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AcaDeca Social Sci 2023-24
AcaDeca Social Sci 2023-24
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history of computers
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1
“If/then” logic is known as
source code
general purpose computing
stored program concept
conditional branching
2
What feature was included in the iPhone 4, which became available in 2010?
all of the above
Front facing camera
Multi-tasking functionality
Retina Display
3
Internet Explorer was developed by which corporation?
Spyglass
Netscape
Apple
Microsoft
4
Babbage’s difference engine aimed to reduce human errors involved in
distribution
transcription
analysis
production
5
The first long distance telegraph sent the message
“IT CAME UPON A MIDNIGHT CLEAR”
“TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION”
“GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”
“WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT”
6
In 1959, Christopher Strachey and John McCarthy independently described which of the following concepts?
Timesharing
Minicomputers
The World Wide Web
Electronic mail
7
James Gosling created the Java programming language while employed at:
AT&T Bell Labs
IBM
Sun Microsystems
Oracle
8
Teletype technology combined the functions of both:
e-mail and instant message
keyboard and monitor
keyboard and printer
keyboard and mouse
9
When Commodore decided to produce computers in the 1980s, what product did it already have?
video games
televisions
software
calculators
10
Unlike the Commodore PET, Apple II could display:
instant messaging
dual monitoring
video conferencing
color graphics
11
Ada Lovelace was the daughter of which famous poet?
Percy Shelley
John Keats
William Blake
Lord Byron
12
In what year was the filing cabinet invented?
1888
1892
1891
1890
13
Which of the following was created and released by Microsoft?
Google
Visicalc
CSS
Javascript
14
What was the small firm in Albuquerque, New Mexico that announced the computer kit called Altair?
Apple
MITS
Compaq
Intel
15
The UNIVAC used which type of memory storage system?
Williams tubes
delay lines
magnetic drumscore memory
microchips
16
Who developed the process called timesharing and envisioned a day in which computing would be available on-demand?
Joseph McCarthy
Eugene McCarthy
John McCarthy
Peter McCarthy
17
Batch oriented computing required the submission of which of the following?
decks of punch cards
user software guides
program instructions
print compatible pages
18
Pictred is the login screen for what timesharing operating system that replaced CTSS?
Multics
Solaris
Unix
Linux
19
What was the name of the first computerized spreadsheet that propelled computers into the business world?
VisiCalc
Excel
JavaScript
DataMac
20
BASIC was valued for its functional use in:
allowing airlines to set up reservations
organizing online military firing tables
decoding encrypted messages during war
teaching college students how to code
21
Cloud computing is considered today’s version of:
ridesharing
homesharing
timesharing
mindsharing
22
Americans began using labor saving machines faster than Europeans in part because
Early information processing originated in America
European systems had centuries of established traditions
America’s northeast was rich in aluminum and steel
American corporations steeply discounted these machines
23
What instrument inspired Hollerith to encode Census information about individuals as small holes in paper cards?
clarinet
oboe
grand piano
organette
24
What process helped replace mechanical office equipment and led to the development of computers?
Electrification
Mechanization
Computation
Modernation
25
In what country was Konrad Zuse’s Z4 refurbished in 1950?
Switzerland
Finland
Belgium
The United States