Mainframes
Bits and Bytes
The Earliest Computers
100

What two languages drove the original mainframe comuters?

Fortran and cobol

100

A bit is made up of _____and _____s

0s and 1s

100

The first computer, created by two professors in Pennsylvania was called _______

Enivac

200

Which assembly language is still surprisingly in demand today?

Cobol

200

A byte is _________ bits

8

200

The two professors from pennsylvania eventually create a next generation mainframe called _________

Univac

300

The original computers ran on ______ ________

Vacuum Tubes
300

What is the largest number can you count to with 8 bits?

254

300

Both Univac and Eniac were programmed using ______ ______

Punch Cards

400

The second generation of mainframe computers ran on ____________

Transistors

400

How many bits was the second generation nintendo system, after the 8 bit system was released?

64 bit

400

Eniac was publicly announced into existence in the year _______

1945