Early Computers
Early computers like ENIAC were so massive they took up an entire one of these.
What is a room?
This symbol is used to separate a username from a domain name in a email.
What is @?
This Google-owned platform is the world’s most popular site for sharing and watching videos.
What is Youtube?
Whether wired or wireless, these devices let you listen to audio privately.
What are headphones?
These flat-screen devices are now the main way we watch broadcast shows and movies.
What are TVs?
Built in the 1940s, this "Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer" is considered one of the first general-purpose computers.
What is ENIAC?
This invention made the internet available to everyone.
The world wide web?
A program used to search for information on the internet.
What is Google?
This is now built into every smartphone to capture high-quality photos.
What is a camera?
Services like Apple Pay or Google Pay allow for this method of buying things.
What is contactless payment/digital wallet?
Before disks or USB drives, early computers used these paper cards with holes poked in them to store data.
What are punch cards?
This connects computers all around the world.
What is the internet?
Apps like WhatsApp or iMessage are used to send these short, instant digital notes.
What is texts/messeges?
These "fitness" devices track your heart rate and daily movement.
What is a smartwatch?
This satellite-based system helps your phone show you exactly where you are on a map.
What is GPS?
This British mathematician and codebreaker is widely considered the father of theoretical computer science.
Who is Alan Turing?
This term refers to the "electronic letters" we send; the first one was sent in 1971.
What is email?
This music app uses a "Discover Weekly" feature to help users find new songs.
What is Spotify?
This home device uses a screen or speaker to let you control your lights, play music, and check the weather using just your voice.
What is a Smart Assistant?
This kitchen appliance uses electromagnetic radiation to heat food quickly.
What is a microwave?
Because they generated so much heat, early computer labs required massive industrial systems for this.
What is cooling/air conditioning?
Before social media, people used these to chat and post messages.
What is forums/chat rooms?
This two-letter term refers to programs like ChatGPT or Gemini that can mimic human intelligence to solve problems and create content.
What is AI (or Artificial Intelligence)?
This technology lets devices connect without cables over short distances.
What is Bluetooth?
Known as "Virtual Assistants," devices like Alexa or Siri respond to these types of spoken instructions.
What are voice commands?