The history of computer science

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What was considered the first computer

Abacus

What is a processor that performs many functions called

Microprocessor

Who invented the mac

Wozniak&jobs

Who was the first computer programmer

Ada Byron Lovelace

In the early 1800s _____________ would have been considered the first programmable computer had it been completely created/finished

Analytical engine

What device was made in the first era

Analytical engine

What was the first mass marketed home computer

Apple (Mac)

What was one of the first high level programming languages used primarily for business

COBOL

Who was it invented by

Charles Babbage

"______________" used to be a job title to describe humans whose job it was to perform calculations

Computer

What device was made in the third era

ENIAC

What is the second era

Electro-mechanical

What is the third era

Electronic

Computers have changed a lot in the way work and process data since the 1970s. Explain why you think this statement is true or false.

False; processors haven't changed since 1970

Who found the first bug

Grace hopper

Who created a device that used punch cards to cut the census tabulation time by 4.5 years

Herman Hollerith

Who invented this device

IBM and Harvard

_______ hired ______________ to write software for its PCs

IBM; Microsoft

What kind of chip can only perform one function

Integrated circuits

______________, an eccentric Scotsman, invented logarithms

John Napier

Who invented this device

John Von Neumann

What device was made in the second era

Mark I

What is the first era

Mechanical

What was still used in the 1960s by the NASA

Slide rule

What replaced vacuum tubes because they were faster, smaller, and more reliable

Transistors

What replaced gears and switches to create the first fully electronic computer

Vacuum tubes


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