History of Computing

The transistor replaced the __________?

• Analytical Engine

• Microchip

• Vacuum Tube

• Solid State Memory

What is flow control?

• Reacting to the results of a computation

• Method for getting rid of bad input data

• Used to make vacuum tubes

• Guidance system for the Apollo program

What was the earliest programming language?

• Python

• BASIC

• Assembly

• Machine Code

An algorithm is:

• One packet of data sent from one part of the computer to another

• A series of fixed steps used to complete a specific process

• The way punch cards were punched

• The core processor for the first personal computer

Who was the first computer programmer?

• Charles Babbage

• Herman Hollerith

• Balise Pascal

• Ada Lovelace

Newer generations of programming language tend to be:

• More readable by humans

• Less readable by humans

• Easier for computers to run

• More expensive

WYSIWYG changed text documents by:

• Making the display view the same as the printed version

• Making the person writing the document insert markup tags.

• Requiring the MLA format

• Making different font sizes available

The 4 steps of computing are:

• science, technology, engineering, math

• input, process, output, store

• state hypothesis, collect data, test, and conclude

• prophase, metaphase, anaphase, telophase

Identify this computer component:

• Transistor

• Integrated Circuit (IC)

• Microprocessor

• Vacuum Tube

What replaced transistors in the 1960's

• UNIVAC

• Cobol

• Integrated Circuts

• ENIAC