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WorksheetsHistory of Computers: From Abacus to Smartphones
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 15mins
What was the first tool used to perform calculations, when was it invented and by whom?
Calculator,
100 years ago,
Egyptians
Pascaline,
2050 years ago,
Americans
Abacus,
4000 years ago,
Chinese
Difference Engine,
5000 years ago,
Indians
Which was the first machine to use the Decimal point?
Abacus
Pascaline
Difference Engine
Marks I
Napier's Bones
Difference Engine was designed by _ who is also known as the 'Father of Modern Computers'.
(a)
The Analytical Engine was developed in _ .
(a)
The Analytical Engine was capable of storing information as a ___ memory.
Temporary
Alternate
Permanent
Short-Term
Which was the first electronic computer introduced in the United States in 1930 that had vacuum tubes to switch electrical signals to perform calculations?
Differential Analyzer
Mark I
ENIAC
Tabulating Machine
Which computer was built as a partnership between IBM and Harvard and when?
Mark I
1927
ENIAC
1987
Mark I
1944
ENIAC
1952
IBM-701 and UNIVACI are ___ generation computers.
Second
Third
Seventeenth
First
The Second Generation computers used (a) which were cheap, compact and less power consuming.
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What did the Third Generation Computers use instead of transistors?
integrated circuits
transisted circuits
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integrators
Which programming languages did the Third Generation Computers use?
PASCAL PL/1,
ALGOL-68
C++,
DBASE
JAVA,
.NET
FORTRAN,
Assembly language
Which generation did STAR 1000 and PDP 11 computers belong to?
second generation
fourth generation
fifth generation
third generation
Fifth Generation computers used ___ hardware and ___ software.
Parallel Processing,
AI
AI,
Parallel Processing
Integrated Processing,
Reliable
AI,
Integrated processing
What replaced the VLSI technology in Fifth generation computers?
Integrated circuits
transistors
ULSI
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