Hardware and History

Important People

100

The First Electronic Computer

Who is Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff?

Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff created the Atanasoff-Berry Computer (ABC) in the early 1940s. The ABC revolutionized computing by creating the first machine capable of doing calculations using vacuum tubes.

200

The First Programmer

Who is Ada Lovelace?
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace, also known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer chiefly known for work on Charles Babbage's proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the analytical engine. She was the first to recognize the machine had applications beyond pure calculation.

300

The First Personal Computer (PC)

What is the Kenbak-1?
Released in 1971 as an educational product for schools and businesses, went bankrupt in 1973, The Altair 8800, released in 1974, is often recognized as the first commercially successful personal computer.

400

First Computer Programming Language

What is Plankalkül?
Created by Konrad Zuse between 1942 and 1945

500

First PC Video Game

What is "Spacewar!"?

Created in 1962 by Steve Russell and others at MIT for the PDP-1 computer.

PC Components

100

A device that supplies

Powers throughout Computer

What is a power supply?

200

First PC Ports

What are

Parallel and Serial Ports?

Later turning into HDMI, DP, and USB. Started as Parallel and Serial Ports.

300

A CPU but used for generating graphics and visuals

What is a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit)?

400

Short Term Computer Memory

What is Ram?

500

BIOS Setting are stored here

CMOS! 

Technical Problems

100

Unplugged GPU

What causes

No Graphic Output and Computer Start Failure?

200

Driver Failure

What could cause BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) and performance problems?

300

Front I/O cables not plugged in

What causes power buttons and ports no power or data?

400

Overheating

What can cause Computer Freezing, Slow Responding Computer, and poor performance?

500

Old/Broken Cable

What can cause glitching displays, performance issues, power issues, lag, slow connection, inconsistent connection, and more?

Terminology

100

Physical Components of a PC

What is Hardware?

200

Computer Programs designed for consumer use.

What is Software?

300

Configuring a computer to run hotter but faster at higher voltages.

What is overclocking?

400

A long-term storage method using a metal disc and lasers.

What is a Hard Disk Drive (HDD)?

500

The way data moves over data cables between computers, represented by 0s and 1s.

What is binary?

Memes

100

Hot Singles in your area!

What is an advertisement?

200

A computer operating system most commonly used by people wearing thigh highs.

What is Linux?

300

A completely cosmetic and pointless addition to most gaming hardware.

What is RGB?

400

Broken in 2 after a bad gaming session.

What is a keyboard?

500

A mostly arbitrary form of GUI that we use to represent progress.

What is a loading bar?