History of Computers Review

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Computers
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8th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is referred to as the father of the modern day computer?
A. Ada Lovelace
B. Charles Babbage
C. Herman Hollerith
D. Bill Gates
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of memory is directly accessed by the CPU?
RAM
Storage
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who is known for popularizing the terms “computer bug” and “debugging”?
Grace Hopper
Grace Kelly
Ada Lovelace
Queen Elizabeth
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What type of memory stores data which stays intact even if the computer is powered off?
A. RAM
B. Storage
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the name of the architectural system upon which many general purpose computers are based?
Graham Bell
Morse
Tesla
von Neumann
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Who invented the punched card tabulating machine that was used to record and store census data?
Charles Babbage
Herman Hollerith
Steve Jobs
John von Newumann
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a grouping of 8 bits called?
syntax
bite
byte
sequence
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