Intro to IT, History of Computers & Types of Computers

A set of instructions that a computer needs to carry out its tasks is known as ____.

• keyboard

• hardware

• software

• mouse

_____ is a set of raw facts and figures.

• Computer

• Information

• Keyboard

• Data

A computer system consists of both _____ and ______.

• monitor

• hardware

• system unit

• software

Select the hardware device(s) below:

• Keyboard

• Mouse

• Asphalt

• Printer

Data and information are the same.

• True

• False

A ____ is programmable electronic device that processes data by following a set of instructions.

• Hardware

• Computer

• Information Technology

• Software

The Abacus was developed in

• 3000 AD

• 4000 BC

• 3000 BC

• 3500 BC

What device was developed in 1833

• Babbage's difference engine

• Microprocessor chip

• First mechanical adding machine

• First electromechanical computer

The first portable computer was developed in

• 1977

• 1993

• 1981

• 1982

The first programmable computer was developed in

• 1975

• 1946

• 1944

• 1993