Tut 6

IBM was originally named ____________________________________.

• Computer-Tabulating-Recording Company

• Innovative Business Machines

• Instant Big Machines

• Imaginary Business Models

True or False. J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly designed the ERMA.

• True

• False

What tasks could the UNIVAC perform that the punch-card system could not?

• Sales Forecasting

• Factory Scheduling

• Perform real-time financial market analysis

• Inventory Management

True or false. Scepticism about the role of computers in business gave way to cautious enthusiasm.

• True

• False

What new industry began to take shape due to the technological advances in computer technology?

• Mobile App Development

• Software Programming

• Cloud Computing

• E-commerce

What company unveiled the ERMA (Electronic Recording Machine, Accounting) in 1960?

• Mircrosoft

• Apple

• Bank of America

• Xerox

In Ceruzzi’s words, mainframes and related gear were secluded in special rooms and operated by a “___________ of technicians”. (answer in all lowercase)

What transitional machine allowed ordinary employed to tap directly into the power of a computer?

• The Card Punch Terminal

• The Floppy Disk Writer

• The Fax Machine

• The Minicomputer

What technological development is said to have “democratized” computing?

• CD-ROM Drives

• The PC

• Development of 3D Graphic Cards

• Laser Printers

The launch of Sputnik by the _________ in 1957 jump started the space race.