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Who created the wireless telegraph?
Gugliemo Marconi
Who created the mechanical television?
John Logie Baird
Who created the Intel 4004/first microprocessor?
Intel
Who created the world wide web?
Tim Berners Lee
What is the wireless telegraph?
A technology for transmitting Morse code by means of radio waves
What is the mechanical television?
A device for transmitting wireless moving images
What is the Intel 4004?
A microprocessor
What is the world wide web?
A system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via Internet
When was the wireless telegraph invented?
1890s
When was the mechanical television invented?
1920s
When was Intel 4004 invented?
1971
When was the world wide web invented?
1989
Where was the wireless telegraph invented?
Europe/UK
Where was the mechanical television invented?
Europe/UK
Where was the Intel 4004 invented?
U.S.
Where was the world wide web invented?
Europe
Who invented Cybersyn?
Fernando Flores and Stafford Beer
Who invented Minitel?
France/French government
Who invented Altair 8800?
MITS and Ed Roberts
Who invented Altair BASIC?
Micro-soft/Paul Allen and Bill Gates
What is Cybersyn?
A computing network
What is Minitel?
An online telecommunications system
What is Altair 8800?
The first commercial microcomputer
What is Altair BASIC?
A programming language designed to work on the hardware of Altair 8800
When was Cybersyn invented?
1971-73
When was Minitel invented?
1983
When was Altair 8800 invented?
1975
When was Altair BASIC invented?
1975
Where was Cybersyn invented?
Chile
Where was Minitel invented?
France
Where was Altair 8800 invented?
U.S.
Where was Altair BASIC invented?
U.S.
What is the significance of the wireless telegraph?
1) First commercial application of radio waves 2) Meant communication could happen in places where telegraphy was impossible (in war, ocean)
What is the significance of the mechanical television?
First device to successfully demonstrate wireless moving image transmission
What is the significance of Intel 4004?
1) First commercially released microprocessor 2) A single all-purpose chip that could be utilized in countless devices
What is the significance of the world wide web?
1) Not patented 2) Made the internet more accessible, particularly to non-expert users
What is the significance of Cybersyn?
First attempt to use a computing network to assist managing a socialist national economy
What is the significance of Minitel?
1) Earliest example of an online system developed for consumer/at home use 2) Example of government-supported network access
What is the significance of Altair 8800?
1) First commercial product to offer individual access to computing power 2) First mass manufactured object that enabled computing to come into domestic space 3) Symbolically meaningful for hobbyists and those who wanted their own computers
What is the significance of Altair BASIC?
1) Gave computer users an easy way to program the Altair 2) The product that founded Microsoft