Electronic Computing

Electronic Computing

Assessment

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Computers

8th - 12th Grade

Easy

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Emily Seguin

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1.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Electrically-controlled mechanical switches in room-sized computers

Back

Mechanical relays

2.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Relay analogy: control wire = ?

Back

faucet handle

3.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Relay flick rate in the 1940s

Back

50 times per second

4.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Harvard Mark I: Complex operations time

Back

over a minute

5.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Harvard Mark I faulty relay replacement

Back

1 per day

6.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

Bug found in Harvard Mark II (1947)

Back

Moth

7.

FLASHCARD QUESTION

Front

"Bugs in computers" quote

Back

Grace Hopper

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