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WorksheetsIBCA: History of Computers
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
Who was the first to use an abacus?
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Who created the calculator?
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Why did Pascal invent the first calculator in 1645?
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What does the "Stepped Reckoner" do that Pascal's machine couldn't?
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Who invented the "Difference Engine" and "Analytical Engine"?
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Who helped Babbage in his work?
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What happened at Bletchley Park in World War 2?
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Who invented the machine known as "Colossus"?
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Who proved that a machine capable of processing a stream of 1s and 0s was capable of solving any problem?
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Who invented the term "debugging"?
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What was the problem with using valves in the computers?
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Where were the first integrated circuits used?
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How old was Bill Gates when he first got interested in programming?
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Who did Bill Gates talk into letting him create their operating system?
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When was the Apple 1 computer first sold?
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When was the iPod first sold?
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Who started the company Google?
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When was Wikipedia founded?
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When did YouTube first appear on line?
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What does GUI stand for?
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Who started the company "Apple"?
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Computers have to have:
Input
Output
Processing
Storage
