The first personal computer to come to the market in 1975 was the - AnswersAltair 8800
A major advancement in the Apple II was storing the operating system in - AnswersROM
The first ________ was the portable computer - AnswersOsborne
Prior to the IBM PC, IBM primarily made - AnswersMainframe computers
BASIC's main advantage over FORTRAN, COBAL, and ALGOL was - AnswersBeginning
programming students could easily learn BASIC
The 5.25 floppy disk was a significant advancement because - AnswersIt facilitated saving
programs and development of operating systems
Virtually all PCs with Intel chipsets ran ________ by the early 80s - AnswersMS-DOS
Each of the following are examples of Spreadsheet applications EXCEPT - AnswersAccess
________ was the first computer with a graphical user interface, developed in 1972. -
AnswersXerox Alto
Which web browser was the first produced - AnswersMosaic
Who invented the first accurate mechanical calculator? - AnswersBlaise Pascal
Who translated an Italian description of Babbage's Engine to English and added extensive notes,
creating the best description of the machine? - AnswersAda Lovelace
Grace Hopper gets credit for coining a common computing term by ______ - AnswersRemoving a
bug from a computer
What concept introduced in the Turing Machine became the precursor to modern RAM? -
AnswersInfinite paper tape which could be written to, erased, and changed
Which invention replaced vacuum tubes in computers? - AnswersTransistors
The ___________ computer introduced in 1975 had no keyboard or monitor and used switches on
the front to enter data and lights on the front to display results. - AnswersAltair 8800
Apple Computer was founded by _______ and Steve Wozniak. - AnswersSteve Jobs
The Osborn was the first _________ computer. - AnswersPortable
________ used the term PC to market its first personal computer. - AnswersIBM
John Kemeny and Thomas Kurtz revolutionized programming by developing the ________
programming language in 1964 - AnswersBeginners All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code and
, (BASIC)
Bill Gates developed the _________ operating system for IBM PCs in 1980. - AnswersMS-DOS
a(n) _________ uses icons and a pointing device to allow users to interact with the computer. -
AnswersGraphical User Interface (GUI)
_________ designed the Analytical Engine in 1834. - AnswersCharles Babbage
The Atanasoff-Berry Computer was the first to use _________ instead of mechanical switches. -
AnswersVacuum Tubes
The ______ was the first computer to use magnetic tape instead of punch cards. -
AnswersUNIVAC
Bell Telephone Laboratories invented the ________, which replaced the vacuum tube. -
AnswersTransistor
Babbage's engine was used for years as a mechanical calculator in odometers. (T/F) -
AnswersFalse
Howard Aiken and Grace Hopper designed the Mark series of computers used by the U.S. Navy
ballistic and gunnery calculations. (T/F) - AnswersTrue
The UNIVAC identified Dwight D. Eisenhower as the winner of the 1952 US Presidential race.
(T/F) - AnswersTrue
Bill Gates Developed the floppy disk. (T/F) - AnswersFalse
Steve Wozniak .... - AnswersFloppy Disk
BillGates... - AnswersMS DOS
Blaise Pascal... - Answersmechanical calculator that used gears to count by tens
Herman Hollerith... - Answerspunch cards
Grace Hopper... - Answersdebugging
The internet is ______ - AnswersA large network of networks
The concept of the internet was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense as a network that
_______ in event of an attack. - AnswersWould not be disrupted easily
The World Wide Web was based on a protocol developed by - AnswersTim Berners-Lee
The "fathers of the internet" are Vinton Perf and - AnswersRobert Kahn
Software that enables you to display and interact with text and other media on the web is a web