Comp Sci 1033: UWO Study Guide
Questions and Answers.
How long do you have to make a good first impression? - Answer 7-15 seconds, and 4
minutes to decide to go beyond that first impression
What is Multimedia? And what's the technical definition? - Answer Everything you can hear
and see, includes texts, books, pictures, music, sounds, CD's... etc.
(technical) - describes any application or technology that can be used to present: text, images,
sound, application video
Software applications -> Delivery on the Internet Via Website -> Combined into an application
to..... - Answer inform, educate, entertain
The earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - Answer France ~ 1500-
1300BC
When was the first permeant photograph taken? - Answer 1820-1830
When was the first motion picture recorded? - Answer 1880-1890
What was the first full length movie made with synchronized dialogue (talkie)? - Answer The
Jazz Singer
What was the first full length movie made with colour? - Answer The Wizard of Oz
What was the name of the predecessor to the internet? - Answer Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - Answer Tim Berners-Lee
What was the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - Answer Mosaic
Which band was the first to give a concert over the internet? - Answer The Rolling Stones
What was the first full length feature film that was completely computer generated? - Answer
Toy Story
, What application revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999? - Answer Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? - Answer
1996
When did silent movies incorporate, film and text captions together? - Answer 1914
When did movies with sound replace silent movies? What was the first one? - Answer 1928-
1931
1928 - Mickey Mouse's steamboat willie!
When were most films made in colour by? What program/software caused this? - Answer
Technicolor in the 1930's lead to most movies being made with colour after 1940
What was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940? - Answer
Fantasia
Who created the possibility of incorporating a soundtrack into a feature film and when? -
Answer Bell laboratories in 1937
What was the purpose of Arpanet? - Answer Network technology to allow researchers at
various locations across the country to share information. Only had 4 locations in 1969 - UCLA,
Standford, UC Santa Barbara, and Uni of Utah. Went east coast in 1970.
When does Apple dominate the PC market? - Answer 1977
When did IBM PC announce and capture market share? How long did it take them? - Answer
1981, and it took 18 months
When did the World Wide Web (WWW) debut? - Answer 1991
When was MS Windows 3.1 released? - Answer 1992
When was HTML introduced? What is it? - Answer The basis for website development
introduced in 1992
Questions and Answers.
How long do you have to make a good first impression? - Answer 7-15 seconds, and 4
minutes to decide to go beyond that first impression
What is Multimedia? And what's the technical definition? - Answer Everything you can hear
and see, includes texts, books, pictures, music, sounds, CD's... etc.
(technical) - describes any application or technology that can be used to present: text, images,
sound, application video
Software applications -> Delivery on the Internet Via Website -> Combined into an application
to..... - Answer inform, educate, entertain
The earliest drawings/paintings by humans were discovered in... - Answer France ~ 1500-
1300BC
When was the first permeant photograph taken? - Answer 1820-1830
When was the first motion picture recorded? - Answer 1880-1890
What was the first full length movie made with synchronized dialogue (talkie)? - Answer The
Jazz Singer
What was the first full length movie made with colour? - Answer The Wizard of Oz
What was the name of the predecessor to the internet? - Answer Arpanet
Who invented the World Wide Web? - Answer Tim Berners-Lee
What was the first graphical browser for the World Wide Web? - Answer Mosaic
Which band was the first to give a concert over the internet? - Answer The Rolling Stones
What was the first full length feature film that was completely computer generated? - Answer
Toy Story
, What application revolutionized/irritated the music industry in 1999? - Answer Napster
When did digital cameras become fairly accessible and affordable to the public? - Answer
1996
When did silent movies incorporate, film and text captions together? - Answer 1914
When did movies with sound replace silent movies? What was the first one? - Answer 1928-
1931
1928 - Mickey Mouse's steamboat willie!
When were most films made in colour by? What program/software caused this? - Answer
Technicolor in the 1930's lead to most movies being made with colour after 1940
What was the first commercial movie with a complete surround soundtrack in 1940? - Answer
Fantasia
Who created the possibility of incorporating a soundtrack into a feature film and when? -
Answer Bell laboratories in 1937
What was the purpose of Arpanet? - Answer Network technology to allow researchers at
various locations across the country to share information. Only had 4 locations in 1969 - UCLA,
Standford, UC Santa Barbara, and Uni of Utah. Went east coast in 1970.
When does Apple dominate the PC market? - Answer 1977
When did IBM PC announce and capture market share? How long did it take them? - Answer
1981, and it took 18 months
When did the World Wide Web (WWW) debut? - Answer 1991
When was MS Windows 3.1 released? - Answer 1992
When was HTML introduced? What is it? - Answer The basis for website development
introduced in 1992
