First Generation Computer (1946-1959

Question 1

is often considered the first
general-purpose electronic digital
computer. It was a massive
machine used for scientific and
military calculations.

Answer 1

Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer (ENIAC)

Question 2

ENIAC

Answer 2

Electronic Numeric Integrator and Computer

Question 3

-Developed in 1946
* Designed by J. Presper Ecket and John W. Mauchly from the University of
Pennsylvania.
* Financed by the US Army

Answer 3

ENIAC

Question 4

Only do arithmetic operations; addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, sign
differentiation, and square root extraction.

Answer 4

ENIAC

Question 5

At present, ENIAC has only ___ words of internal memory, in the form of
electronic accumulators.

Answer 5

20

Question 6

Who invented the Transistors?

Answer 6

John Bardeen, Walter Brattain,
and William Shockley

Question 7

revolutionized computing by
replacing bulky vacuum tubes
and enabling smaller, more
reliable computers.

Answer 7

Transistors (1947):

Question 8

became the first
commercially produced
computer. It was used for
business and scientific
applications.

Answer 8

Universal Automatic
Computer (UNIVAC)

Question 9

UNIVAC

Answer 9

Universal Automatic
Computer

Question 10

Developed in 1951

Answer 10

UNIVAC

Question 11

Developed by J. Presper Ecket and John W. Mauchly for the U.S. Bureau of the
Census and patented by Remington Rand, Inc.

Answer 11

UNIVAC

Question 12

Designed as a commercial data-processing computer, intended to replace the
punched-card accounting machines of the day.

Answer 12

univac

Question 13

It could read 7,200 decimal digits per second

Answer 13

UNIVAC