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100

What is the blood of the computer?

Electricity

100

What is the OS of the iPhone?

iOS

100

What is an OS

Operating System

100

What is a computer

An electronic device that can process, store and retrieve data

100

The Z1 was created by Konrad Zuse in his parents' living room between 1936 and 1938. It is considered to be the first electromechanical binary programmable computer, and the first really functional modern computer. What country did this happen in?

Germany

200

What is the backbone of the computer?

Motherboard

200

What is the OS of an Apple Computer?

MAC Os

200
What is RAM?

Random Access Memory

200

What are the two basic elements of any computer?

Hardware and software

200

The first electric programmable computer, developed by Tommy Flowers, and was first demonstrated in December 1943. The computer had a similar name to an X-Men character and was created to help the British code breakers read encrypted German messages.

Colossus

300

What is the brain of the computer?

CPU

300

What is the OS of a Samsung phone?

Android OS

300

What is ROM?

Read Only Memory

300

What is software?

A set of instructions that tells the hardware what to do

300

Originally named the Electronics Computer  Company, who was the first computer  company?

EMCC

400

Much like arms and legs, devices like keyboards and mice are connected to the core main computer. They are referred to as what? (Hint: Starts with "Per")

peripherals

400

What is the OS running on a PC computer?

Windows or Microsoft

400

What is the CPU?

Central Processing Unit.

400

Where is the data on a computer stored?

Computer disk storage (Hard  Drive) - A non-volatile type of memory, disk storage like a hard drive is what stores your information even when the computer is turned off. All your files, documents, songs, photos, etc. are stored in a storage device.

400

What company created the first laptop or portable computer?

IBM

500

What is the language of computers?

**All computers and electronic devices communicate in binary, which is a series of 0's and 1's or Off and On electrical signals.

Machine Language

500

What was the first OS?

DOS

500

What is a NIC card?

Network Interface Card

500

How do computers communicate with other computers?

Network - Computers communicate with other computers over a network using a network interface card (NIC) or Wi-Fi that connects to a router.

500

Who was Steve Jobs's partner on the creating of Apple Computers?

Steve Wozniak

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