Historical Development of Computers

_______ was the first calculating device.

• Abacus

• Napier bones

• Pascaline

• none

IBM stands for:

• Internal Business Machine

• Independent Business Machine

• International Business Machine

• Intellectual Business Machine

Choose the machine invented by Charles Babbage:

• Pascaline

• Napier bones

• IBM PC

• Analytical Engine

Who is regarded as a father of the computer?

• John Napier

• Blaise Pascal

• Howard Aiken

• Charles Babbage

Identify the calculating device.

• Napier bones

• Pascaline

• Analytical Engine

• Difference Engine

Who developed the first program?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

• Tim Bemers Lee

Name an early computing device.

• Calculator

• Abacus

• Slide Rule

• All of the above

What's the name of the inventor of the Analytical Machine?

• Albert Einstein

• Stephen Hawking

• Charles Babbage

• Konrad Zuse

Analytical Engine is an engine powered by a huge __________engine.

• petrol

• diesel

• steam

• electrical

Who invented calculating rods in the 1600s?

• John Napier
• Charles Babish
• Bill Gates
• Steve Jobs