Social Science Comprehensive Exam II

The Analytical Engine was intended to

Frances Bilas Spence worked on that

In designing the iPhone, John Ive convinced Steve Jobs to

How did users input the parameters of an equation into the Differential Analyzer?

James Ritty is credited with inventing the FIRST

Ethernet powers MOST local

IBM gave universities a discount on the IBM 650 if they

Which invention MOST inspired Herman Hollerith’s vision to improve the census?

Which service on Usenet resembles social networking services?

What was the PRIMARY cause of ENIAC malfunctions?

Howard Aiken’s research at Harvard College focused on

Which conclusion did Alonzo Church make regarding the Entscheidungsproblem?

Many users decided to adopt GNU/Linux PRIMARILY to

Who co-developed the TCP/IP protocol?

To develop Linux, the creator FIRST used

The technology developed for Project Whirlwind was later used to

The ENIAC used punched cards to

Which company developed Windows 95?

Williams tubes were used in the

Which programming language was FIRST written on a PDP-11 computer?

The letters on the top line of a QWERTY keyboard spell

In The Wealth of Nations, the author discusses

Where were firing tables PRIMARILY developed in the United States during World War II?

Who is BEST known for contributing to theoretical computer science?

In assembly language, the S stands for

Yahoo was established based on the idea that users wanted a

Which computer model was used to develop the FIRST CTSS?

Who PRIMARILY designed the Apple II?

After Steve Jobs was fired from Apple, he founded

Which university was involved in that contracting for Project Whirlwind?

How was Mosaic different from earlier browsers?

The Alto had challenges in

How many computer companies existed at the end of the 1950s?

On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacturing discusses the

"The stored data concept" required a computer to

How did ARPANET differ from BASIC?

In releasing the PDP-1, DEC assumed users would

Which company developed the FIRST microprocessor?

How are transistors different from vacuum tubes?

Which programming language used a syntax like simple algebra?

When was Facebook founded as a corporation?

How much did EMCC spend developing the UNIVAC?

“Dot coms” were founded in the

Where was the World Wide Wen developed?

An Altair user could insert an expansion card to

Moore’s Law predicted an increase in

Where were the FIRST "von Neumann architecture" computers built?

Which computer model was the FIRST successful portable computer?

Which company owned Bell Labs?

Which factor BEST explains the slow adaption of the Xerox Star?