Computer History Review

When was the Abacus invented?

• 2400 BCE

• 1500 BCE

• 500 BCE

• 100 CE

In 1613, what did the word 'computer' originally describe?

• A) A machine

• B) A person who performed calculations

• C) A type of book

• D) A scientific theory

In what year did Charles Babbage present the Difference Engine?

• 1820

• 1822

• 1830

• 1840

In 1837, who presented the Analytical Engine, a mechanical computer designed to perform calculations?

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Alan Turing

• John von Neumann

What does ENIAC stand for?

• Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer

• Electronic Network Integration and Calculation

• Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

• Electronic Numerical Integration and Computation

In what year was ENIAC unveiled as the first programmable electronic computer?

• 1940
• 1946

• 1950
• 1935

How many resistors did ENIAC consist of?

• 15000
• 25000
• 30000
• 70000

In what year was the transistor successfully demonstrated at Bell Labs in Murray Hill, New Jersey?

• 1945

• 1946

• 1947

• 1948

What was the first commercially available computer in the United States?

• ENIAC

• UNIVAC I

• IBM 701

• Apple I

Who designed the UNIVAC I computer?

• Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak

• Bill Gates and Paul Allen

• John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert

• Charles Babbage and Ada Lovelace