Mid Flashcards

1
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Hewlett-Packard
First Scientific Handheld Calculator

A

HP-35

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2
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Data that have been collected & processed into a meaningful form.

A

Information

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3
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(a spreadsheet program) is first sold for the Apple II computer

A

Visicalc

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4
Q

Category that includes the largest and most powerful computers.

A

Supercomputer

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5
Q

Records and retrieves items to and from a storage medium.

A

Storage Device

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6
Q

ATM

A

Automated Teller Machine

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7
Q

First operating model of mechanical digital calculator using gears. Invented by Blaise Pascal.

A

Arithmetic Machine

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8
Q

small computer designed for use by and individual.

A

Personal Computer

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9
Q

GUI

A

Graphical User Interface (GUI

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10
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First counting mechanism, Invented by the Babylonians.

A

Abacus

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11
Q

Case containing electronic components used to process data.

A

System Unit

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12
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SOHO

A

Small Office/ Home Office

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13
Q

Joseph Marie Jacquard used punch cards to automate this one.

A

Weaving Loom

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14
Q

○ High Performance single user computer system with sophisticated input/output devices that can be easily networked with other

A

Workstation

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15
Q

MIDI

A

Musical Instrument Digital Interface

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16
Q

ENIAC

A

Electrical Numerical Integrator and Calculator

17
Q

Hardware used to enter data and instructions.

A

Input Device

18
Q

Also Called as Processor, Electric Component that interprets and carries out the basic instruction that operate the computer.

A

CPU (Central Processing Unit)

19
Q

Large computer that can service many users simultaneously in support of enterprise-wide application.

A

Mainframe Computer

20
Q

Consists of electronic components that store instructions waiting to be executed and data needed by
those instructions.

A

Memory

21
Q

Raw facts, in the form of numbers,special symbols or combination of these.

A

Data

22
Q

Designed by Leonardo da Vinci’s

A

Mechanical Calculator

23
Q

Hardware that conveys information to one or more people.

A

Output Device

24
Q

Prog Language Developed By Niklaus Wirth

A

PASCAL

25
Q

BASIC

A

Beginners All-Purpose symbolic instruction code

26
Q

Physical material on which data, instructions, and information are stored.

A

Storage Media

27
Q

Developed by George Boole

A

Boolean Logic