Computing History (Leaving Cert Computer Science): Quizzes
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What device was invented to perform arithmetic operations such as addition?
What device was invented to perform arithmetic operations such as addition?
Abacus
Who created the Difference Engine in 1822?
Who created the Difference Engine in 1822?
Charles Babbage
What was the Difference Engine considered to be?
What was the Difference Engine considered to be?
First mechanical computer
What did the Analytical Engine use to be programmable?
What did the Analytical Engine use to be programmable?
Punched cards
What type of computing device was the Analytical Engine designed to be?
What type of computing device was the Analytical Engine designed to be?
General-purpose computing device
Who is often celebrated as the first computer programmer?
Who is often celebrated as the first computer programmer?
Ada Lovelace
What did Charles Babbage call Ada Lovelace?
What did Charles Babbage call Ada Lovelace?
Enchantress of Numbers
How many components does a Turing Machine consist of?
How many components does a Turing Machine consist of?
Four
What did Turing's work show about some computational problems?
What did Turing's work show about some computational problems?
Some are undecidable
During which period were electromechanical computers primarily developed?
During which period were electromechanical computers primarily developed?
1930s and 1950s
What did vacuum tubes replace in computing systems?
What did vacuum tubes replace in computing systems?
Electromechanical relays
In what year were transistors invented?
In what year were transistors invented?
1947
What was ARPANET?
What was ARPANET?
First packet-switched network