History of Computers
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100
The first computer (an abacus), was developed in this year. The abacus was the forerunner to all computing devices and made calculating more efficient.
What is 500 BC.
100
For about 20 years after its invention, This technology had few practical uses; then suddenly it revolutionized grocery checkouts & home audio.
What is the laser.
100
This device allowed an illicit user, referred to as a "phreaker", to place long-distance calls within the North American long-distance telephone network without paying.
What is a blue box.
A blue box is an electronic device that produces tones used to generate the in-band signaling tones formerly used within the North American long-distance telephone network to send line status and called number information over voice circuits.
100
In the movie back to the future, These were fired through the temporal field which then becomes primed for contact with the wormhole to enable time travel when charged with 1.2 gigawatts of electricity.
What is a tachyon.
100
This operating system was created by Bill Gates. The competition was developed by Steve Jobs. Name both operating systems.
What are Windows and Macintosh
200
In 1936, at the age of just 23, Turing wrote a groundbreaking mathematical paper called "On computable numbers, with an application to the Entscheidungsproblem," in which he described this theoretical device.
What is the computer.
200
This mechanical device was first created in 724.
What is the mechanical clock.
200
This system at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Tennessee, USA remains the No. 1 system on the TOP500 supercomputers and is still the only system reported with an HPL performance exceeding one Exaflop/s.
What is Frontier.
200
These are used to propel boats through water. They were first developed with blades in 1836.
What are propellers.
200
The World Wide Web is still relatively young. Name the year that Tim Berners-Lee developed the internet that is now considered essential to our daily lives.
What is 1989.
300
Blaise Pascal was this many years old when he developed the first mechanical calculator, a forerunner to modern computers.
What is 18 years old.
300
Tools were invented this many years ago and were made of bone, wood, stone, and antlers.
What is 10 million years.
300
These were developed to make a standard across computers for writing programs and using software.
What are operating systems.
300
In 1885, Karl Benz developed the first gasoline-engine one of these.
What is car.
300
Peter Goldmark pioneers a television revolution. This changed how people spent their time from then on.
What is the color television.
400
Vannevar Bush, considered to be a father of digital computer, had many inventions in his life. His most important invention was used to complete very difficult calculations.
What is the Differential Analyzer.
400
This important element of life was discovered 1-2 million years ago.
What is fire.
400
In 1936, Alan Turing published this paper, which many consider the founding document of the computer age.
What is "On Computable Numbers"
400
In 1712, Thomas Newcomen builds the first practical (but stationary) one of these. But it wasn't until 1814 that it was used to power a locomotive.
What is steam engine
400
It wasn't until 2001 that the world was introduced to this music playing device created by Apple.
What is the iPod.
500
The first digital computer was large enough to take up an entire room. It was called an ABC and stored information using this code, still in use today.
What is binary.
500
In 1450, Johannes Gutenberg pioneers this machine that launched the Industrial Revolution. It used rearrangeable metal letters called movable type.
What is the printing press.
500
Up until this decade, computers were all different. This was revolutionized by Bill Gates and his invention, Microsoft Windows.
What is 1970s.
500
In 1903, these brothers built the first engine-powered airplane.
Who are Wilbur and Orville Wright.
500
The first handheld one of these was developed in 1973 by Martin Cooper.
What is a cellphone.