Business Technology Class

What are the four functions of a computer?

computational possibilities, memory, storage and input/output

What was the name of the first computer in the US?

Harvard Mark I

Who developed Mark I, II, and III?

Grace Hopper

Where did the term “debugging a program” come from?

dead moth in the delay

What was the name of the super calculator that could perform 5,000 additions and 360 multiplications per second?

Eniac

How much did the Eniac weigh?

30 pounds

What was the name of the REAL first programmable computer?

Manchester Mark I

When was the Manchester Mark I completed?

June of 1948

What was the name of the government-funded computer to help the military?

Binac

Who predicted that computers would take over everyday tasks?

J. Presper Eckert

What programming language used by IBM in 1954 is still used today?

Fortan

How does a transistor revolutionize the world of computers?

reliable, inexpensive, small

What was the name of the first programmable computer that was affordable for $18,000?

PDP8

what did Jack Kilby invent to avoid boredom?

chips

What was another name for the integrated circuit computer used in 1965?

Chip

Who developed the first commercially available microprocessor in 1971

Ted Hoff

How many transistors did the Intel 4004 contain?

2500

What age did the Intel 4004 spark?

the PC age

what was the first real mainstream personal computer called?

Altair

Who invented the Altair 8800?

H. Edward Robert

what were the 3 main drawbacks of personal computers?

mass storage, lacked simple programming language, operating system

How was the computer storage problem fixed?

floppy disk

Who were the two programmers who solved the software problem?

Paul Allen and Bill Gates

What was the name of the software company Paul and bill developed?

Microsoft

Who were the two founders of Apple?

Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

What was the first personal computer called that generated colored graphics?

Apple II

Why did the sales of computers fall in 1983?

oversold, not user friendly, software was lame

What computer saved the fall?

Mac

Who invented the Mouse?

Doug Engelbart

When did the internet start to get used?

1970

What was the name of the original internet?

Arpanet

What was the internet first used for?

sharing scientific data

What is the name for possible future computers?

quantum computer

What is the Binary System?

0101 repeated

What is Boolean?

having 2 possible values either true or false