Rand and Honeywell

• Burroughs, NCR, and CDC

• RCA, General Electric, and Honeywell

What technological advancement replaced vacuum tubes in computers?

• Magnetic Drums

• Delay Lines

• Microchips

• Transistors

Who independently invented the microchip in the late 1950s?

• Jack Kilby

• Robert Noyce

• John Bardeen

• William Shockley

What was the next innovation in memory technology after delay lines and Williams tubes?

• Magnetic Drums

• Core Memory

• Punched Cards

• Microchips

What was the primary storage medium used by the ENIAC?

• Vacuum Tubes

• Delay Lines

• Williams Tubes

• Magnetic Drums

What was the primary storage medium used by the UNIVAC?

• Vacuum Tubes

• Magnetic Drums

• Delay Lines

• Williams Tubes

What was the primary storage medium used by the IBM 701 and 702?

• Vacuum Tubes

• Delay Lines

• Williams Tubes

• Magnetic Drums