History of Computers Quiz

Which was the first manual calculating device developed by the Chinese in 3000 B.C.?

• Abacus

• Sliderule

• Napier's Bones

• Pascaline

Who invented the Napier's Bones, a more sophisticated computing machine in 1614?

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• John Napier

In what year did the first sliderule come into existence?

• 1823

• 1801

• 1642

• 1620

Who invented the mechanical adding machine called Pascaline in 1642?

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

• John Napier

Which German mathematician constructed a new machine called Stepped Reckoner in 1671?

• Blaise Pascal

• Gottfried Leibniz

• John Napier

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

Who invented the Jacquard's Loom with an automatic card reader in 1801?

• Joseph Marie Jacquard

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Blaise Pascal

• John Napier

Which English mathematician originated the idea of a programmable computer and designed the Analytical Engine in 1833?

• John Napier

• Blaise Pascal

• Gottfried Leibniz

• Charles Babbage

Who undertook the construction of an electro-mechanical computer called Mark I in 1937?

• John Presper Eckert

• Charles Babbage

• John Vincent Atanasoff

• Howard Aiken

Who built the world's first electronic digital computer called Atanasoff-Berry computer at Iowa State University during 1939-1942?

• Charles Babbage

• Howard Aiken

• John Vincent Atanasoff

• John Presper Eckert

What was the first general-purpose electronic digital computer design for business applications produced in the United States?

• IBM 701

• UNIVAC

• Harvard Mark I

• ENIAC