True or False
First Supercomputers & Mainframes
IBM & Mainframe Development
What is It
Miscellaneous
100
IBM was important in the history of mainframe development? True or False?
True, IBM was very important in the history of mainframe development.
100
What is the name of the first supercomputer?
Colossus
100
What does "IBM" stand for?
International Business Machines
100
What is Titan? Supercomputer, Mainframe, or neither?
Supercomputer
100
What is the fastest supercomputer in the world?
Tianhe-2
200
Countries fight over the best mainframe computers? True or False?
False, different companies fight over mainframes. However, countries only fight over supercomputers.
200
What was the first mainframe ever?
RAC 501
200
What was IBM's first mainframe?
System 1401
200
What is Quazer? Supercomputer, Mainframe, or neither?
Niether
200
What does FLOPS stand for?
Floating Point Operations Per Second
300
The Department of Defense (DoD) use supercomputers. True or False?
True
300
What year were mainframes first invented?
1959
300
How much money did IBM invest in the system 360?
$5,000,000,000
300
What is Burrough 55000? Supercomputer, Mainframe, or neither?
Mainframe
300
What does MIPS stand for?
Million Instructions Per Second
400
IBM spent more than double on making the system 360, than they were making in a year. True or False?
True
400
What was the first supercomputer made to do?
Crack German codes during World War II
400
Pipe lining, time sharing, and virtual memory were all introduced in what mainframe?
Atlas
400
Which one is better at input/output? Supercomputer or Mainframe?
Mainframe
400
List three different jobs that use supercomputers
- Scientists - Space Program - Scientists at Monsanto Co. - Oil and Gas Industry - HPC System Engineer - Earth Scientists - Test Development Engineers - Auto Industry - Software Engineers - Physicists - Linux Systems Manager/Aberdeen Proving Grounds, MD - Entertainment Industry - Computer Scientist (Program Director) - Doctors - Aircraft Industry - Department of Defense (DoD)
500
Russia has the fastest supercomputer in the world. True or False?
False, China has the fastest supercomputer.
500
The first supercomputer could read up to how many characters per second?
5,000
500
What is IBM's most recent mainframe?
The IBM System Z
500
What is Tianhe-3? Supercomputer, Mainframe, or neither?
Neither, although there is a Tianhe-2
500
Where was the first supercomputer ever made?
Great Britain
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