How did Silicon Valley get its name?

the development of silicon transistors was associated with this region

How did the microprocessor affect later computers?

They were smaller which enabled the development of micro-computers

Charles Babbage is known for his design and theory behind:

The Analytical Engine, a general purpose computer that could be programmed

Larry Page and Sergey Brin created:

Google Search & Page Rank Algorithm

What was the name of Jon von Neumann's most notable contributions

MANIAC and computer architecture design

What is Grace Hopper known for?

Her work in computer programming and the Harvard Mark 1

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1
How did Silicon Valley get its name?
Bill Gates created silicon in this area
large deposits of silicon were discovered in the area
a famous engineer found a huge deposit of silicon here
the development of silicon transistors was associated with this region
2
Ted Hoff is known for inventing this computer component that enabled the personal computer revolution:
integrated circuits
Microprocessor
transistor
semiconductor
3
How did the microprocessor affect later computers?
They were smaller which enabled the development of micro-computers
Microprocessors were bigger but they were faster and cheaper.
Microprocessors were smaller which made it slower for everything.
They later impacted computers by making them as big as a room.
4
Moore's Law states that the number of transistors in a dense integrated circuit doubles in how many years?
3
10
2
4
5
Charles Babbage is known for his design and theory behind:
The first microprocessor
The World Wide Web, which used the existing internet to connect ideas
The Analytical Engine, a general purpose computer that could be programmed
A page ranking algorithm that was then used by Google
6
Why is the transistor better than the Vacuum Tube?
More reliable, smaller, faster
made less noise than the vacuum tubes
used switches, bigger, less expensive
smaller , used semiconductors, slower
7
These were invented in 1904, but began being used in computers in the 1940s.
microchips
Electro-mechanical switches
Transistors
Vacuum Tubes
8
What is William Shockley known for helping create?
Semiconductors
Transistors
Computer Mouse
Vacuum Tubes
9
What type of component was used in electro-mechanical computing?
gears
switches
transistors
vacuum tubes
10
Bill Gates is known for developing new computer code languages and creating this company:
Microsoft
Google
Bing
Apple
11
What is Douglas Engelbart known for?
Hypertext
Collaborative Software
Computer Mouse
All of the above
12
What did Tim Berners-Lee create?
Apple
Xbox
Wikipedia
World Wide Web
13
What year was the Apple II available to buy?
1977
1988
1966
1981
14
IBM had an open computer architecture.
True
False
15
Larry Page and Sergey Brin created:
The World Wide Web & HTML
Microsoft Office Suite & XBox
PayPal & X.com
Google Search & Page Rank Algorithm
16
What was the name of Jon von Neumann's most notable contributions
MANIAC and computer architecture design
UNIAC and transistors
ENIAC compter and transistors
APPLE I and computer architecture design
17
What is Grace Hopper known for?
She was the Army's first computer engineer
Her work in computer programming and the Harvard Mark 1
She worked on the Apple II development team
Her work in developing the first microprocessor

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