Year 7 & 8 - Emerging Technology

In the 1960s computers became more compact due to what type of technology?

• Microchip

• Microwave

• Micropower

• Microsoft

Other than the 'Bombe', name another computer developed by British code breakers.

• Colossus

• Invictus

• Elysium

• Poseidon

What device, smaller than vacuum tubes, enabled the development of PCs?

• Transistors

• Translators

• Transporters

• Transmission

A smaller, less powerful computer mainly used for browsing the web.

• Netbook

• Laptop

• Supercomputer

• Desktop PC

Supercomputers are the most powerful computers in existence.

• True

• False

What is responsible for managing the hardware and software of a computer?

• Operating System

• Web Browser

• Network

• Keyboard & Mouse

Which company focused on their operating system and programs?

• Microsoft

• Apple

Which company focused on it's hardware?

• Microsoft

• Apple

The Apple Macintosh was the first commercially successful product to use what?

• Graphical User Interface

• Keyboard & Mouse

• Network

• Web Browser

Windows 3.1 led to the popularity of which device invented in the 1960s?

• Mouse

• Keyboard

• Monitor

• Joystick