History of Computing Devices

What ancient calculating device was developed by the Chinese around 3000 B.C.?

• Astrolabe

• Tally Stick

• Abacus

• Slide Rule

Who created Napier's bones in 1614?

• John Napier

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

In what year was the first slide rule invented?

• 1610

• 1650

• 1620

• 1700

Which two British mathematicians devised the first slide rule?

• James Clerk Maxwell and Alan Turing

• Ada Lovelace and G.H. Hardy

• William Oughtred and Edmund Gunter

• Isaac Newton and George Boole

What was the name of the programmable computer idea originated by Charles Babbage?

• Punch Card System

• Analytical Engine

• Turing Machine

• Mechanical Calculator

In which year did Charles Babbage design the Difference Engine?

• 1830

• 1820

• 1822

• 1815

What was the purpose of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine?

• To develop a telegraph system

• To create a mechanical clock

• The purpose of Charles Babbage's Analytical Engine was to perform general-purpose calculations.

• To design a printing press

Who developed a mechanical tabulating machine in 1887?

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Charles Babbage

• Thomas Edison

• Herman Hollerith

What was the name of the electro-mechanical computer constructed by Howard Aiken?

• Z3

• ENIAC

• Colossus

• Harvard Mark I

In what year was the Mark I computer completed?

• 1950

• 1944

• 1939

• 1940