Computer Basics Flashcards

1

After fingers, human beings used this to count stuff.

2

One of the first purely mechanical counting machines.

3

Inventor who conceived of the Analytical Engine.

4

Grossly exaggerated speech.

5

The beads at the top of an abacus are called...

6

Perhaps the most important invention of the 20th century.

7

Law that states that the number of transistors on a computer chip will double every two years.

8

Which is not an essential part of a vacuum tube?

9

This dancing shark failed choreography school.

10

A shortage or lack of something.

11

The Z3, invented by Konrad Zuse, used these to perform its calculations.

Computer Basics