Early Development of Computing

What was the first manual computer?

• Abacus

• Napier's Bones

• Pascaline

• Difference Engine

What was the purpose of Napier's Bones?

• To simplify multiplication and division

• To calculate taxes

• To process data

• To break German codes

Who invented the Pascaline?

• Blaise Pascal

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• IBM

What was the Difference Engine seen as?

• The birth of modern computing

• A manual computer

• A tabulating machine

• An electronic computer

What was Colossus used for?

• Breaking German codes

• Calculating taxes

• Processing data

• Simplifying multiplication

What did electronic computers use instead of valves?

• Transistors

• Gears

• Cogs

• Punched cards