TECH/POP - HISTORY OF COMPUTING

A 1-minute audio recording is approximately what file size?

A 'byte' contains precisely how many 'bits'?

Which historic computer-related invention was first introduced in year 1990?

Where can the CPU, RAM, and Expansion Bus all be found within a computer?

Which term refers to the smallest possible unit of data (stored in a computer either as a 1 or as a 0)?

Who is responsible for creating the original rules of True/False binary code in 1847?

Which famous company recently launched 'Blue Origin', a private space-flight company that will soon compete with SpaceX?

What does 'GUI' stand for?

Identify this device:

Which commonly-used, universal form of computer port will soon standardized across most devices?

Which standard 'code' is used to define all colours on computers, ultimately being broken down into binary 1s and 0s?

Which microchip-fabricating company did we observe a video of in class, demonstrating how they turn sand into chips?

Identify this device: (Hint: It was first used to amplify radio signals in the early 1900s.)

What is the name of the "implantable brain–computer interface" company that was secretly launched by Elon Musk in 2016?

Identify this Operating System (OS):

What is the name of the programming language displayed below?

Identify this object:

In which year did a supercomputer successfully predict the outcome of a U.S. Presidential Election?

Which invention is demonstrated here? (First to record audio in the 1930s then to record data for computers like UNIVAC)

What do we call electrical circuits that are combined and built into computers? (Hint: They keep getting smaller.)