A calculator, The first reported use was around 500 B.C. Chinese use it for addition, subtraction, division, and multiplication
What is an Abacus?
100
This considering the brain of the Computer
What is CPU (Central Processing Unit)
100
The base 2 number sytem that a computer uses.
1 for on
0 for off
What is Binary?
100
The latest Windows released in 2007.
What is Windows Vista?
100
Uno, "MS-DOS" , Tres
What is Microsoft Disk Operating System?
200
The first mechnical computer, conceived and partially constructed by Charles Babbage in Londn between 1822 & 1871
What is an Analytical Engine?
200
The large circuit board found inside the computer. Without this, a computer is just a box.
What is a Motherboard?
200
The numbering system that uses the numbers 0-9 and the letters A through F to represent 16 numbers. Called the base 16 numbering system.
What is Hexadecimal?
200
The Apple one was manufactured (hand built) for a short time by ________ in the living room of ________.
What are Steve Wozniak & Steve Jobs?
200
IBM me please.
What is International Busiess Machines?
300
The first computer designed expressly for data processing was patented on January 8, 1889 by this person.
Who is Dr. Herman Hollerith?
300
The High-Capacity internal (also external) magnetic disks for data storage and program files.
What is a Hard Drive?
300
A______ is the smallest unit of information that is recognized by a computer and a ______ is a group of 8 ______.
What are Bit, Byte, & Bits?
300
This company became the standard for computers. Every one rushed to make their systems ______ compatible.
What is IBM?
300
Go "PARC" the car.
What is Palo Alto Research Center?
400
The electronic digital computer was built by John Atanasoff and a graduate student between 1939 and 1942 at this location.
What is Iowa State University?
400
Converts a local power source (typically 120 volts AC) to 5 and 12 volts DC.
What is a Power Supply?
400
_________ are represented in Hexadecimal and this is the reason you need to be familiar with Hexadecical numbers.
What are Memory Addresses?
400
The_______ is the first 4 bit microprocessor is introduced by Intel. It boasts 2,000 transistors with a clock speed of up to 1 MHz
What is 4004?
400
"ABC" as easy as 123.
What is Atanasoff-Berry Computer?
500
This computer began as a classified military project and was used to prepare firing and bombing tables for the US Army. The acronym and for double points the meaning of the acronym.
What is ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)?
500
This device converts computer data to information that can be transmitted via telephone wires and cable lines. Double points if you know what the acronym for Modem is.
What is a Modem? Modulate Demodulate?
500
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
128 64 32 16 8 4 2 1
The decimal representation of this binary number
and the largest number that can be represented by a byte.
What is 255?
500
Nothing happens during this year except Windows 3 will not work properly. This is typically known as the Windows _____ Glitch