Computer Pioneers
Early Computers
Keyboard and Typing
100

This man invented the first computer idea

Charles Babbage

100

This year saw the creation of the ENIAC, one of the first big computers

1945

100

This common keyboard layout is named after its first six letters

QWERTY

200

The first mechanical computer was called this

Analytical Engine

200

Early computers like ENIAC helped solve these

math problems

200

This is the row on the keyboard where your fingers rest

the home row

300

This man co-founded Microsoft.

Bill Gates

300

Which company made one of the first personal computers?

Apple

300

Learning to type without doing this helps you type faster

looking at the keyboard

400

This invention in 1947 made computers smaller and faster.

the transistor

400

What does "UNIVAC" stand for?

Universal Automatic Computer

400

These fingers should press the spacebar

the thumbs

500

This tiny chip made computers faster and smaller.

the integrated circuit

500

When did people start using the internet?

Mostly in the 1990s

500

This is how you get faster at typing

daily practice

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