HISTORY OF COMPUTERS

A mechanical device used to aid in individual in performing mathematical calculations, invented in Babylonia in 2400B.C.

• tally sticks

• abacus

• Napier's Bones

• Slide rule

Answer explanation

The mechanical device described in the question that aids in mathematical calculations and was invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C. is the abacus.

A machine invented by William Oughtred in 1622, bases on Napier's ideas about algorithm.

• Tally Sticks

• Napiers Bones

• Slide Rule

• Pascaline

Answer explanation

The correct choice is the Slide Rule, which was invented by William Oughtred in 1622 based on Napier's ideas about algorithm.

What is the name of the mechanical device used for mathematical calculations, invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C.?

• Tally Sticks

• Abacus

• Napier's Bones

• Slide Rule

Answer explanation

The mechanical device used for mathematical calculations, invented in Babylonia in 2400 B.C., is called an Abacus.

Who invented a machine in 1622 based on Napier's ideas about algorithm?

• Tally Sticks

• Napier's Bones

• Slide Rule

• Pascaline

Which ancient civilization is credited with the invention of the abacus?

• Babylonia

• Egypt

• Greece

• Rome

  The machine that can add, subtract, multiply and divide automatically. It is invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1672.

 

• Stepped Reckoner

• Jacquard Loom

• Pascaline

• Arithmometer

Answer explanation

The machine that can add, subtract, multiply, and divide automatically, invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1672, is known as the Stepped Reckoner.

Which machine, invented by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in 1672, can add, subtract, multiply, and divide automatically?

• Stepped Reckoner

• Jacquard Loom

• Pascaline

• Arithmometer

 It is the first mechanical computer, invented by Charles Babbage in 1822 and 1834. It is an automatic, mechanical calculator designed to tabulate polynomial functions.

• difference engine and analytic engine

• arithmometer

• jacquard Loom

• Stepped Reckoner

•ENIAC was the first electronic general-purpose computer completed in 1946 and developed by John Presper Eckert and John Mauchly. What Does ENIAC stands for?

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Computer

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Numerical Integrator Automatic Calculator

A technology improvement in the fifth generation computers used to improve the density of solid-state computer memory.

• ULSI technology  

• Advancement in Superconductor technology

• Parallel Processing

• nanotechnology