Milestones in Computing

Who is known as the "Father of the Computer" for his concept of a programmable computer?

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

• Bill Gates

What was the name of the first electronic general-purpose computer?

• ENIAC

• UNIVAC

• IBM PC

• Apple I

Which of the following is considered the first programmable machine?

• The Analytical Engine

• The Difference Engine

• The Abacus

• The Antikythera mechanism

What does the acronym "ENIAC" stand for?

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Network Interface and Calculator

• Electrical Networked Intelligent Analytic Computer

• Electronic Numeric Integrator and Calculator

Who wrote the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine?

• Ada Lovelace

• Grace Hopper

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

What was the primary purpose of the original Apple I computer?

• Business computing

• Personal computing

• Military calculations

• Educational purposes

In what year was the World Wide Web invented?

• 1983

• 1989

• 1991

• 1995

Which company is credited with inventing the first mouse-driven graphical user interface (GUI)?

• Microsoft

• Apple

• Xerox

• IBM

What is the name of the first commercially successful video game, which helped to popularize personal computers?

• Space Invaders

• Pong

• Pac-Man

• Super Mario Bros.

Which programming language, still widely used today, was developed in the 1970s at Bell Labs?

• Python

• Java

• C

• BASIC