History of Computers Quiz

Apple

-First affordable useful computer for the people in 1976

Remington Rand

-Produced first commercial computer -Predicted the election hours before humans did

Robert Noyce

-Produced the chip -no need to hand wire components together - integrated circuits

Alan turing

-built and designed pilot ace -helped crack german code in WWII

Sinclair

-computers dominated britain

Lyons (LEO)

-decided to build its own computer - called Ferranti -started the computer trend in Britain -Maurice Wilkes of Cambridge University helped to build the computer

Eckert and Mauchly

-first proposed the making of a commercial computer -US Census Bureau bought UNIVAC for $350,000 -Fell victim to anti-communist ideas -Fell into great debt and sold company to Remington Rand

Colossus

-full electronic device which took logical steps to crack code

Xerox

-paper copying -Xerox PARC - worked to make computers easier to use with touch and sight

Transistor

-tiny electronic component -replaced valves and vacuum tubes -Walter Brattain, John Bardeen, and William Shockly won Nobel Prize for it

IBM

-tried to take down UNIVAC -created IBM 650 and became the largest computer company in the world -Ran by Thomas Watson Jr. -first personal computer failed

Macintosh

-used mouse to control pictures and allowed for easy use -different software for all areas -disabled children could learn easier as the screen was interactive and paperless

When did IBM enter the computer business and who was the main driver

1951 - Thomas Watson Jr.

Ivan Sutherland

Created sketchpad which was the first interactive system

Which company finally made the first commercial computer in the US

Remington Rand

what is the name of the first commercial computer in the US

UNIVAC

FORTRAN

a coding language much easier than binary

Microprocessors

allowed for computers to be much smaller

In World War II what was the electronic digital computer used for

breaking german code

what contribution did alan turing have during world war II

built a computer system which helped to crack code

What was the original use of computers

calculating and crunching numbers

Doug Engelbart

created the mouse

COBOL

easy to use code close to english

Altair 8800

first personal computer - people had to build it themselves

what was the first generation electronic computer made of

vacuum tubes