Earliest Computers
The earliest form of "computer", consisting of only beads and rods and used for basic math in ~300 BC.
What is an abacus?
This word was used for the first time in 1613, used to define someone who was really good at doing math.
What is a computer?
In 1947, Bell Laboratories created this essential computer part, replacing the vacuum tubes that had previously been used, using solid materials to make an electric switch instead.
What is a transistor?
In 1975, this man founded the tech company Microsoft.
Who is Bill Gates?
This law, named after the Intel co-founder, has been able to predict the growth of computers and their processing powers since 1965, stating that every 2 years, the amount of transistors in a chip will double, as their cost goes down.
What is Moore's Law?
This ancient civilization developed a 10 number counting system (circa 3400 BC), making it much easier to count massive numbers.
Who were the Ancient Egyptians?
Francis Bacon created this cipher in 1605, using A's and B's to encode messages.
What is the Baconian Cipher?
In 1944, this tech company made the Automated Sequence Controlled Calculator, also called the "Mark 1"
What is IBM?
In 1976, these two people founded the tech company Apple.
Who are Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak?
First created in 1991, this technology has been become more and more prevalent in computers and the spread of information, being the only way to let information travel at the speed of light over long distances.
What is Fiber-optics?
This inventor created the first mechanical calculator, circa the year 1500. He also created many famous paintings and the first human flight machine.
Who was Leonardo da Vinci?
This person introduced the first logarithm, as well as creating a rudimentary computer made of bones.
Who was John Napier?
In 1944, two American professors, John Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, built this computer.
What is the The Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator (ENIAC).
Created in 1975, this computer was dubbed the first personal computer, being the first one that didn't fill a room.
What is the MITAS Altair?
This type of computing has been in many Sci-fi novels, and is slowly becoming a reality, allowing for nearly instant computations and infinite processing power.
What is quantum computing?
This civilization created a base-20 number system, and created the concept of zero in the year 260.
Who were the Mayans?
In 1801, French inventor Joseph Marie Jacquard created the first device to use this technology. This tech would later become fundamental in early computers.
What is a Punch Card?
In 1941, J.V. Atanasoff created a computer that could simultaneously solving this many equations, becoming the first computer to be able to store information.
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29 Equations
In 1959, this language was the first computer programming language created, developed by Grace Hopper.
What is COBOL?
This idea for the advancement of robots and computers is somewhat controversial, scaring some people into not accepting it, but providing a bright vision of the future for some. A rudimentary form of this tech are called "Neural Networks"
What is Artificial Intelligence?
The Romans introduce the Roman Calculi, the hand-abacus, and this tool for math in the year 300.
What is the Salamis Tablet?
In 1936, Alan Turing created what is called the first computer, called the Turing Machine. His machine famously cracked this encryption during WWII, making a history for computers.
What is the Enigma Encryption?
Created in 1947, this technology was the first kind of electronic storage.
What is the Williams-Kilburn Tube?
In 1958, these two inventors unveiled the first computer chip, and went on to win a Nobel Prize for it later.
Who are Jack Kilby and Robert Noyce?
This is the temperature that rudimentary quantum computer have to be kept at, so that they don't overheat. (In Fahrenheit)
What is -460 degrees?