Computer Technicalities
Defined as a device for processing, storing, and displaying information
Computer
The first computer programmer
Lady Augusta Ada King (Countess of Lovelace)
The first device ever invented by Mauchly and Eckert in University of Pennsylvania; used to compute shell trajectories.
ENIAC
This device allows you to copy a physical image or document and save it to your computer as a digital (computer-readable) image.
Scanner
This serves as the temporary storage or short term memory of the computer.
RAM
The most important element of a computer system.
User
People
Liveware
Blaise Pascal invented the Pascaline to help his father, whose occupation is?
Tax Collector / Tax Collection
Also known as the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator
MARK I
Which type of mouse uses a ball at the bottom part to detect mouse movement
Mechanical / Mechanical Mouse
In a PS/2 Port, keyboards are plugged in to which color?
Violet/Purple
This element of a computer system refers to the intangible components of the computer, particularly, those programs that serves as interface for users.
Software
The first computer programmer created a program to compute Bernoulli numbers designed for a device created by whom?
Charles Babbage
The IBM PC division was later bought by this computer company.
Lenovo
This type of monitor uses cold cathode flourescent light as a backlight.
LCD
Which of the following is the fastest type of Hard Disk storage:
SATA SSD
NVME SSD
HDD
NVME SSD
Give at least 2 kinds of Personal Computers
Desktop
Laptop
Tablet
Mobile
Basile Bouchon's loom took inspiration from the punched holes used by his father to program what musical instrument?
Piano / Organ
The name of what is considered the first smartphone in 1992.
Simon Personal Communicator / Angler
This type of printer uses powder based pigment, which is then burned on the paper to print text and images.
Musical instruments and other devices that one wants to record sound from are commonly plugged in to which audio port color?
Blue
What are the 4 methods of transferring information?
•Image
•Text
•Sound
•Video
This device, also known as Leibniz's Wheel, could add, subtract, multiply and divide.
Step Reckoner
The fourth generation of computers used this for their chip.
Microprocessor
Which type of CD has a capacity of 4.7 GBs
DVD
This port transmits analog video signals, has 15 pins, arranged in 3 rows, and is typically colored blue.
VGA