CSC Exam 1| 106 questions| with complete solutions

Charles Babbage correct answer: Inventor of the Analytical Engine Analytical Engine correct answer: Design of a mechanical general-purpose computer Ada Augusta Lovelace correct answer: First Programmer John von Neumann correct answer: Introduced the concept of stored programs Ted Hoff correct answer: Inventor of the Microprocessor Alan Turning correct answer: Introduced the concept that machines could perform mathematical computations First Generation correct answer: ; vacuum tubes Second Generation correct answer: ; Transistors Third Generation correct answer: ; Integrated circuits Fourth Generation correct answer: 1971-?; LSI & VLSI Computer's 4 basic operations (IPOS) correct answer: Accepts input Processes data Stores data Produces output RAM correct answer: Random Access Memory; volatile ROM correct answer: Read Only Memory Input Devices correct answer: mouse, keyboard, scanner Byte Hierarchy correct answer: <see page> Output Devices correct answer: printer, monitor, speakers Network correct answer: 2 or more computers that are connected and share data & programs LAN correct answer: Local Area Network WAN correct answer: Wide Area Network Data correct answer: Raw facts; symbols without meaning; collection of unprocessed data; used by the computer