History of Computer

Who is the first person to successfully use punched cards specifically for census taking?

• Alessandro Volta

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Herman Hollerith

• Guglielmo Marconi

The second generation of computers relies on ___________ as its main logic element.

• Vaccum Tubes

• Transistors

• Integrated Circuits

• Microprocessors

Which of the following is recognized as the "Father of Computers"?

• Gottfried Wilhelm von Liebniz

• Bill Gates

• Charles Babbage

• Herman Hollerith

First humans communicated only through speaking and simple drawings known as__________.

• Petroglyths

• Ideographs

• Cuneiform

• Pictograph

Who is a French mathematician who invented the mechanical calculation machine in 1642 called Pascaline, which is made up of clock gears and levers.

• William Oughtred

• Wilhelm Shikard

• Blaise Pascal

• Gottfried Leibniz

The ENIAC, a landmark early computer, was built for what purpose?

• Personal use

• Ballistic calculations

• Word processing

• Video games

The development of the graphical user interface (GUI), with icons and windows, is most associated with which company?

• Apple

• Microsoft

• IBM

• Xerox

Which generation of computers is typically credited with the introduction of transistors?

• First generation

• Second generation

• Third generation

• Fourth generation

Who was best known for inventing a loom that used punch cards to store information. By rearranging the cards, a weaver could change the pattern being woven without stopping the machine to change threads.

• Pascal

• Jacquard

• Eniac

• Babbage

The man's first recorded adding machine.

• Abacus

• Comptometer

• Pascaline

• Comptograph