Firsts
What company invented the first personal computer?
What is Xerox?
The government demanded that Xerox eliminate an essential part of their business after seeing great success. What did the government demand?
Options
- They abandon the lease-only policy
- They are not to innovate anything but copiers
- They are to use a certain type of paper
- They use recyclable ink cartridges to be more environmentally friendly
What is they abandon the lease-only policy?
What was the research institute owned by Xerox called?
Options
-PARC
-Cupertino
-Silicon Valley
-Optics Valley
What is PARC?
Who was Xerox's main competitor in the photocopier market during the 1970s?
Options
- Microsoft
- Kodak
- IBM
- Konica Minolta
What is IBM?
Which company is responsible for airing the FIRST personal computer commercial?
What is Xerox?
What technology did the Alto possess which Xerox did not properly leverage, even though there was considerable demand for it?
Options
- connection to the World Wide Web
- the word processor
- random-access memory (RAM)
- the touch-screen
What is the word processor?
What does PARC stand for?
Options
- Palo Alto
- Pablo Alto
- Palo Alta
- Pueblo Alto
What is Palo Alto Research Center?
Which company aired the longest playing series of personal computer commercials?
Options
-Apple
-IBM
-Microsoft
-Dell
What is IBM?
What was the first local communication network created as an alternative to circuit-switching?
What is the Ethernet?
Daily Double - In 1956 Xerox estimated how many copies were being made annually using their xerox machine?
Options
-555 million
- 6.5 billion
-9.5 billion
-855 billion
What is 9.5 billion?
What feature of the modern computer did PARC create that boosted the popularity of personal computers?
Options
-External Drive
-Graphical user interface (screen & Mouse)
-Keyboard
-Floppy disk
What is the Graphical User Interface?
Name the company responsible for the most creative computer commercial?
Options
-Apple
-IBM
-Microsoft
-Dell
What is Apple?
Xerox created the first GUI. What does GUI stand for?
What is the Graphical User Interface? (screen & mouse)
What is a dry copying process in which black or colored powder adheres to parts of a surface remaining electrically charged after being exposed to light from an image of the document to be copied?
Options
-Xylography
-Xerography
-Lithography
-Thermography
Xerography
What technology was NOT developed at Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center?
Options
- compact discs (CDs)
- Ethernet (LAN)
- laser printers
- graphical user interface (GUI)
What is a Compact Disc?
Steve Jobs visited the research facility and saw the Alto computer, an invention he was most fascinated by. He decided first to pursue the creation of what computer?
Options
-The Lisa
-The MacIntosh
-The Apple Desktop
-The iPod
What is the Lisa?
What was the name of the first personal computer developed by Xerox?
What is the Alto?