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WorksheetsHistory of Computers
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 5mins
When and who started using the Abacus?
3000 years ago the Greeks
5000 years ago the Greeks
5000 years ago in Babylon
2000 years ago in Babylon
John Napier in 1714 invented what to find solutions to mathematical calculations?
Algorithms
Logarithms
Logic testing
Programming
Blaise Pascal invented what in 1645?
(a)
Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibnitz in 1612 invented a machine called what?
Reckoner
Stepped machine
Stepped Reckoner
Reckoner machine
In 1810 Joseph-Marie Jacquard had the idea of using what to control his weaving looms.
(a)
Charles Babbage in the 19th Century is revered for inventing what?
Modern electronic digital computer
Non electric computer
Lady Augusta Ada is recognised as what?
(a)
What were the developments that Tommy Flowers and Alan turning create?
Colossus programmable computer
Colossus computer
0 and 1 language for computers
Program for computers
John Vincent Atanasoff developed the 0 and 1 language for computers which was called what?
(a)
Howard Aiken in 1944 created what weighing 35 tons and having 500 miles of wires.
Mathematical data computer
Automatic sequence controlled calculator
Dr Grace Murray Hopper used Aiken's machine to create which programming language?
(a)
What was Microsoft by Bill Gates created to do?
Make hardware
Make software
Creating operating systems
Who created company Apple Macintosh?
Steve Jobs
Bill Gates
Steve Wozinak
Apple invented the GUI. What does it stand for?
Graphical Us Information
Graphical User Information
Graphical User Interface
Graphical Us Interface
Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented a search engine called "BackRub" but renamed it to what?
(a)
