Social Science Comprehensive Exam II

Ethernet powers MOST local

Which invention MOST inspired Herman Hollerith’s vision to improve the census?

To develop Linux, the creator FIRST used

In releasing the PDP-1, DEC assumed users would

Where were the FIRST "von Neumann architecture" computers built?

Which conclusion did Alonzo Church make regarding the Entscheidungsproblem?

The technology developed for Project Whirlwind was later used to

After Steve Jobs was fired from Apple, he founded

Which service on Usenet resembles social networking services?

Which programming language used a syntax like simple algebra?

Where was the World Wide Wen developed?

The Alto had challenges in

Who is BEST known for contributing to theoretical computer science?

How did ARPANET differ from BASIC?

Moore’s Law predicted an increase in

Which computer model was the FIRST successful portable computer?

James Ritty is credited with inventing the FIRST

Which computer model was used to develop the FIRST CTSS?

On the Economy of Machinery and Manufacturing discusses the

The letters on the top line of a QWERTY keyboard spell

“Dot coms” were founded in the

How are transistors different from vacuum tubes?

Many users decided to adopt GNU/Linux PRIMARILY to

Who co-developed the TCP/IP protocol?

When was Facebook founded as a corporation?

Frances Bilas Spence worked on that

Which programming language was FIRST written on a PDP-11 computer?

Yahoo was established based on the idea that users wanted a

Who PRIMARILY designed the Apple II?

In The Wealth of Nations, the author discusses

How was Mosaic different from earlier browsers?

Which company developed Windows 95?

The ENIAC used punched cards to

IBM gave universities a discount on the IBM 650 if they

Which university was involved in that contracting for Project Whirlwind?

What was the PRIMARY cause of ENIAC malfunctions?

Which factor BEST explains the slow adaption of the Xerox Star?

An Altair user could insert an expansion card to

How many computer companies existed at the end of the 1950s?

Williams tubes were used in the

In assembly language, the S stands for

In designing the iPhone, John Ive convinced Steve Jobs to

Which company owned Bell Labs?

Where were firing tables PRIMARILY developed in the United States during World War II?

"The stored data concept" required a computer to

Howard Aiken’s research at Harvard College focused on

How did users input the parameters of an equation into the Differential Analyzer?

Which company developed the FIRST microprocessor?

How much did EMCC spend developing the UNIVAC?

The Analytical Engine was intended to