𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝟐—The Blueprints for Modern Computers

What is 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐞 about 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒘𝒆𝒓𝒆 _____

• bulky

• impractical

• smaller

• easier

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐕𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐬 used 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 to 𝐜𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞 _____ 𝒄𝒐𝒅𝒆 for 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠.

• old-fashioned

• electrical

• binary

• magnetic

What is 𝐓𝐚𝐢𝐰𝐚𝐧 the 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐫 of?

(a)  

What 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐤𝐲 𝐯𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐮𝐦 𝐭𝐮𝐛𝐞𝐬 to 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬?

• switches

• punch cards

• lightbulbs

• transistors

𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞: 𝐏𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐡 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 were a _____ way to 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐚 into 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬.

• average

• difficult

• time-consuming

• practical

What did the use of 𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐚𝐩𝐞 make 𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐢𝐞𝐫? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: _____ 𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒂

• flowing

• inputting

• inventing

• storing

What is another 𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐦 for '𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝒄𝒊𝒓𝒄𝒖𝒊𝒕?'

• semiconductor

• chip

• microprocessor

• transistor

What did the 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩 make it 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 to do 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐲?

• create roadblocks

• process data

• store information

• run programs

What are 𝐦𝐢𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐩𝐬 made of?

• tubes

• cables

• vacuums

• silicon

What did 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐊𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐲 and 𝐓𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬 𝐊𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐳 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 in 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟒? 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫: 𝑨 𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒎𝒊𝒏𝒈 _____

• function

• consumer

• language

• instructions