Computer Repair: History Test
Before Windows, most Pcs used which operating system?
DOS
What was the first electronic computer?
ENIAC
What company is Mark Zuckerberg associated with?
What company is Larry Page associated with?
What company is Sergey Brin associated with?
What does GUI stand for?
Graphical User Interface
What company is Tom Watson associated with?
IBM
What company was the leader in office machinery sales from 1930 - 1980?
IBM
What does IBM stand for?
International Business Machines
Who invented the Telegraph?
Samuel Morse
Who made a prank phone call to the pope using his blue box invention?
Steve Wozniak
Who invented the Phonograph and Electric Light ?
Thomas Edison
What company is Bill Gates associated with?
Microsoft
What company is Paul Allen associated with?
Microsoft
What two companies have made the most money due to IBM's open architecture?
Microsoft and Intel
Approximately when was the typewriter invented?
1860's
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
What company is Steve Jobs associated with?
Apple
What company is Steve Wozniak associated with?
Apple
Who did Microsoft steal the idea for windows from?
Apple
Who wrote the BASIC language compiler to use on the Altair 8800?
Bill Gates and Paul Allen
What was the first GUI computer (mouse and icons)?
MacIntosh
Who did Apple steal the idea for the GUI interface from?
Xerox
Before 1945 what was meant by the term "computer"?
a person who was hired to compute
Blaise Pascal invented
the adding machine