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History of Computers

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When and who started using the Abacus?

a)

3000 years ago the Greeks

b)

5000 years ago the Greeks

c)

5000 years ago in Babylon

d)

2000 years ago in Babylon

2.

John Napier in 1714 invented what to find solutions to mathematical calculations?

a)

Algorithms

b)

Logarithms

c)

Logic testing

d)

Programming

3.

Blaise Pascal invented what in 1645?

(a)  

4.

Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz in 1612 invented a machine called what?

a)

Reckoner

b)

Stepped machine

c)

Stepped Reckoner

d)

Reckoner machine

5.

In 1810 Joseph-Marie Jacquard had the idea of using what to control his weaving looms.

(a)  

6.

Charles Babbage in the 19th Century is revered for inventing what?

a)

Modern electronic digital computer

b)

Non electric computer

7.

Lady Augusta Ada is recognised as what?

(a)  

8.

What were the developments that Tommy Flowers and Alan turning create?

a)

Colossus programmable computer

b)

Colossus computer

c)

0 and 1 language for computers

d)

Program for computers

9.

John Vincent Atanasoff developed the 0 and 1 language for computers which was called what?

(a)  

10.

Howard Aiken in 1944 created what weighing 35 tons and having 500 miles of wires.

a)

Mathematical data computer

b)

Automatic sequence controlled calculator

11.

Dr Grace Murray Hopper used Aiken's machine to create which programming language?

(a)  

12.

What was Microsoft by Bill Gates created to do?

a)

Make hardware

b)

Make software

c)

Creating operating systems

13.

Who created company Apple Macintosh?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Bill Gates

c)

Steve Wozinak

14.

Apple invented the GUI. What does it stand for?

a)

Graphical Us Information

b)

Graphical User Information

c)

Graphical User Interface

d)

Graphical Us Interface

15.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented a search engine called "BackRub" but renamed it to what?

(a)