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What did the tabulating machine do?
It read, calculated, and summarised the information from many punched cards.
Herman Hollerith invented the __________.
tabulating machine
Today, computers are powered by ______.
electricity
The information that leaves the computer for people to see is called _____.
output
The information that enters the computer is called ______.
input
Who did Ray Tomlinson send the first email to?
Himself!
Joseph-Marie Jacquard invented punch cards that gave instructions to what kind of machine?
A loom
What is this called?
microprocessor
The binary system is....
the base of all computing systems.
What did Alan Turing and his team do during WWII?
They broke codes used by the German military.
What's another name for the Internet?
World Wide Web
How did people connect to the Internet before Wi-Fi?
With a cable that connected to a special internet socket in the wall.
What is an example of a browser?
Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer
How big were the first modern computers?
They were the size of a room!
What made it possible to make smaller computers?
Integrated circuits and microprocessors
When did Apple start making computers?
The 1970s
Who invented the first adding machine?
Blaise Pascal
Babbage's computer used steam as ______________.
a power source
Charles Babbage designed the first computer that could _____________.
calculate faster than a human
________ were manual counting frames used to do simple math operations in Ancient History.
Abacuses
How did vacuum tubes change computers?
They were much faster than electrical switches but consumed a lot of energy and took up a lot of space.
Who invented the first electronic computer?
Alan Turing
_________ is a way to transfer information from one digital device to another.
The Internet
When was the world's first electronic computer used?
During World War II, 1941
A ________ is a program which allows you to look at and navigate between pages on the Internet.
browser
True or False? A router is a program that looks for and identifies items online based on key words.
False
True or False? Wi-Fi technology existed before the Internet.
True
True or False? Military and academic institutions had the technology to share information between their computers in the 1980s.
True
Who created the first Internet protocol?
Tim Berners-Lee
Who created Wi-Fi technology?
Hedy Lamarr
Who is known as the first computer programmer in history?
Ada Lovelace
How did the first computer receive instructions?
Through a punch card or holes made in a piece of card
What was the name of the first computer prototype, designed by Charles Babbage?
analytical engine
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