People
What university was Vannevar Bush a professor at?
MIT
British clearinghouses in the 1830s worked in service of...?
Banks
What prompted the invention of telegraphs?
Railroad cables ( to know what tracks are clear and to reduce collisions)
Konrad Zuse created many early computers in his parent's living room in...
the 1930s
How fast was a telegram delivered
a matter of hours
Following WWII, Alan Turing is best known for his contributions to..?
Theoretical computer science
What was the first long distance telegraph?
"WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT"
Bombes
When was the first census conducted?
1790
How long did it take the Hollerith machine to calculate census data?
2.5 years
Who's 'method of differences' was Charles Babbage inspired by?
Gaspard de Prony
Where did Alan Turing and other codebreakers work during WWII?
Bletchley Park
What machine, designed by Charles Babbage, was theorized but never made?
The Analytical Engine
When was the Wealth of Nations published?
1776
What did the C-T-R (computing, Tabulating, Recording) company change its name to?
IBM
Ada Lovelace is considered to be the first...?
Computer Programmer
What object did Alan Turing use in a metaphor to respond to the Entscheidungsproblem?
Tape
What instrument inspired the Hollerith machine?
Organette
The manufacturer Philo Remington was persuaded to make the first commercial typewriters in the...
1870s
Early computer that was not mechanical
ABC
What did David Hilbert seek to do?
To see if every problem has an algorithmic solution
After the difference engine, how did the British government act towards Charles Babbage
They refused to fund further projects, such as the analytical machine, because his previous projects were incomplete
Christopher Sholes developed the first practical...
Typewriter
In the 1880s, the comptometer was first developed by an inventor living in..
Chicago (by Dorr E. Felt)
What department did Babbage promote the difference engine to serve the British in?
Navy