History of Computers Review

Who is referred to as the father of the modern day computer?

• A. Ada Lovelace

• B. Charles Babbage

• C. Herman Hollerith

• D. Bill Gates

What type of memory is directly accessed by the CPU?

• RAM

• Storage

Who is known for popularizing the terms “computer bug” and “debugging”?

• Grace Hopper

• Grace Kelly

• Ada Lovelace

• Queen Elizabeth

What type of memory stores data which stays intact even if the computer is powered off?

• A. RAM

• B. Storage

What is the name of the architectural system upon which many general purpose computers are based?

• Graham Bell

• Morse

• Tesla

• von Neumann

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

What is a grouping of 8 bits called?

• syntax

• bite

• byte

• sequence

Who is referred to as the first computer programmer?

• Ada Lovelace

• Charles Babbage

• Grace Hopper

• Steven Jobs

Which is NOT an example of a high-level programming language?

• Binary

• C++

• Java

• Python

What translates high-level instructions into binary so that the computer can understand them?

• Operating System

• RAM Memory

• CPU

• Compiler