WorksheetsComputer History Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 20mins
What does DOS stand for?
Department of State
Graphical User Interface
Disk Operating System
Dirty Opposing Snail
What does GUI stand for?
Graphical User Interface
Girls Unite Inside
Great Understanding Individual
Golfing Union of Ireland
What does BASIC mean?
Be A Star In Class
basic
Brothers and Sisters in Christ
Beginner's All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
What does FORTRAN mean?
For Transportation
Formula Translation
Formula Translator
What does ASCII mean?
ascii
All Systems Can Interchange Information
Ancient Script Code In iPads
American Standard Code for Information Interchange
What contains electrodes that control electron flow and was used as an amplifier in early computers?
(a)
What processes data on an integrated circuit; performs the functions of the CPU of a computer?
(a)
What is a semiconductor that amplifies and switches electrical signals?
(a)
What holds only two possible data values, “true” and “false”?
(a)
What is the act of mathematical computation?
(a)
Who invented the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC)?
John Atanasoff
Stephen Wozniak
Grace Hopper
Blaise Pascal
Who invented the Apple II and is the co-founder of Apple?
John Atanasoff
Stephen Wozniak
Grace Hopper
Blaise Pascal
Who helped develop COBOL and invented the first compiler?
John Atanasoff
Stephen Wozniak
Grace Hopper
Blaise Pascal
Who invented the Pascaline, the first calculator?
John Atanasoff
Stephen Wozniak
Grace Hopper
Blaise Pascal
In digital clocks, quantities are...
counted (exact answer)
measured (approximate answer)
In analog clocks, quantities are...
counted (exact answer)
measured (approximate answer)
Who created the first integrated circuit?
Ed Roberts
Tim Berners-Lee
Jack Kilby
Charles Babbage
Who created the World Wide Web?
Charles Babbage
Ed Roberts
Jack Kilby
Tim Berners-Lee
Who created the Altair, the 1st personal computer?
Ed Roberts
Tim Berners-Lee
Charles Babbage
Jack Kilby
Who created the Difference Engine and Analytical Engine, considered to be the first automatic computing machine?
Jack Kilby
Charles Babbage
Ed Roberts
Tim Berners-Lee
