History of the Computer Study Guide

Question 1

What was the purpose of the Colossus?

Accepted Answer

To help decipher German messages

Question 2

Who invented the Harvard Mark 1?

Accepted Answer

Howard Aiken

Question 3

What was the purpose of the Commodore PET

Accepted Answer

to be a personal computer

Question 4

WHat was the purpose of the Apple Lisa

Accepted Answer

be a good computer

Question 5

WHat was the purpose of the IBM 360

Accepted Answer

To do commercial work, To do scientific work, To maintain a larger database system

Question 6

What was the purpose of the ENIAC?

Accepted Answer

To calculate artillery-firing tables

Question 7

When was the Apple Lisa invented?

Accepted Answer

1983

Question 8

Who invented the Colossus

Accepted Answer

Tommy Flowers

Question 9

Who invented the UNIVAC?

Accepted Answer

John Mauchly and John Eckert

Question 10

When was the ENIAC invented?

Accepted Answer

1943-1945

Question 11

When was the UNIVAC invented?

Accepted Answer

1951

Question 12

When was the slide rule invented?

Accepted Answer

1622

Question 13

What was the purpose of the Harvard Mark?

Accepted Answer

To complete calculations

Question 14

Who invented the ENIAC?

Accepted Answer

John Mauchly and John Eckert

Question 15

What was the purpose of the UNIVAC?

Accepted Answer

Electronic digital computer

Question 16

What was the purpose of Jacquard's Loom?

Accepted Answer

The weave together advanced patterns

Question 17

What was the purpose of the slide rule?

Accepted Answer

To complete multiplication, To complete logarithms, To complete division

Question 18

When was the IMB 360 invented?

Accepted Answer

1951

Question 19

When was the Commodore PET invented

Accepted Answer

1977

Question 20

Who invented the Apple Lisa

Accepted Answer

Steve Jobs

Question 21

Who invented the slide rule?

Accepted Answer

John Eckert

Question 22

When was the Colossus invented?

Accepted Answer

1943

Question 23

Who invented the IBM 360?

Accepted Answer

Gene Amdahl

Question 24

When was the abacus invented

Accepted Answer

3000 BC

Question 25

What was the purpose of the abacus?

Accepted Answer

to count, to do simple math

Question 26

Who invented the Commodore PET

Accepted Answer

Chuck Peddle

Question 27

When was the Harvard Mark 1 invented?

Accepted Answer

1944

Question 28

Who invented Jacquard's Loom?

Accepted Answer

Joseph Marie Jacquard

Question 29

When was Jacquard's Loom invented

Accepted Answer

1801-1804

Question 30

Who invented the abacus?

Accepted Answer

Chinese

History of the Computer Study Guide

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History of the Computer Study Guide

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