Introduction to Computing

All computing is based on the coordinated use of computer devices called

• hardware

• software

• data structures

• algorithms

The computer programs that drive computer devices are called

• hardware

• software

• data structure

• algorithms

Any goal-oriented activity requiring, benefiting from, or creating computers is

• process

• algorithm

• instruction

• computing

Comprised of an organized collection of beads or stones moved along rods or in grooves

• Pascaline

• Difference Engine

• Abacus

• ENIAC

One of the first gear-based adding machines to help with the enormous amount of calculations involved in the computing of taxes

• Abacus

• Pascaline

• Difference Engine

• ENIAC

Who invented the Difference Engine?

• Blaise Pascal

• John Atanasoff

• Charles Babbage

• Ada Lovelace

Binary Digits also known as bits are based on powers of

• 1

• 2

• 8

• 10

Deemed to be the first programmer

• Blaise Pascal

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Atanasoff & Berry

Mathematicians often use this term to refer to a specific sequence of operations that, if performed, will produce a certain desired result.

• algorithm

• program

• instruction

• process

According to Ada Lovelace, a good computer program is one that is

• abstract

• complex

• specific

• general