Invented the first modern type of mechanical computing machine
Who is Charles Babbage?
100
Method was used to feed instructions into early computing machines
What are Punch cards?
100
What does IBM stand for?
What is International Business Machines Corporation
100
Two founders of Microsoft Corporation
Who is Bill Gates and Paul Allen?
100
The first activity in America that spawned the need for a fast calculating machine?
What is The American Census?
200
In 1939, what German scientist and inventor created the first automatic, program-controlled, fully functional, general purpose digital computer
Who is Dr. Konrad Zuse
200
Name of the computer that correctly predicted the outcome of the 1952 American Presidential election?
What is UNIVAC?
200
The digital computer that had more vacuum tubes than any other computer ever made was the__________?
What is ENIAC (it had 18,000 vacuum tubes)
200
Invented the "mouse?" in the early 1960's
Who is Dr. Douglas Engelbart?
200
The next significant event in world history that advanced the development of computing technology
What is The Space Race?
300
Constructed the "ABC," an early vacuum tube-based computer in 1939-41, at Iowa State University
Who are John Vincent Atanasoff and Clifford Berry
300
This computer company was founded in 1976 as one of the first personal computer companies on the market.
What is Apple?
300
What was the first commercially available computer that businesses could purchase?
What is UNIVAC, 1951
300
Developed the first "floppy disks" in 1971
Who is Alan Shugart (IBM)?
300
Both the Americans and the British built electromechanical code-breaking machines during the 1939 to 1945 period. What was the odd name of these machines?
What are Bombes?
400
Founders of Apple
Who are Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne
400
What was Dr. Konrad Zuse's computer called?
What is Z-3 Computer
400
The term NOS, in computer terminology, stands for _________ __________ _________.
What is Network Operating System
400
Developed the World Wide Web
Who is Tim Berners-Lee?
400
J. Presper Eckert and John Mauchly designed and built the famous ENIAC machine in 1946. What does ENIAC stand for?
What is Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer?
500
Invented the world's first mechanical calculator in 1500
Who is Leonardo Da Vinci
500
What was the name of the German cypher machine used in World War II?
What is The Enigma
500
When did the World-Wide Web enter the Internet scene?
What is 1991?
500
Considered the first woman programmer?
Who is Ada Lovelace?
500
Built in 1949, the BINAC was made by the Eckert-Mauchly division of Remington-Rand, and had 700 tubes. What did BINAC stand for?