Crash Course Computer Science - #1 Early Computing

What will this series NOT teach you?

• history of computers

• how to program

• virtual reality

• how computers work

What is the purpose of the CrashCourse Computer Science series?

• To teach programming

• To explore computing topics as a discipline and technology

• To discuss the history of computing

• To explain the functioning of operating systems

Computers are very important, but they are not the first time we have experienced a huge technological influence. When was another time we experienced this?

• World War 2

• the discovery of America

• the Industrial Revolution

• when the internet was invented

The earliest recognized device for computing was the _____________ .

• abacus
• play station
• smart phone
• google chrome book

A "computer" used to be a term that described a person who did ________ .

• calculations
• computer stuff
• worked in a factory
• studied engineering

The Step Reckoner was know for it's ability to ______________.

• add

• subtract

• multiply

• divide

• all of the above

Before the 20th century most people experienced computing through ____________.

• pre-computed tables

• mechanical devices

• computers

• school

first general purpose computer

• Analytical Engine

• Colossus Mark I

• Harvard Mark I

• Tabulating Machine

first computer programmer

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Charles Babbage

• George Boole

father of computing

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• George Boole

• Herman Hollerith