Technology Timeline Research Assessment

Which innovation marked the beginning of the Information Age in the 1940s?

• Personal computers

• The Internet

• Electronic computers

• Social media

What significant development occurred in 1947 at Bell Labs?

• Creation of the first computer mouse

• Invention of the transistor

• Development of the first microprocessor

• Introduction of email systems

The ENIAC computer was primarily used for what purpose?

• Business calculations

• Scientific research

• Military ballistics calculations

• Word Processing

Which programming language, introduced in 1957, became one of the first widely used high-level languages?

• BASIC

• FORTRAN

• Python

• Java

What significant advancement did ASCII (1963) provide?

• Graphics processing

• Standard character encoding

• Network protocols

• Data compression

The first computer mouse was invented by:

• Steve Jobs

• Bill Gates

• Douglas Engelbart

• Alan Turing

ARPANET, launched in 1969, was the precursor to:

• The Internet

• Windows OS

• Email systems

• Social media

The revolutionary aspect of the Intel 4004 released in 1971 was:

• It was the first commercially available microprocessor.

• It was the first computer to use vacuum tubes.

• It was the first chip to use silicon transistors.

• It was the first processor to support 64-bit computing.

The Altair 8800, released in 1975, was significant because:

• It was the first smartphone

• It introduced touch screens

• It was the first personal computer kit

• It created the World Wide Web

Which company released the first successful mass-market PC in 1977?

• Microsoft

• IBM

• Apple

• Commodore