History of Computer Final Quiz Review

RAM stand for this.

He started the computer software company Microsoft and is one of the richest men in the world.

Characteristic of a first generation computer.

Who invented the microprocessor?

Computer, invented by Mauchly and Eckert, built to create firing tables for World War II.

Name of the code machine that was built to break the code of the German Enigma Code Machine?

This is the most popular and widely used search engine in the world.

Who is credited with inventing integrated circuits (chips)?

This man was the CEO of IBM and led the company into the computer age.

This man is credited with being the architect of the internal structure of the computer.

The first high level computer programming language.

Who invented a tabulating machine that used punched cards, for the Census of 1890?

Inventor of the first computer mouse.

The first working typewriter utilized the ___ keyboard.

Characteristic of third generation computer.

Characteristic of a fourth generation computer

What British inventor designed, but never finished, the analytical engine?

Characteristic of second generation computer.

Invented in 1942 at Iowa State University, it was the first electronic digital computing device

CPU stands for this and is the brain of the computer.

Who is said to be the first computer programmer?

Invented by Mauchly & Eckert, used on election night in 1952 & predicted Eisenhower's victory.

What college did Bill Gates drop out of?

British scientist _________ first conceived of the World Wide Web in 1991.

What two men invented the Apple I, Apple II and Macintosh?