LCCS: Brief Hist of Comp: Recap

Is a calculator a computer?

What made mechanical computers of the early 20th century to expensive to mass produce?

What device replaced the slide ruler in the 1970s?

Using a modern definition of computing, is The Analytical Machine a computer?

Which of the following is the 4th generation of computers?

The Apollo Guidance Computer was headed by Kay McNulty.

Which of the following was the first electronic, programmable, general purpose computer?

What is meant by a programmable computer?

How many addtions p/s could the IBM 608 perform?

Integrated circuits are the 3rd generation of computers.

Using a modern definition of computing, is an abacus a computer?

How many operations p/s can some of today's computers perform?

Integrated circuits allowed for...

Which of the following describes transistors?

What 2 machines did Charles Babbage design in the 1800s?

What benefit did the Z3 computer offer?

What is a signal?

Refereing to early designs of computers, what does 'AC' stand for?

A microprocessor is a device that...

What was a computer considered to be before it referred to the machine?

Colossus, the first digital, programmable computer, was not general purpose.

By any definition of the term, your phone cannot be considered a complete computer.

Vacuum tubes are the first generation of computers.

Supercomputers are made up of thousands of processors working at the same time. What are they reffered to?

Integrated circuits consist of...

What is meant by a general purpose machine?

How did electromechanical computers work?

As of 2021, Fugaku (Japan) is the worlds fastest supercomputer?

Transistors were developed in the 1950s.

What changes were made to make computers accessible to non-experts?

What area is being considered as the 5th generation of computers?

What was done at Bletchley Park?

What decade were integrated circuits developed?

Which of the following started the modern era of supercomputing?

Which of the following is the 2nd genereation of computers?

The IBM 600 is considered the first fully transistoried computer that was marketed commercially.

The Enigma Machine and bombes were general purpose.

How did elctromechanical computers work?

How many transistors do today's microprocessors contain on a single chip?

What are vacuum tubes?