Unit 3 - Computing Past Present and Future - Lesson 5

This photograph shows a mechanical computer called the Analytical Engine. Who invented it?

• Charles babbage

• Tommy Flowers

• al-Khwarizmi

• Alan Turing

Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce invented something in the 1950s that paved the way for a dramatic reduction in the size of computers. What did they invent?

• Micro circuit

• Microchip

• Transistor

• Mini chip

What computing term is derived from this ancient mathematician’s name?

• Application

• Algorithm

• Programming

• Debugging

This man is the inventor of the modern electronic computer. Who is he?

• Alan Turing

• Charles Babbage

• Tim Berners-Lee

• Bill Gates

What does this photograph show?

• A quantum computer

• A desktop computer

• Colossus

• A digital computer

What was the primary purpose of the ENIAC computer?

• Data processing

• Military calculations

• Weather forecasting

• Personal computing

Which technology did the first generation of computers use?

• Transistors

• Vacuum tubes

• Integrated circuits

• Silicon chips