NEW
Font size
WorksheetsEvolution of Computing
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
An algorithm is
one packet of data sent from one part of the computer to another
a series of fixed steps used to complete a specific process
the way punch cards were punched
the core processor for the first personal computer
How many generations of computer history are there?
3
4
5
7
In 1890, Herman Hollerith founded this company:
Texas Instruments
AT&T
IBM
ASUS
Which company invented the first microprocessor in 1971?
Microsoft
Apple
Intel
Texas Instruments
What does CPU stand for?
Controller Process Unit
Central Processing Unit
Control Panel Unit
Central Panel Unit
What is does RAM stand for?
Reliability Availability and Maintainability
Rarely Adequate Memory
Raised Angle Memory
Random Access Memory
Which is the input device that allows a user to move the cursor or pointer on the screen
Mouse
Speaker
CPU
Microphone
What does ROM stand for
Read Only Memory
Roll Over Memory
Read On the Memory
Robb Over Memory
Name the computer part that helps a user to hear information from the system?
Keyboard
Monitor
Mouse
Speaker
What is software?
any set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do
the video card on the monitor
the operating system
the monitor and computer case
What is hardware?
all the ports and buttons of a computer
is any part of your computer that has a physical structure
is any part of your desktop
software
What is MACHINE language?
a series of zeros and ones
Letters and Numbers
Spanish
a series of x and o
The principle that the speed and capability of computers can be expected to double every two years
Moore's Law
Murphy's Law
Apple Device
Law of Babbage
The first computer programmer
Ada Lovelace
Elizabeth Hopper
Carrie-Anne Matthews
Margaret Thatcher
the process of fixing a malfunction and removing it from the program
Defragmenting
Debugging
Hacking
Cleaning
Transistors were replaced by ____ in the 1960s
Mark I
Microprocessors
Integrated circuits
Resistors
This machine, called _____ used more than 18,000 vacuum tubes
Fortran
UNIVAC
ENIAC
Difference Engine
The Analytical Engine was designed in 1833 by an Englishman named
Presper Eckert
Sir Alan Turning
Charles Baggage
Howard Stiring
The ____ was a calculating tool invented by the Egyptians
Calcusnus
Spinx
Paramid
ABACUS
1965 _____ first to proposed that computers will get smaller and faster every two years
Alan Turning
Charles Babbage
Gordon Earle Moore
Ada Lovelace
