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Herman Hollerith is known for inventing a system based on:
Transistors
Logarithms
Programming languages
Punched cards
2
Who designed the first Intel 4004 microprocessor?
Alan Turing
Bill Gates
Federico Faggin
Steve Jobs
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Who invented logarithms and introduced modern decimal notation?
Alan Turing
John Napier
Charles Babbage
Blaise Pascal
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In which field did Charles Babbage make significant discoveries?
Computational mathematics and cryptography
Quantum physics
Software development
Artificial intelligence
5
What innovation did the Macintosh introduce in 1984?
The first laser printer
The graphical user interface (GUI)
An MS-DOS-based operating system
The first advanced calculation software
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What was the first general-purpose electronic computer?
Colossus
ENIAC
IBM 360
Apple I
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Which CPU component performs logical and mathematical operations?
Input/Output Unit
Arithmetic and Logic Unit (ALU)
Control Unit
Storage Unit
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Who is considered the father of modern computer science?
Bill Gates
Charles Babbage
Alan Turing
Steve Jobs
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What was the primary goal of the first Windows operating system?
To create a user-friendly graphical interface
To design integrated circuits
To develop software for Mac
To manage corporate databases
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Which pioneer co-founded Apple?
Bill Gates
Charles Babbage
Steve Jobs
Alan Turing
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What was Alan Turing’s main contribution during World War II?
He invented the Pascal programming language
He deciphered the Enigma machine codes
He built the first PC
He developed the first microprocessor
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Which type of memory is used to temporarily store data while a program is running?
Hard Disk
ROM
RAM
Cache
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What is a motherboard?
The primary input device
An electronic board that connects computer components
The main software of a computer
An advanced processor
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What does CPU stand for?
Computer Power Unit
Control Program Utility
Central Programming Unit
Central Processing Unit
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Which system was used in early computers to represent numerical information?
Decimal system
Hexadecimal system
Ternary system
Binary system
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What does "ASCII" stand for?
A binary computing system
An encryption system
A programming language
A standard code for character representation
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Which device did Blaise Pascal invent to facilitate mathematical calculations?
The binary calculator
The first microprocessor
The Pascaline
The Turing Machine
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What does the term "bit" represent?
A memory unit that can have two values, 0 or 1
An advanced computing unit
A hardware component
A programming language
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What is the name of the test created by Turing to measure artificial intelligence?
Turing Test
Babbage Test
Enigma Test
Touring Test
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Who founded Microsoft?
Tim Berners-Lee
Steve Wozniak
Bill Gates
Charles Babbage
