WorksheetsHistory of Computing
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
How many generations of computer history are there?
3
4
5
6
Around 3000 BC, the most primitive form of computation was done on a(n):
abacus
adding machine
mechanical computer
none of the above
Who was known for building the first programmable mechanical computer in the year 1820?
Charles Darwin
Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal
Herman Hollerith
In 1890, Herman Hollerith founded this company:
Texas Instruments
AT&T
IBM
ASUS
Identify this computer component:
Transistor
Integrated Circuit (IC)
Microprocessor
Vacuum Tube
Which company invented the first microprocessor in 1971?
Microsoft
Apple
Intel
Texas Instruments
In 1948, The invention of this computer component replaced the need for vacuum tubes and greatly reduced the size and cost of building a computer:
Integrated Circuit (IC)
Transistor
Microprocessor
RAM
Identify the name of this computer hardware:
microprocessor
IC
Transistor
In 1975, this person invented the Altair 8800, the first personal computer:
Ed McMahon
Ed Roberts
Edward Scissorhands
Eddy Murphy
The simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems, is known as:
nanotechnology
Machine intelligence
artificial intelligence
biotechnology
a two-digit system of 0's and 1's that computers use to store and transfer information on computers is known as:
base 10 numbers
hexadecimals
decimal numbers
binary numbers
Identify this machine:
Leibniz's Calculator
Pascal's Calculator
Identify the following machine:
Harvard Mark 1
Zuse Z3
Babbage's Analytic Engine
TRADIC
A system of true/false statements is known as:
temporal logic
boolean logic
first-order logic
propositional logic
